Tuesday, July 24, 2007

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.

Monday, July 23, 2007

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.

don't FUCK with me

PokerStars Game #11099802403: Tournament #56066088, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/07/23 - 21:06:49 (ET)
Table '56066088 16' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: dannysek (20330 in chips)
Seat 2: Kvanmo (7545 in chips)
Seat 3: bparis (33211 in chips)
Seat 4: DareYou2Call (5776 in chips)
Seat 5: rivermanl (8930 in chips)
Seat 6: TheThrill (10407 in chips)
Seat 7: alexterra (10273 in chips)
Seat 8: KvGalen (30980 in chips)
Seat 9: Believer82 (28307 in chips)
dannysek: posts the ante 25
Kvanmo: posts the ante 25
bparis: posts the ante 25
DareYou2Call: posts the ante 25
rivermanl: posts the ante 25
TheThrill: posts the ante 25
alexterra: posts the ante 25
KvGalen: posts the ante 25
Believer82: posts the ante 25
TheThrill: posts small blind 200
alexterra: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [Qs Ad]
KvGalen: folds
Believer82: folds
dannysek: folds
Kvanmo: folds
bparis: raises 800 to 1200
DareYou2Call: folds
rivermanl: folds
TheThrill: folds
alexterra: raises 2800 to 4000
bparis: raises 10400 to 14400
alexterra: folds
bparis collected 8425 from pot
bparis: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8425 | Rake 0
Seat 1: dannysek folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Kvanmo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bparis collected (8425)
Seat 4: DareYou2Call folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: rivermanl (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: TheThrill (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: alexterra (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: KvGalen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Believer82 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

That makes me third of 139 in this $100... it's a big one too, over $14k for first. Also have 8300 in the $100r on just one rebuy. Good luck to me.

oops

PokerStars Game #11086797839: Tournament #55434481, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (5000/10000) - 2007/07/23 - 03:24:56 (ET)
Table '55434481 58' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: Brutiful (1472712 in chips)
Seat 3: sAs421 (84139 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: farmhill (412176 in chips)
Seat 5: seminole28 (209430 in chips)
Seat 6: acoimbra (638861 in chips)
Seat 7: bparis (134944 in chips)
Seat 9: ruddog123 (165856 in chips)
Brutiful: posts the ante 1000
sAs421: posts the ante 1000
farmhill: posts the ante 1000
seminole28: posts the ante 1000
acoimbra: posts the ante 1000
bparis: posts the ante 1000
ruddog123: posts the ante 1000
Brutiful: posts small blind 5000
sAs421: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [Qd 9d]
farmhill: folds
seminole28: folds
acoimbra: folds
bparis: raises 123944 to 133944 and is all-in
ruddog123: raises 30912 to 164856 and is all-in
Brutiful: folds
sAs421: folds
*** FLOP *** [7d Ks Kh]
*** TURN *** [7d Ks Kh] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [7d Ks Kh Ah] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bparis: shows [Qd 9d] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
ruddog123: shows [Jc Jh] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
Benegle is connected
bparis collected 289888 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 289888 | Rake 0
Board [7d Ks Kh Ah Qs]
Seat 2: Brutiful (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: sAs421 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: farmhill folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: seminole28 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: acoimbra folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bparis showed [Qd 9d] and won (289888) with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 9: ruddog123 (button) showed [Jc Jh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks

Got a great shot in the $10r now cause of that... 6th of 30. Hopefully this can make up for a horrible night overall.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

bubbled the $22r

I bubbled the $22r on QQ down to QQ. He hit four hearts.

