two scores on stars!

Two kinda big scores on stars, cementing my recent run of MTT dominance (at least by my own modest standards). First, I got seventh in the sunday $100 rebuy for over $6K the day after I got second in the tilt $100R for almost $14k - my third sunday $100R final table, although I've never broken fifth. Then, today, I took down 5th in the $50R, a tournament that I traditionally have not had much success in, giving me another $3k, making it a total of $23k over three days in big buyin rebuys. I made a questionable call as the short stack allin from my big blind with J9o against djk who pushed from the small blind with Q5o and I couldn't run well enough to beat him. Can't complain though of course. Looking forward to FTOPS - will post updates.

2nd in FT 100 re!!!

Finally eradicated my final two tables curse and got 2nd in the full tilt $100 rebuy. In the last 3 tilt $100 rebuys (including the 6 max one on weds) I've gotten 7th, 15th, and 2nd. Took home over $13,800 for this one, although first was over $21,000. Played hyper-aggro headsup against a guy who was pretty tight, and wound up overplaying two hands... tilt rivered me a miracle chop when he had my top pair dominated, and then i ran AJ into AQ. Can't complain though, as this is my 2nd biggest score ever and it's only two and a half weeks after my biggest score ever. Lookin forward to a big Sunday, then some well-deserved off time.

Back in business

Haven't been posting for a while, but figured with FTOPS comin up, I might as well start writing about things again. Just wrapped up a huge January in which I shipped the stars nightly and finished 4th on stars, 5th on tilt for the month. I also just had a horrific streak of near-misses in many tournaments, including:

- 15th in the full tilt $300 six max Saturday (20k+ for first)
- 19th in the stars nightly $162 Saturday (30k+ for first)
- 7th in the full tilt $100 rebuy Saturday (20k+ for first)
- 15th in the stars $100 Sunday morning (20k+ for first)
- 19th in the stars $100 Sunday afternoon (23k for first)
- 17th in the stars $100 rebuy Sunday afternoon (40k+ for first)
- 19th in the stars $200 Second Chance (60k+ for first)

And that was just the weekend. The week included some other doozies, including me finishing 19th and 15th in the daily $50 and 2pm $50 on stars, then getting like 70th in the nightly $50, all on the same day. Hopefully I can keep getting consistently deep - I'm not sure if I'm just hitting a rough patch of bad luck late in tournaments, or playing bad when it counts. The losses are all about equally split between coolers, bad beats, and coinflips, so it's something I'll have to keep an eye on. Got big hopes for this weekend... GL to me.

holy SHIT

PokerStars Game #11120910338: Tournament #56064733, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (1500/3000) - 2007/07/24 - 23:58:36 (ET)
Table '56064733 18' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: dirkdigler (34513 in chips)
Seat 2: thebighouse6 (98620 in chips)
Seat 3: bigegypt (130328 in chips)
Seat 4: NoraFlum (104058 in chips)
Seat 5: bparis (76538 in chips)
Seat 6: muttern2k (78837 in chips)
Seat 7: Froggymizz (66290 in chips)
Seat 8: The X Force (38204 in chips)
Seat 9: jadedjason (25850 in chips)
dirkdigler: posts the ante 300
thebighouse6: posts the ante 300
bigegypt: posts the ante 300
NoraFlum: posts the ante 300
bparis: posts the ante 300
muttern2k: posts the ante 300
Froggymizz: posts the ante 300
The X Force: posts the ante 300
jadedjason: posts the ante 300
NoraFlum: posts small blind 1500
bparis: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [2h 2s]
muttern2k: folds
Froggymizz: folds
The X Force: raises 4979 to 7979
jadedjason: folds
dirkdigler: folds
thebighouse6: folds
bigegypt: calls 7979
NoraFlum: folds
bparis: calls 4979
*** FLOP *** [Jc 4h 2d]
bparis: checks
The X Force: bets 29925 and is all-in
bigegypt: raises 92124 to 122049 and is all-in
bparis: calls 68259 and is all-in
bigegypt said, "xfc;ljsfversdf;wjdfx"
NoraFlum said, "weeeeeeeeeeee"
bigegypt said, "jckesd;lzcvdrjscv"
*** TURN *** [Jc 4h 2d] [8d]
bigegypt said, ";dlce;sdkcp;dosfxdksc e;s"
*** RIVER *** [Jc 4h 2d 8d] [2c]
bigegypt said, "dkde;ls"
bigegypt said, "vx\[]p"
bigegypt said, "cvld;z"
bigegypt said, "cvmdkv;"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bparis: shows [2h 2s] (four of a kind, Deuces)
bigegypt: shows [Ks Kc] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
bigegypt said, "w vkdfms ;h"
NoraFlum said, "almost shoved AQ"
bparis collected 76668 from side pot
The X Force: shows [8h 8s] (a full house, Eights full of Deuces)
NoraFlum said, "oh dam"
bparis collected 117912 from main pot
NoraFlum said, "asldkjfas;ldkfjas;dlfkjas;dlfkjs;ld"
bparis said, "hoooooooooooooooooly"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 194580 Main pot 117912. Side pot 76668. | Rake 0
Board [Jc 4h 2d 8d 2c]
Seat 1: dirkdigler folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: thebighouse6 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bigegypt (button) showed [Ks Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Deuces
Seat 4: NoraFlum (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: bparis (big blind) showed [2h 2s] and won (194580) with four of a kind, Deuces
Seat 6: muttern2k folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Froggymizz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: The X Force showed [8h 8s] and lost with a full house, Eights full of Deuces
Seat 9: jadedjason folded before Flop (didn't bet)

