Carnie poker games

So today a bunch of us, kennyj257, bcm11, and bubbyman15 went up to our local carnival which is known for its rides, games, food, and last but not least, monte carlo night. The monte carlo includes blackjack, craps, and texas-hold em. So being the poker degererate that I am, i sit down at a $1/$2 NL game with $140 at 11pm. 1 hour later I cash out with $477. Here are a few of the entertaining hands:

1) First hand I played since sitting down, I am MP with 99. UTG min raises (he has been seen as a very aggro player who put over 300 in a pot with a 10 high flush draw after a shove and a reshove). This min raise has bells and whistles going off in my head for him to have a monster. I flat call the $4 bet. The flop comes 10, 6, 4 rainbow. He leads for $10 into a $14ish pot, I sense weakness and bump it to $30, 1 for seeing where im at, and 2 controlling the size of the pot in the later streets. turn comes a 2, he bets $20, i flat call again keeping the size of the pot down. River comes a meaning less 3, he checks, and I check thinking I only get called by a hand that beats me. He flips over Q3 of spades, he turned a flush draw and picked up a pair on the river.

2) This one was fun! I am MP, 2 limpers in front, i look down to K10 offsuit and flick in the $2. Basically the rest of the table joins the fun. Flop comes 8,9,J. FP/SB leads out $10 and 2 callers ahead, i flick in the 2 red chips and the button comes along. Turn comes a Q, i shit my pants. FP and EP check, I lead out weakly for $20 to enduce action from a 10 or 2 pair. Button makes it $80 total, SB Shoves for another $100ish. I kept checking my cards to make sure I still couldn't be beated. I call and enduce a call from the button by 1) Not wanting to put my $40 in cash I hand on the table and 2) Asking him if we had the same hand. They both turn over a bare 10, and they are drawing to 3 outs to chop. River J, I scoop the $450 pot.

3) I ride the rush, UTG +1 i pick up AKos, UTG limps, I make it $12 total, basically the entire table calls (like usual). Flop comes K44, B-E-A-UTIFUL. I check because there is really no card that can come on the turn to hurt my hand. Checks around to the button (who seemed like the 2nd best player at the table to me obv). He lead for $20, I made it $50 and he folds. Said he had 99, I liked the kid so i showed the AK.

So tonight you could say was profitable, I won the biggest pot of my poker career and made roughly $350 in an hour after the 10% carnie rake and tipping the church $15. We might go back tomorrow, but we'll see. EASY GAME!

Update

I suck at posting, I know. Since my last post, I have been experimenting in different games and have found that moving down a level, to the $3.40s is where I need to be. Last night i played a session of 9 tables at once!!!! It was actually kind of fun, but 9 is waaaaay to much for my 14.1 inch laptop monitor. I just finished a session of 6 and I think that is how many games I can play max. I made it to 3 or 4 handed at least in 5 out of the 6. If the blinds are huge, its easy, but if its at 100/200 or something you cant just shove, i also had to adjust to when i started to shove b/c the 3.40s have 10 players, and extra 1500 chips.

I am calling off the money challenge but would still like to build a nice roll for the summer. I'm calling it off because the past couple days, 1) i wasn't playing well, and 2) it was effecting my school work. I transfered some $ to misseri and kgmoney21, which is like cashing out $125. I still have about $300 online. I would like to get it to $500 by the end of the school year, but we'll see.

VPPS 1241
Amount to Silverstar 286

I plan on hitting silverstar Friday afternoon since I have to work on a project today, and am driving home for a bunch of the day tomorrow. I hope I have an opportunity to satty into the 100k freeroll, but if not, i'll still play the 20k.

Day 6

So I made a parcial return to donkaments. I played the 1pm $5 FO and the 2pm 3R. I played very well in both but in the $5 I played way to agressive in some spots for the calliber of player that was left. And in the rebuy QQ < JJ AIPF for a 26k pot at 200/400, sigh. My internet froze on the river and of course it was the J. It is only a matter of time before I figure out the optimal strategy to close these out, I get deep so often but just cant get there. Oh well.

Daily Profit $7.52
Total Profit $208.44
Amount to go $91.56


Monthly VPPS: 795
Silver Status: 705

Day 5

So I definitely jinxed it by reminding the poker gods that my ROI needed to come down somewhere. I played 2 sessions during the day, and 3 after midnight because I had a pretty strong coffee to keep me up to study. It didn't wear off until 4am, SOB. Looking back, there was only one session that brought me down, but not cashing in any in a session when playing 4 tables can put you in a decent hole. I would have gotten out of it and broke even, but I donked up the P5's $1 rebuy for 9 bucks and didn't make it out of the rebuy hour because 3500 chips won't do dick when blinds will be 200/400 and the CL had 70k.

Daily Profit $(9.40)
Total Profit $200.92
Amount to go $99.08

Monthly VPPS: 712
Silver Status: 788

Oh and I might work on a jumpshot over the next few weeks so I can try out for the cavs next year, Gawd 33% from the field?!?!?! YOU GUYS ARE PROFESSIONALS!!!!!