Caps off a terrible night. I'd better qualify for Manila. Going to try and get three hours sleep or so before I get in there. I hope it's a bunch of idiot Australians again.

oops... i'm a donk

resteal gone horribly wrong... but then right

PokerStars Game #11065027204: Tournament #55434315, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (500/1000) - 2007/07/21 - 22:50:40 (ET)
Table '55434315 4' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Mrsgardener (19870 in chips)
Seat 2: bparis (10582 in chips)
Seat 3: armenioz (21715 in chips)
Seat 4: SirGutShot (15803 in chips)
Seat 5: Jovial Gent (32269 in chips)
Seat 6: joaobarb (26776 in chips)
Seat 7: THE__D__RY (56991 in chips)
Seat 8: waarst (30838 in chips)
Seat 9: PokerSavage1 (45674 in chips)
Mrsgardener: posts the ante 100
bparis: posts the ante 100
armenioz: posts the ante 100
SirGutShot: posts the ante 100
Jovial Gent: posts the ante 100
joaobarb: posts the ante 100
THE__D__RY: posts the ante 100
waarst: posts the ante 100
PokerSavage1: posts the ante 100
Mrsgardener: posts small blind 500
bparis: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [8s Jh]
armenioz: folds
SirGutShot: folds
Jovial Gent: folds
joaobarb: folds
THE__D__RY: raises 1700 to 2700
waarst: folds
PokerSavage1: folds
Mrsgardener: folds
bparis: raises 7300 to 10000
THE__D__RY: calls 7300
*** FLOP *** [8h 5c Jc]
bparis: bets 482 and is all-in
THE__D__RY: calls 482
*** TURN *** [8h 5c Jc] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [8h 5c Jc 4h] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bparis: shows [8s Jh] (a full house, Jacks full of Eights)
THE__D__RY: shows [5h Ah] (two pair, Jacks and Fives)
THE__D__RY said, "lol"
bparis collected 22364 from pot
bparis said, "lol nice call"
bparis said, "oops"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 22364 | Rake 0
Board [8h 5c Jc 4h Js]
Seat 1: Mrsgardener (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: bparis (big blind) showed [8s Jh] and won (22364) with a full house, Jacks full of Eights
Seat 3: armenioz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: SirGutShot folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Jovial Gent folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: joaobarb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: THE__D__RY showed [5h Ah] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fives
Seat 8: waarst folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: PokerSavage1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Oops.t

$100r update

Just won a big pot. Here:

PokerStars Game #11063451260: Tournament #55434315, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/07/21 - 21:07:26 (ET)
Table '55434315 13' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: PokerSavage1 (5000 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: BONCELA (12810 in chips)
Seat 3: elmasmacho (7840 in chips)
Seat 4: waarst (7915 in chips)
Seat 6: dpeters17 (7450 in chips)
Seat 7: JOEYTHEB (7675 in chips)
Seat 8: bparis (10595 in chips)
Seat 9: lekiddecinci (5160 in chips)
bparis: posts small blind 75
lekiddecinci: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [Qs Ac]
PokerSavage1: folds
BONCELA: folds
elmasmacho: folds
waarst: folds
dpeters17: folds
JOEYTHEB: raises 300 to 450
bparis: raises 900 to 1350
lekiddecinci: raises 3810 to 5160 and is all-in
JOEYTHEB: folds
bparis: calls 3810
*** FLOP *** [Jh 8h 4s]
*** TURN *** [Jh 8h 4s] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 8h 4s 5c] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bparis: shows [Qs Ac] (high card Ace)
lekiddecinci: shows [9c Ad] (high card Ace - lower kicker)
PokerSavage1 has returned
bparis collected 10770 from pot
BREAKURFACE is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10770 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 8h 4s 5c Kd]
Seat 1: PokerSavage1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BONCELA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: elmasmacho folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: waarst folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: dpeters17 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: JOEYTHEB (button) folded before Flop
Seat 8: bparis (small blind) showed [Qs Ac] and won (10770) with high card Ace
Seat 9: lekiddecinci (big blind) showed [9c Ad] and lost with high card Ace


The guy thought FOREVER before putting in the third reraise allin with A9. I put him on TT or JJ and figured I'd flip with my 1.8 to 1 odds. Instead I had him crushed beyond belief. 5th of 100 now.

haha... $100r repeat in the works?

Very first hand of the $100 rebuy...