FIRST in the 100r now. Jeeeeeeeeez.

snapped that shit right the fuck off

I got 10th in the 150 last night on AK down to 88... was too depressed to post about it. However, I fired up the $100r tonight and check out this play.

PokerStars Game #11119392069: Tournament #56064733, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2007/07/24 - 22:27:11 (ET)
Table '56064733 12' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: jusgivithere (17177 in chips) out of hand (moved from another table into small blind)
Seat 2: chiefs2458 (21839 in chips)
Seat 3: x2then (9573 in chips)
Seat 4: cmdnste (31220 in chips)
Seat 5: LanderD (52337 in chips)
Seat 6: gobboboy (8815 in chips)
Seat 7: booboobibi (43924 in chips)
Seat 8: bparis (14910 in chips)
Seat 9: AUSSIE_JASE (14235 in chips)
chiefs2458: posts the ante 50
x2then: posts the ante 50
cmdnste: posts the ante 50
LanderD: posts the ante 50
gobboboy: posts the ante 50
booboobibi: posts the ante 50
bparis: posts the ante 50
AUSSIE_JASE: posts the ante 50
chiefs2458: posts small blind 300
x2then: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [Kc Jc]
cmdnste: folds
LanderD: folds
gobboboy: folds
booboobibi: folds
bparis: raises 1200 to 1800
AUSSIE_JASE: calls 1800
chiefs2458: folds
x2then: raises 7723 to 9523 and is all-in
bparis: raises 5337 to 14860 and is all-in
AUSSIE_JASE: folds
*** FLOP *** [3d Ks Ts]
*** TURN *** [3d Ks Ts] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [3d Ks Ts 3h] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
x2then: shows [6s 5h] (a pair of Threes)
bparis: shows [Kc Jc] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
bparis collected 21546 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21546 | Rake 0
Board [3d Ks Ts 3h Ad]
Seat 2: chiefs2458 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: x2then (big blind) showed [6s 5h] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 4: cmdnste folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: LanderD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: gobboboy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: booboobibi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bparis showed [Kc Jc] and won (21546) with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 9: AUSSIE_JASE (button) folded before Flop

Squeeze ME, will you? I think NOT, sir! 16 of 97 now. Alsoc hillin at 41st of 300 or so in the 150. Gl to me.

miracle in the 150!

wow...

PokerStars Game #11102567772: Tournament #56058781, $150+$12 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (300/600) - 2007/07/23 - 23:42:41 (ET)
Table '56058781 117' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: joggedress (6677 in chips)
Seat 2: Pede25 (7595 in chips)
Seat 3: bparis (6839 in chips)
Seat 4: ukfiberguy (15790 in chips)
Seat 5: FGators26 (11500 in chips)
Seat 6: jchasek (22712 in chips)
Seat 7: GeniusJames (8212 in chips)
Seat 8: MD2B08 (3864 in chips)
Seat 9: dude904 (6945 in chips)
joggedress: posts the ante 30
Pede25: posts the ante 30
bparis: posts the ante 30
ukfiberguy: posts the ante 30
FGators26: posts the ante 30
jchasek: posts the ante 30
GeniusJames: posts the ante 30
MD2B08: posts the ante 30
dude904: posts the ante 30
FGators26: posts small blind 300
jchasek: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [Ad 6d]
GeniusJames: folds
MD2B08: folds
dude904: folds
joggedress: folds
Pede25: folds
bparis: raises 6209 to 6809 and is all-in
ukfiberguy: folds
FGators26: raises 4661 to 11470 and is all-in
jchasek: folds
*** FLOP *** [5h 2c 9h]
*** TURN *** [5h 2c 9h] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [5h 2c 9h 6s] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FGators26: shows [Ac Qc] (high card Ace)
bparis: shows [Ad 6d] (a pair of Sixes)
bparis collected 14488 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14488 | Rake 0
Board [5h 2c 9h 6s Ks]
Seat 1: joggedress folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Pede25 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bparis showed [Ad 6d] and won (14488) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 4: ukfiberguy (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: FGators26 (small blind) showed [Ac Qc] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: jchasek (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: GeniusJames folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: MD2B08 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: dude904 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

It was like six off the bubble too, but I'll be damned if I'm gonna wait to squeak into the money. Hopefully I can do somethin with this.

16th in the 100

Just got 16th. A guy who had raised like five of the last seven hands raised, i repopped him with QQ, and he had AA. Great.

16th was worth $600, but first was worth over $14k. Bleh.