Another Qualifier Take Down

Today i did not have too much time to play with class and such all day. I left my night class early because the professor is just a boring idiot and we never cover much anyway. None of my roomates were around so i sat down to play a nice little session. After getting off the phone from a rather annoying conversation which almost tilted me before starting, i gave a few MTT's a shot. I think 2 $4 180 players and a $3 +R to the sunday million. Cards were cold and I got annoyed. I decided to invest a measly $2 into a tripple shootout for the sunday million. Quite possibly the easiest competition i have faced in a LONG TIME. I picked up a few hands in each of the stages and crushed the opponent when it came to HU in the first 2, didn' have to in the 3rd and final table because top 2 qualified. I decided to cash out most of my bankroll and to cash in the qualifier with finals coming up. I still don't feel that confident in the $10 MTT's and a big BR would make me want to try those more, which i dont see as a good idea right now. Therefore i am going to stick with $4 and $5 SNG's and up to $10 MTT's. I hope to make a run on my winter break before hitting vegas on the 26th of december until new years.

OMFG COOOOOOLER

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to lilOUmikey [Tc Ts]
comebck#1kid: folds
NSU Biology: raises 1600 to 2400
lilOUmikey: calls 2400
budbowler65: folds
showpiece: folds
Jamie T2: calls 830 and is all-in
ursell: folds
*** FLOP *** [4d Th Ad]
NSU Biology: checks
lilOUmikey: bets 1600NSU
Biology: raises 8249 to 9849 and is all-in
lilOUmikey: calls 7032 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [4d Th Ad] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [4d Th Ad 4h] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***NSU Biology: shows [Ah As] (a full house, Aces full of Fours)
lilOUmikey: shows [Tc Ts] (a full house, Tens full of Fours)
lilOUmikey said, "omfg"'

22 left in a 180 $4 and im a short stack, i CANNOT believe that, but it happens i guess, like 1 in 1000 times!!!

Some Success

Lately i have had moderate success in the 180 player $4.40 tournys. I played 3 in the last 2 days, and got 4th twice and didn't cash in the other. I wanted to win one by the end of October but with my exams this week and Halloween weekend in Athens Ohio, i don't think I'll have a shot at getting that goal accomplished. I hope i stay off PS when im blacked out this weekend, that could get ugly. TTFN.

Mikey

Who ever said bad about Party Poker

As a few of you might know, a few months ago i qualified for the first round of supposidly the largest online poker tournament in history known as the "Monster" on Party Poker. In August I played in the round 2 weekly 100k, i placed high enough to qualifify and made $80 out of it. The next step was the monthly Million $ quallifier. However with the past legislation, Party Poker got the fuck out of dodge (that you worm) of the US market. Now i would think that my entry to this million dollar tournament is lost because of our favorite republican. But today while bored in a meeting, I decided to check the status of the tourny to find that i was entitled to $350 for the entry fee that i was unable to use! I am thrilled at this but am kind of bummed because the first price was 125k and 1 out of 8 was entered into the current 14 MILLION DOLLAR price pool. I'll take it.

Besides that, it was a slow day on stars. I played 4 tournys ($4 180 (2) and two $5) played decent but ran into a few cold decks along with not trusting my gut. My goal in the next 7 days is to take down a $4 180 tourny along with keeping my play solid in preparition for vegas.

Unfortunately, after reading through the issues with the Carribian Qualifiers, I cannot even try to qualify since I will not be able to play in the tourament due to OU's quarter schedule. It would have been fun to try for this but would end up hurting my bank roll at the bad time. I will have much more time for a quality poker day tomorrow.

Including the Party Poker +339

Slow day until DING!

mainly stayed in the $4 180 players most of the day with no avail, got close once but AK lost to A10, terrible call by the player, but it was $4. I get back from my meetings and sit down to a 18 and 45 person $5. Somehow i end up winning both of them! I played really well in the 18 and i ran better than reggie bush in the 45. After today, I will start making my own spreadsheet for every day i play so i can keep track of my daily progress because the 3 of you who read this are probably interested.

$10 Deep Stacks Tourny

Yesterday, since the brownies had a bye, i decided that i had nothing to do all day, so i entered into the tourny stated in the title of this post, it started at noon with 1200ish players, by 6pm, the bubble burst and teh top 135 were getting paid. 6:30 came around and my tourny was over, i made a whopping $20 for 6 and a half hours of grinding, I had a meeting at 7 anyway, so i wasn't that pissed. I get back from my meetings at 10PM and the final table was just BEGINNING! The winner would maybe get $200 per hour, rediculous. It was good experience tho just to be able to actually play poker and not having to worry about doubling up every 30 minutes. I will continue to try my luck in the MTT's with my remaining tourny $ trying to get that one big cash, along with a TON of MTT experience.

More Rebuy Fun

Yesterday I only played 1 tourny, a $3 + R cash tourny. Out of 2000ish players i made it really deep and was 3rd in chips with 180 remaining. I ended up finishing 48th which i was happy about but the $5k first place was a lot to not get to. I badly misplayed 77 to lose most of my stack, the other guy played his 10 10 really weird and i didnt really know. Oh well. I am currently in a $10 deep stack, half the field is remaining and I'm an average stack. So far with the tourny $'s im up about $50, which i am very pleased with my play. Hopefully I can continue building my BR until vegas in december.

Tourny $ success

Today i didn't play too much, just a $3 + R cash MTT, made it pretty deep by my KK got busted by 10 10 which hit quads, i misplayed it somewhat preflop, i gave the 3rd raise, but it wasnt enough to drive out the middle pair, i blame it on myself there, if the 10 didnt hit there i could see myself getting to the final table there.