PokerStars Game #11062444487: Tournament #55434315, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/07/21 - 20:00:00 (ET)
Table '55434315 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: lokemupsally (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: okeedope (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: supergkis (3000 in chips)
Seat 5: Steve Sux (3000 in chips)
Seat 6: boilers295 (3000 in chips)
Seat 7: bparis (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: TGFpoker.com (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Slasherman (1500 in chips)
okeedope: posts small blind 10
supergkis: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [Ad Ah]
TGFpoker.com is connected
Steve Sux: raises 80 to 100
boilers295: calls 100
bparis: raises 1400 to 1500 and is all-in
TGFpoker.com: folds
TGFpoker.com is sitting out
Slasherman: calls 1500 and is all-in
lokemupsally: folds
okeedope: calls 1490 and is all-in
supergkis: folds
Steve Sux: calls 1400
boilers295: calls 1400
*** FLOP *** [3d 3s 9c]
Steve Sux: checks
boilers295: bets 1500 and is all-in
Steve Sux: calls 1500 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [3d 3s 9c] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [3d 3s 9c 6c] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Steve Sux: shows [Qd Kd] (a pair of Threes)
boilers295: shows [7s 9s] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
boilers295 collected 3000 from side pot
bparis: shows [Ad Ah] (a full house, Aces full of Threes)
Slasherman: shows [4s 4d] (two pair, Fours and Threes)
okeedope: shows [Ks Kh] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
bparis collected 7520 from main pot
boilers295 said, "fun"
Slasherman re-buys and receives 1500 chips for $100.00
Steve Sux re-buys and receives 1500 chips for $100.00
okeedope re-buys and receives 1500 chips for $100.00
Steve Sux re-buys and receives 1500 chips for $100.00
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10520 Main pot 7520. Side pot 3000. | Rake 0
Board [3d 3s 9c 6c As]
Seat 1: lokemupsally (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: okeedope (small blind) showed [Ks Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 4: supergkis (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Steve Sux showed [Qd Kd] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 6: boilers295 showed [7s 9s] and won (3000) with two pair, Nines and Threes
Seat 7: bparis showed [Ad Ah] and won (7520) with a full house, Aces full of Threes
Seat 8: TGFpoker.com folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Slasherman showed [4s 4d] and lost with two pair, Fours and Threes

Tagged. Got $500 worth of chips after one hand. Nice.

8th on the year!

The fine people at bluff magazine just informed me that I am 8th on the year in their silver rankings. The top 10 gold are all the best TLB players, that's where I would like to be by the end of the year, but I'll take top 10 silver for now.

http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/onlinerankings.asp

This just reinforces further that this is the path for me. Gonna get back in there tonight and try to qualify for Manila, among other things. Wish me luck.

Friday, July 20, 2007

sell me T$, W$

For anyone who happens to be reading this, I will buy W$ and T$ at 90 cents and 95 cents on the dollar, respectively. I will buy up to any amount of T$ - I would be readily willing to convert my entire roll into T$ if I got the 5% discount - and I'm down to buy maybe $500 worth of W$ for now. Leave me a comment or find me on stars - I'm not too hard to find, usually - and we can do business. These rates are better than those offered by major sites, so get em while they last.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

$100 rebuy

I got 12th in the $100 rebuy. This was a big hand with like 17 people left:

