meh

So I played that WSOP freeroll tournament yesterday and went 'deep'. I finished 20th for the $5500 package. I had a really comfortable stack at 30bbs but I ended up getting AKo in against a guy who had me covered. I think our table was 6 handed and I had been really aggressive against this guy because he was stealing a lot (he was probably the only guy I noticed playing well at the table). It was folded to him on the button and he raised. I 3-bet him from the SB for like the 4th time in an hour and he shoved QQ. I pretty much snapped him with my AK and lost the race. The pot wouldve put me in great position (like 2nd or 3rd) but it just wasn't meant to me. I think the hand basically played itself and I have no regrets.

Now apparently I can use the $5500 for the online world championship of poker (WCOOP), which would be nice to get free entry to the $5200 main event.

But I think I want to use it on a trip and live tournament, because thats so much more fun. Anyone have suggestions? I can't decide what to do or where to go.

Anyhow, back to the grind I go.

back in van

Well I'm back settled in Vancouver.
Bought some stuff for my grindroom (new 24" monitor and speakers) so I can put in some volume the next 2 and half months. Then back to toronto for a friend's wedding.

Now I'm just looking for a bike or something to get back in shape. 6 weeks of doing nothing but playing poker, eating out, and drinking beer took its toll on me. Hopefully I can get back into a good routine quickly.

Sunday is that million dollar freeroll on pokerstars that I qualified for. I've already 'won' a $5k package but hopefully I get lucky and can eek out some more value. Only 124 people get to play so I do have a decent shot. Here's the payout structure.

124th to 28th - $5000
18th - 27th - $5500
....
13th to 15th - $7000
10th to 12th - $8500
9 - $10,000
8 - $12,500
7 - $15,000
6 - $18,000
5 - $22,500
4 - $30,000
3 - $40,000
2 - $50,000
1 - $60,000

If I can't take it down, I hope one of my WSOP roommates do. GoMukYaSelf and justforfunds both qualified as well, so best of luck to them.

So anyways it starts sunday july 26th@ 17:00ET, feel free to sweat me and root me on!

busto

Busted out of the main event about 3hrs into day 2.
Got kind of shortstacked early and had 10k chips with blinds at 250/500 50ante.

MP opened to 1200 and a guy I was fairly confident was opening light 3bets to 3500. I look down at QQ in the SB and fistpump ship it in. I know the guy is commited, and he asks me 'do you want a call?' and I just smile and and say yeah because I'm obviously say ahead if he asks and i know he cant fold. He calls and flips up KQs. King in the window and I take the walk of shame.

All in all it was a great experience and a very successful WSOP.

I won the pokerstars freeroll yesterday which gets me into an exclusive online freeroll which pays out about $800,000 in packages. So my EV is about $7000 from that, and everyone gets a seat. So that should be awesome and is gonna take me to at least one more event for free. :)

I'm in vegas for 1 more week. Gonna take it easy for the most part, and I'll definitely hit up the pokerstars party on thursday. be sure to say hi if you see me.

the mains event

main event kicked off today and i played day 1

i didnt really play any interesting hands, all pretty standard stuff. ended the day with 20k in chips gonna relax for the next few days and start crushing on day 2a.

went deep again

event 32 this time
It was another $2k buyin with a few less runners (1500 i think?)

I busted 44th about an hour ago for just under $10,000. I got pretty unlucky actually, getting KK in preflop against AQs (I 4 bet-shoved and he called) for what would've been a double average stack. He flopped a flush and I got like zero sweat. It was the kids first live event ever and he was shaking so much raking in the chips and for like the next 5hands afterwards. It was cute. Soon after I called a late position shove with AJs to find myself up against ATo for what would've brought me back to average. Two tens on the flop and I get no help and I'm down to about 10bbs. I ended up shoving blind versus blind with K3s and the same kid with AQ made a pretty sick call with K8o and busted me. GG main.



So i'm at like $51,000 on a $5500 investment so far this series.

my girlfriend flies in on friday so i wont be playing anymore events this week. i might play one more $1500 event before the main event, but not even sure about that. i might just relax and grind online.

well thats about it. im off to have a few beers by the pool while i think of what might have been

remembering what its like to run good

so i've been out in vegas for a week now.
staying with a bunch of the MSNL/HSNL full ring guys and everyone is awesome. we're having a lot of fun and winning a bunch of money.

i played my first WSOP event on thursday and ending up going really deep. it was event 11 ($2000 NLHE 3day) and i finished 12th out of 1600ish for $41,000. easily my biggest tourny score to date.



my run good continued last night online when I shipped the $77 freezeout on stars for about $3500. everything seems to be going in the right direction. I'll play a few more events before the main event, so keep your eyes opened and expect some big things :).

yeah im pretty much a tourny pro now ;)

lucky coin

so i've never really had a lucky coin before but i just found one.

yesterday i was unsure if i wanted to play the $200r tournament so i flipped a coin, and it said no. so i didnt. then i saw a similar tourny structure on stars but it was a $20r so i flipped again and it said to play. 8hrs later i finished 3rd/800 for like 3.6k.

since then ive been flipping it, asking if i should make calls when close, when to end sessions, which site to play, when to leave tables, etc, and am now on a sick heater.