After seeing a movie tonight, texas chainsaw ( i do not reccomend), i dediced to test the waters of the $10 MTT because i was playing with tourny $. Cashed in both that i played, but in the 45 player, i would think play would be better than in the $5, i was TERRIBLY WRONG! Here are a few calls by this one gentleman:

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to lilOUmikey [Ah 5c]
gdperson: folds
86offsuit123: folds
lilOUmikey: raises 6205 to 7005 and is all-in
rddog66: calls 7005
mknoll1: folds
taiwan_sars: folds
*** FLOP *** [7s 7d As]
*** TURN *** [7s 7d As] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [7s 7d As Qh] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***lilOUmikey: shows [Ah 5c] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
rddog66: shows [5s 8d] (a pair of Sevens)
lilOUmikey collected 15510 from pot

good for me, but wait theres more! this if for you BCM who loves my bad beat stories

Dealt to lilOUmikey [Td Ah]
mknoll1: folds
gdperson: folds
86offsuit123: folds
lilOUmikey: raises 9260 to 10460 and is all-in
rddog66: calls 9260
*** FLOP *** [3h 2s Ks]
*** TURN *** [3h 2s Ks] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [3h 2s Ks 6s] [5d]*** SHOW DOWN ***
lilOUmikey: shows [Td Ah] (high card Ace)
rddog66: shows [5c 8d] (a pair of Fives)rddog66 collected 21295 from pot

ill give the DONKEY one thing, you can't bluff him i guess! AHHHHHHHH i could have drawn together a serious BR there!

+20ish but +60 in actual cash

SUNDAY MILLION OR CASH???

Today started as uneventful as the main even final table except for Cunningham calling down Gold with ace high. Following a slow day at the tables and a dwindling BR, i decided to invest in the $3 + R satallite to the sunday million. The first hour i built a decent stack with an initial rebuy and an add on after the hour. I ran pretty well throughout the tourny except for QQ losing to AK hh. But i busted the same guy with the same exact hand, i guess it is a coin flip after all. 17 out of 370 or so qualify and once it got down to 27 the grind was on, i sat on my stack and maybe played 5 or 6 hands in the final hour. I finished 5th but everyone in the top 17 qualified!!!!!! First I have a question about the PS policy of satalites, is it good for any sunday million or the one just for that week? Also, sundays might be the busiest day of the week for me with the browns followed by AKPsi stuff all night then a soccer game. What kind of cash can i get for this qualifier if possible? BCM or who ever would like to play with it, we can negotiate $$$ if cashman brian cannot be of help.

Thanks.
lilOUmikey

Success but OMG

Got 2nd in a 45 player $5. Ran into card rack + calling station, bad combo. I had him right where i wanted him HU, i was down 5:1 in chips when it was down to 2, but grided my way up to 3:2 until this happened. I knew I just had to wait for that one hand to take the lead and I thought I had it:

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to lilOUmikey [Td Kd]
lilOUmikey: calls 300
n0b0dy666: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qc Kc 7c]
n0b0dy666: checks
lilOUmikey: bets 3000
n0b0dy666: calls 3000
*** TURN *** [Qc Kc 7c] [Ts]
n0b0dy666: checks
lilOUmikey: bets 24764 and is all-in
n0b0dy666: calls 24764
*** RIVER *** [Qc Kc 7c Ts] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
n0b0dy666: shows [9s Qd] (a straight, Nine to King)
lilOUmikey: shows [Td Kd] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
lilOUmikey said, "OMG"
n0b0dy666 collected 56828 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 56828 Rake 0 Board [Qc Kc 7c Ts Jd]Seat 2: lilOUmikey (button) (small blind) showed [Td Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and TensSeat 4: n0b0dy666 (big blind) showed [9s Qd] and won (56828) with a straight, Nine to King

Poker isn't fun for everyone

but is for my opponents. This was after folding 40 consecutive hands in a $3R to the sunday million, 21 qualify, 58 left.

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to lilOUmikey [Qd Ac]
JwiLL3472: folds
XPoker1: folds
tiran1: folds
tiger2004 has timed out
tiger2004: folds tiger2004 is sitting out
Ryder200: folds
Kassara: raises 6000 to 9000
lilOUmikey: raises 7758 to 16758 and is all-in
Pilf: folds Kassara: calls 7758
*** FLOP *** [Ks Ad 9c]
*** TURN *** [Ks Ad 9c] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Ad 9c Kc] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***lilOUmikey: shows [Qd Ac] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
Kassara: shows [Qc 8c] (a flush, King high)Kassara collected 37716 from pot

Pretty much sums it up....

Board [4d Ah Ks 2c 8d]
Seat 1: T00Smart4U showed [5d 3d] and won (3030) with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 2: PSUSTUD32 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: PattyPockets (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: lilOUmikey (big blind) showed [4c 4s] and lost with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 6: Medlabtech12 folded on the Turn
Seat 7: thatsalluhav folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Rick7225 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: burntbyriver folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Bad Run

This is quite possibly the worst run of cards I have every had, since the MTT success, i haven't sniffed the money in any of the tournaments I have played in. I'll just have to ride it out and hope it comes around before too long.

I have also come to the conclusion that JJ is the hardest hand to play in NL. I have made many crucial mistakes with that hand that cost me. Coldcalling preflop is never the answer, because it leaves you blind if a 10 high or lower flop comes out, AA, KK, or QQ will likely have your stack.

MTT SUCCESS

After a long day of class and what not, I did get into a minor tourny session. Two $5, one 27 and one 45, and one $4 180 person MTT. Cashed in all three basically doubled my buy in on the first two, but got 4th out of 180 in the $4 banking $57.60. This is my first good showing in a MTT which i feel happy about, good plays, and some good hands helped as well.