Bryan J Paris: PokerStars Game #11031282874: Tournament #55434007, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (1500/3000) - 2007/07/19 - 23:56:02 (ET)
Table '55434007 20' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: vietcong01 (127467 in chips)
Seat 2: djk123 (149363 in chips)
Seat 3: THE CUBE (51970 in chips)
Seat 4: dolphin (47000 in chips)
Seat 5: Cruzecontrol (17473 in chips)
Seat 6: bparis (34400 in chips)
Seat 7: mrjustice999 (125410 in chips)
Seat 8: Duke_78 (37732 in chips)
vietcong01: posts the ante 300
djk123: posts the ante 300
THE CUBE: posts the ante 300
dolphin: posts the ante 300
Cruzecontrol: posts the ante 300
bparis: posts the ante 300
mrjustice999: posts the ante 300
Duke_78: posts the ante 300
Cruzecontrol: posts small blind 1500
bparis: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [8s Js]
mrjustice999: folds
Duke_78: folds
vietcong01: folds
djk123: raises 4700 to 7700
THE CUBE: folds
dolphin: folds
Cruzecontrol: folds
bparis: calls 4700
*** FLOP *** [Kd 4h 8d]
bparis: bets 26400 and is all-in
djk123: calls 26400
*** TURN *** [Kd 4h 8d] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 4h 8d Ah] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bparis: shows [8s Js] (a pair of Eights)
djk123: shows [8c 6h] (a pair of Eights - lower kicker)
bparis collected 72100 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 72100 | Rake 0
Board [Kd 4h 8d Ah 9h]
Seat 1: vietcong01 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: djk123 showed [8c 6h] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 3: THE CUBE folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: dolphin (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Cruzecontrol (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: bparis (big blind) showed [8s Js] and won (72100) with a pair of Eights
Seat 7: mrjustice999 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Duke_78 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Then the same guy gets JJ utg, raises, i repop him with 88, gg. He'd been raising with 50%+ of his hands... am i supposed to fold? Fucking a.

I also lost QQ to 99 allin pre in the $150 like 40 places out of the money. At least I got back 8x my investment in the $100r, so I'm like even. Hooray.

the most absurd thing I have ever seen in my entire life

Read this. I promise it is worth your time.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,,2127297,00.html

Is this country run by children? The utter lack of understanding of economics is appalling. Attempting to cure an inflationary crisis by simply declaring that the price of everything should be cut in half and making inflation illegal is the most juvenile solution to a problem I have ever heard. Even in medieval Europe, people didn't think you could solve problems with idiot methods like that. Robert Mugabe is one of the most irresponsible and awful leaders in the world, and if the US is going to try and remove awful dictators from power, he'd be a great place to start. Ridiculous.

I'm gonna play starting in seven minutes, so I'll be back to talkin about poker soon. Sorry for ranting.

reverse racism in some stupid movie

I'm watching some idiot comedy movie right now on HBO about some fat black girl who's bitter because she's fat. The interesting thing about the movie is how they portray white people. Three examples:

- She sees some black guy going out with a white girl, and the white girl walks into her and makes her spill her drink in her own face, then gets mad at the black girl and says "people should watch what they're drinking!"

- She attempts to convince the white personal assistant of the CEO of the clothing store at which she works to see some of her fashion sketches. He responds haughtily that she's not worth the CEO's time, and when she protests, he says "frankly, I don't give a damn." Like anyone directly quotes Gone with the Wind in everyday speech like that.

- She goes to a bank called "First Plantation Bank" that declines her loan application because her house is in a "high-risk" neighborhood, which of course she takes to mean that she lives in a black neighborhood. The white banker makes a big show of claiming to be an equal opportunity lender, but is portrayed as being full of shit.

This is like the most retarded movie I've ever seen. There was just a scene in which the fat black girl had an insult war with the guy who was working the counter at "Fatassburger," and all the customers just stood around cheering while the two exchanged "you so fat" and "you so ugly"s across the counter, until the guy behind the counter started crying after she claimed he was so ugly his birth certificate was an apology letter from the condom factory (oh!!!).

Now they're portraying Nigerians (Nigerians!!!) as great guys, doctors and sophisticated individuals. Nigerians are among the most notorious scam artists in the world. Their country is in a shambles, with AIDS rates through the roof and no productive economic activity of any sort taking place. The most profitable enterprise in Nigeria is stealing credit cards from idiots on the internet. So white people are evil, and these guys are heroes? Just an idiot movie, but come on.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

guess I'm not gettin even...