to test it, i asked it if the worst player at one of my tables was a good player and the coin said yes. i was a little upset initially but then i realized my coin just has a good sense of humour. so now its not only my lucky coin, its also a close friend.

things are good on my end. vancouver is nice, met a bunch of poker players out here and having fun with them and old freinds i made in korea.
final tabled a few tourneys this week and won like $9k. pretty nice rush.
the year isnt going as well as last to this point, but as long as there isnt another stock market tank i should still do better this year. especially after i win the world series.

so yeah...i'll be out in vegas for all of the WSOP, june 1st-july17th. living with 4 other poker players in a house just off the strip. probbaly play a bunch of small events and then the main event. wish me lucky

$500,000 prank

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ever gambol on a fart?

family feud bad answers

saw this today on youtube and had a laugh

takes a while to get good but worth it imo




lol
idunno but i think dude is pretty smart

fck february

well, i've been welcomed back to the tables with arms wide closed. yes that makes no sense, but neither does the run ive been on.

it seems like everytime i try to buckle down and grind out hands i end up pissing away money and running like a crippled kid over an oil slick.

not to mention i lost like every stupid bet i made on the superbowl. granted, i was betting ridiculous props, but still... at least one should come through, nO?


anyhow, its cool. it will turn around. plus im pretty much set up in the new apartment. i have everything essential. so no more expenitures. bedroom/bathrooms/kitchen/lviing room, all done. my office has a chair and a desk, which is fine for the time being. i got the aeron chair, not sure if i mentioned that before. its ok i guess -- 7.6/10.

speaking of the kitchen, i've been getting really into cooking lately. i cook every single day (sometimes even twice). my food tastes awesome but usually looks terrrible. im not really creative with presentation, but im working on it. maybe ill have something to fall back on should the poker gods decide to never give me my run good back. maybe a sacrifice is in order?

anyhow, thats it from me. wish me luck. i think ill go sacrifice a bottle of wine down to the depths of my stomach instead.

Gettin ready to grind

just got my new setup. i should be ready to go by monday.

interwebs are installed, and i picked up a new aeron premium chair and some rando desk. still gotta put it together but im lazy.


i played 8 hands today, first ones of the year. my hourly rate so far is $2304.01/hr, so hopfully that keeps. pretty sure it will

vancouver

so i've arrived safely in vancouver.
got my new place all worked out, just about ready to actually move in.
will probably be by tommorow. i scored a pretty good deal on the place, and its in a primo location. i'll try to post pics once its all set up.

the weather here is pretty bad but whatever. i've been having a really good time with a bunch of my friends out here that i met in korea. definitely feeling the love. i'm sure the summer will be much much better.


on another note, i'm really feinding to play some poker. havnt played at all yet this year... hopefully i havnt gotten too rusty. and it'll still be another week before i have internet all hooked up. but everything will be set up really well for me to grind, so hopefully i can have a huge year. fingers crossed.

yao

whats up everyone

i may start posting some more in the new year once im out of toronto.

year has been ok. started good, got amazing, went terrible, got better. pretty much sums it up.

next year should be awesome.

i'll be living in vancouver for most of the year, and spending WSOP in vegas with some of my poker friends. looking forward to it.

also planning to visit austrailia and argentina in 2009, plus some other location to be named later.

anyways, ill share this video which will make you cry.

tuff fish plays mario

title says it all

i love this video something fierce

fml

busto.

i worked up a pretty crazy image at my table, before picking up KK in EP.

i got lots of action, and even more from QQ in the blinds who squeezes. i shove and get snapped called. all is well until the Q on the river ends all hope.

i get a few apologies and head out the door, dreams dashed.

fml

day 1 update

day one went pretty good for me.

ended up with about 66k and average is about 48k.

i played a huge hand with gus hansen -- here's the update from WPT. I'm SB obv.

Gus Hansen makes a pre-flop raise from the cutoff and gets two callers from the blinds. The flop comes K76, and the action checks around to Hansen who bets 900. The small blind raises (check-raise) to 3,000, the big blind drops out and Hansen calls. The turn is the 7 and the small blind leads out with a 5,500 bet. Hansen calls and the river is the J. The small blind bets 10,000 and Hansen goes into the tank.

"I don't see how I can beat anything that he has," says Hansen as he shuffles his chips. Hansen continues to think out loud. "Well, well, well," he says. "I really don't have that much left. There is always a chance that this guy is completely and utterly insane, but it doesn't look like it."

One player calls the clock just as Hansen makes a reluctant call as he says, "Wow, I actually found two hands that I can beat." The small blind turns over KK for the full house as Hansen shakes his head and throws his hand into the muck. After the hand, Hansen is left with just 7,000 in chips.

updates

hey
i start in about 10hrs
you should be able to catch updates @
http://liveupdates.worldpokertour.com/tournament/?x=updatesnews

gl me!

WPT Niagara

Heading to Niagara falls this weekend to play in my first $10k WPT event.

I'm just going to buy in directly, although I have some people who've bought some of my action. So I'm not putting up the whole $10k myself.

Hopefully I can make them and myself some money. :) A cool million would be nice.

I've been running pretty terribly lately, but I'm cool with it. Saving up all my run good for this weekend!

I'll post some updates on how it all transpires.

For now, I'll leave you with a nice hand I played today. How badly do you just want to click call? I think I hit it automatically everytime I look at the picture.

click to enlarge