Its been a week....

So I haven't posted in a week exactly mainly because there was nothing special going on in poker for me, i didnt play much besides today. Too bad i did play today because it was the worse ive run EVER. Q10 beats my JJ on a J8x board, Q10 openshoved in EP. That was the sickest but everytime i got my money in good post flop, the caller sucked out, not everytime, but thats how i went busto in every tourny i played today.

For a couple reasons i have decided to take an extended break from the tables online:
1) I leave for Vegas in 2 days and won't be playing online while there.
2) School will start right after that, and poker was the source of my sub par grades last quarter, and this is my last quarter that will show up before graduation/transcripts.
3) This has been by FAR my best month playing poker EVER! I feel like i will be trying to keep pase with it while school is going on.

I forsee coming back come spring aka post March 24th, which is after spring break.

End of month results/thoughts:
I have no exact profit numbers because i stopped keeping track, but after review of my bank statement, i cashed out a cool $900. I would assume my BR was at about 200 at the start of the month, so $700 profit is not too shabby.

I feel like i have improved my game ten fold. I have much more confidence in any game i sit down to. The sunday million was a key in that. I also took down my first MTT, well chopped the chowder but still a take down. It was nice to finally get that under my belt. I'm going to miss the thrills and chills for the next couple months, but the fact is that school comes first. And with my college career winding down, i do not want to have to spend some nights at home in front of my laptop rather than spending times with people i might not see much of after graduation.

Sunday Million

So my first time in the million, i made the money, the first level of the money, but i am happy overall. The reason i made the decision to play is that if i were to defer my tourny entrance, the t$ would not feel like money to me and i wouldnt play as well as if it were real money. It was also a great day for team phenom, all of us cashed, with phenom making the best payday of almost $1200. Congrats to him and also BCM for putting forth a strong tourny. We all played our best today. So it was a good investment in playing and also taking 5% of both because that is about an added $70 profit, SHIIIIIIIIIIIP.

This upcoming week, the week before vegas, i look to keep my game sharp. I'll dabble in the $10 180's a little, if i don't feel comfortable, i will move back down to the $4's. We will see.

GG TEAM PHENOM, next stop the WSOP MAIN EVENT FT!!!

A little break is needed

Over the past 24 hours or so, I have been playing very very solid poker. However, making all the right plays is only part of the game that we call "no limit texas hold'em". After having my AA cracked in the 2nd hour of the $22 deep stack by QQ all in pre, I basically dominated a $4 180 player to finish a VERY DISAPOINTING 5th place. The freefall from having 2x more chips than anyone else begun with my 44 on a AQ4 flop, all spades, checked to me, i bet, and got reshoved, i instantly called to see AA on the other side of the table. A few hands later, I wake up with 88 in the BB looking at a 3x button raise, so i play the bully of the table and squeeze to see myself being called by A7, flop is 779 SIGH. The final dagger was AA vs AK preflop with me once again trying to squeeze with the "best hand". I made all the right plays, its just that the cards did not fall my way.

So with my big sunday million coming up, I have decided to take the next 2 days off of playing online poker. I need to cool down, and get in a more relaxed mode. I plan on playing the $10 deep stack sunday at noon to warm myself up for the million. If the same thing happens, i might have to make the executive decision to wait on the million. If my mind keeps thinking "how can my best hand not hold up" mentality, then i will make the decision. If i take the next 2 day off and start from scratch sunday, i see no problem in taking down the 190k first place in the million.

Million Percentages
-lilOUmikey (90% own, 5% BCM, 5% Phenom)
-BCM11 (90% own, 5% lilOUmikey, 5% Phenom)
-thephenom919 (90% own, 5% lilOUmikey, 5% BCM)

Wednesday

So after i slept thru my alarm for work (sigh), I made up an excuse that i had things to do around the house. It's nice to be working for your dad, and he is not in town :-) So i played some MTT's, SNG's and AID's. oops just all but the last one. Not much luck in the MTT's or the SNG's, I even played some $10 HU's and i have come to the definite conclusion I SUCK AT HEADS UP TOURNY'S. If anyone who reads this see's me in a HU, I will send them $1 via pokerstars.

My last tourny of the day was a DS for the Sunday Million. I definitely didn't deserve to donk my way to winning it, but i did. I had two suckouts in crucial situations, my k7 beat AK with a str8 and after a 9 high flop and me moving all in with q9, being called with qq, the river 9 brought a joy to me. I topped it all off with hitting a flush to ship the sherbert. I raised in the SB w/ J9dd. flop came 4 8 10 two d's, i bet into BB, he shoved and i called, flush turned to crush his k10, GG him and on to sunday for me.

I am playing in the Sunday Million on the third time i have qualified for it. "Third time is a charm" right? BCM and I will be taking 5% of each other just to make it more fun.

A decent day at the office

After getting back from celebrating my boy bill's 21st last night, i got cumfy in my recliner with laptop on lap and played a little cards. The day couldnt have started out worse with the way i was running on the tables. I played a few triple shootouts to the sunday million, didnt make a FT. I then sat down at my daily $7 +.70 360 max PL holdem tourny. 5 hours later the pot was chopped evenly 2 ways for a scoop of $516.60. I played the best online poker i ever had. Before it got short handed i played 13% of hands and won 11/13 showdowns. Once it gets shorthanded, those stats get a little skewed. I made 1 mistake all tourny and it occurred HU. A hand was checked thru to the river where i hit my jacks up, bet into the guy (i have a 4:1 chip lead at the time) he raised and i came over the top all in. Turns out my 2 pair gave him a set of 6's. SHOULD HAVE CALLED. Lesson learned.

Well i guess i have reached the goal for $500 that i set a week ago. I still look to keep my game solid for the upcoming vegas trip with bcm11 and kennyj257. I am not setting a goal except to play my best at all times. A special thanks goes out to the founders of teamphenom for the FT commentary that kept me calm during the takedown.

Day 1 of Cash

Wow its nice to be on the good side of a cooler:

*** RIVER *** [7c 5s Qs 5d] [Ks]
buldos: checks
JaccoH: bets $3
lilOUmikey: raises $6.65 to $9.65 and is all-in
buldos: folds JaccoH: calls $4.50 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***lilOUmikey: shows [5h 5c] (four of a kind, Fives)
JaccoH: shows [7s 7d] (a full house, Sevens full of Fives)

Been running pretty well today, so im gonna quit while the gettin is good. I played a bunch of .05/.10 along with a $5 MTT and some 5 card draw. I cashed for the 2nd level of the $5, not a good hand all day there. And the 5 card, i hit and run after i hit a flush vs a straight, i told myself if i got up $5 then i would leave, and i did.

Starting BR: 175ish (didnt note before starting)
Ending BR: 224.79

Profit Today 49.79
Cash game total profit 49.79

edit

so i was watching this movie, really sweet (The Island), and sat down at a 5 card draw table just to pass the time. I ended up getting delt a full boat, and cracking a flush. That was a $50 pot SCOOOOOOOOPED.

So ending BR 280.74

Profit Today 105.74
Cash Game total 105.74

The discovery of cash games

Yes i know they have been there this entire time, but i figured id give them a shot. I feel like the 5 card draw tables are fun and also have a potential for high profit. Its weird how to play it well, I really cannot describe it. I think i might take a break from the MTT's for a little while except the occasionaly 180 and the sunday $10 deep stack. The $500 goal has been put on the back burner for the mean time because i have been running even for the last week. I will track the progress on here.