Day 4

Another day with not much play. There are two reasons I cut today's short, 1) I have a Strategic Planning exam tomorrow and 2) My computer decided to freeze while i was still in 3 SNG's, 2 were 3 handed and 1 was HU. SOMEHOW while i was sitting out, it got HU. I don't understand this at all, if there is a player disconnected/sitting out, why would you even play!?!? Oh well more $$$$$$$$ for me! I did play/run pretty good today for the most part. I hate to jinx it, but having a 25% ROI in these is not long term attainable (I hope I'm wrong). I'm not sure if i plan on extending the challenge and uping the stakes, but part of the goal is becoming silverstar, not just the $300.

Day 1 Profit $64.40
Total Profit $210.32
Amount to go $89.68


Monthly VPPS: 592
Silver Status: 908

Day 3

Got in another short but profitable session. There are pro's and con's to this. Pro's are I stop with a good profit on the day but a con is that i fail to rack up any extra VPPs. I'm 1/3 of the way to silverstar and half way to the 20 day goal by DAY 3! I might increase the goal amount if i reach the 300 by the end of the week, or i might just focus on playing solid and getting VPPs and say i completed the challenge way early.

Day 1 Profit $34.40
Total Profit $145.92
Amount to go $154.08

Monthly VPPS: 472
Silver Status: 1028

Day 2

I could have played a lot more today, but I didnt feel like my head was in it mainly due to a wicked hangover. I do however run very well when my body hates me, but w/e. I don't see myself playing a ton tomorrow because of a lot of class and what not.

Day 1 Profit $26.40
Total Profit $111.52
Amount to go $188.48

Monthly VPPS: 400
Silver Status: 1100

Nice call sir, but NG

PokerStars Game #9895028952: Tournament #50206276, $6.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/05/13 - 17:06:19 (ET)
Table '50206276 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: cultofray (3788 in chips)
Seat 5: wisser12 (6037 in chips)
Seat 6: lilOUmikey (3675 in chips)
cultofray: posts the ante 25
wisser12: posts the ante 25
lilOUmikey: posts the ante 25
wisser12: posts small blind 200
lilOUmikey: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to lilOUmikey [4h 5s]
cultofray: folds
wisser12: raises 400 to 800
lilOUmikey: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Qh Qs Ac]
wisser12: checks
lilOUmikey: bets 800
wisser12: calls 800
*** TURN *** [Qh Qs Ac] [3c]
wisser12: checks
lilOUmikey: bets 2050 and is all-in
wisser12: calls 2050
*** RIVER *** [Qh Qs Ac 3c] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wisser12: shows [Kc Kh] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
lilOUmikey: shows [4h 5s] (a straight, Ace to Five)
lilOUmikey collected 7375 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7375 | Rake 0
Board [Qh Qs Ac 3c 2s]
Seat 1: cultofray (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: wisser12 (small blind) showed [Kc Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 6: lilOUmikey (big blind) showed [4h 5s] and won (7375) with a straight, Ace to Five

Day 1

Ok I played/ran stupid good yesterday giving the challenge a real boost to start off. I think i played 4 sessions (16 SNGs), I would have played more but I went out a little early, the cavs "played" at 5 then i proceeded to black out, oops. I hope to get a lot of play in today seeing how I have dick else going on.

Day 1 Profit $85.12
Total Profit $85.12
Amount to go $214.88

Update

So over the past week or so, its been hard to get a few hours to get 4.40s or any big MTTs. I've played like 4 4.40s and the $15k once but other than that I have found the 6.50 Turbo STT's and have had recent success. This is a completely different game than the MTTs and I find it challenging to master another side of poker. Sure they are kinda just push and pray or fold like a nit.

Yesterday stars started their 10 billion hand promotion doubling FPPS/VPPS until the 10 billionth hand is dealt, and I might have a shot at getting silverstar by the end of the month. In the spirit of BCM, I am going to start a challenge as well. There are 20 days left in the month and a decent ROI in the STT's is around 15%. So I'll set the goal at $300 in profit over the next 20 days along with achieving silverstar by then.

April Thoughts and May Expectations

OPR is basically the coolest thing ever for me since nearly all the games I play are tracked by this. 100% ROI is definitely something I am extactic about. I have played so well this month, and I think this is my most profitable by at least $300. However I did not reach my goal of winning 3 $4.40's but once our team was out of contention, I started focusing on larger freezeouts, and sunday million seats to build my BR. I have cashed out $750 this month and still have a BR of over $200 to work with.

As for May, I still cannot tell how rough my school work is going to be, but OU being the party school that it is, along with me being a senior, will get me going out a little more than normal. I am going to play the $10 $15k guarantee with 3k chips at least twice a week, and play a session of 4.40's on the weekends. I cannot set a goal for right now because I just don't know how much time i can dedicate to poker.