PokerStars Game #11015708392: Tournament #55433898, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/07/19 - 02:54:34 (ET)
Table '55433898 11' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: CarteNoire (35996 in chips)
Seat 3: baconb (24919 in chips)
Seat 4: WiscoMurray (50312 in chips)
Seat 5: PaPaDoC719 (8927 in chips)
Seat 7: DevilPrawn (10621 in chips)
Seat 8: bparis (8977 in chips)
Seat 9: PlaynWitNuts (7725 in chips)
CarteNoire: posts the ante 75
baconb: posts the ante 75
WiscoMurray: posts the ante 75
PaPaDoC719: posts the ante 75
DevilPrawn: posts the ante 75
bparis: posts the ante 75
PlaynWitNuts: posts the ante 75
DevilPrawn: posts small blind 400
bparis: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [Kh Kc]
PlaynWitNuts: folds
CarteNoire: raises 1600 to 2400
baconb: folds
WiscoMurray: folds
PaPaDoC719: folds
DevilPrawn: folds
bparis: raises 4800 to 7200
CarteNoire: calls 4800
*** FLOP *** [Js 8d 6c]
bparis: bets 1702 and is all-in
CarteNoire: calls 1702
*** TURN *** [Js 8d 6c] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [Js 8d 6c Td] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bparis: shows [Kh Kc] (a pair of Kings)
CarteNoire: shows [8s Th] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
CarteNoire collected 18729 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18729 | Rake 0
Board [Js 8d 6c Td 9c]
Seat 1: CarteNoire showed [8s Th] and won (18729) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 3: baconb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: WiscoMurray folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: PaPaDoC719 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: DevilPrawn (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: bparis (big blind) showed [Kh Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 9: PlaynWitNuts folded before Flop (didn't bet)

big money

Just got 2nd in a $10 with 10 minute levels for about $1500. The sad part is I'm still down on the night. I had a shot to redeem myself in a $30 but I got 12th, which is worthless. Last shot to get even is the $50 1 rebuy 1 addon... good luck to me.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

oakland loses ninth in a row

The Oakland Athletics are in the process of losing their ninth game in a row, down 10-4 to the last place Texas Rangers. This came directly on the heels of a pair of bets I made on them. I bet on them to finish ahead of the Mariners (at 1-1), and I bet on them to win the World Series (at 50-1). Since then, they are 0-9 and failed to score more than 3 runs in the first eight of those games. Ridiculous. Beane should trade everyone whose contract is going to expire and get whatever he can. This season is over, and I don't say that very easily.

the nightly one fifty

Just lost in the 150 in like 60th or so. There was this insane series of hands to finish it off. I started with like 10k at 600/1200 blinds, so pretty short, and proceeded to steal about 3 pots per round with all-ins, just going nuts until I got my stack up to about 16k. Then I picked up AKh, raised, got reraised allin by AQd, and called. Great setup, right? Nope, he flops a flush.

I hate stars sometimes.

On a lighter note, not a single one of the $100 180 mans has started up yet. Should have known that would be the case.

asfdhsdfhsfh

Look at this call. Why can't I get rewarded for this call?

PokerStars Game #10995671265: Tournament #55429398, $25.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/07/17 - 21:56:28 (ET)
Table '55429398 30' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: LuZaGoSpAiN (12694 in chips)
Seat 2: lapsos669966 (6954 in chips)
Seat 3: Trip Dub Ad (15483 in chips)
Seat 4: thakilla (4835 in chips)
Seat 5: jackpotQKA (3852 in chips)
Seat 6: Acesup803 (28824 in chips)
Seat 7: bparis (6457 in chips)
Seat 8: badcallm8 (15785 in chips)
Seat 9: cantstop (8097 in chips)
LuZaGoSpAiN: posts the ante 25
lapsos669966: posts the ante 25
Trip Dub Ad: posts the ante 25
thakilla: posts the ante 25
jackpotQKA: posts the ante 25
Acesup803: posts the ante 25
bparis: posts the ante 25
badcallm8: posts the ante 25
cantstop: posts the ante 25
lapsos669966: posts small blind 200
Trip Dub Ad: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [7d Ad]
thakilla: folds
jackpotQKA: folds
Acesup803: folds
bparis: raises 800 to 1200
badcallm8: folds
cantstop: folds
LuZaGoSpAiN: calls 1200
lapsos669966: folds
Trip Dub Ad: folds
*** FLOP *** [3h 3s Tc]
bparis: checks
LuZaGoSpAiN: checks
*** TURN *** [3h 3s Tc] [Th]
bparis: checks
LuZaGoSpAiN: bets 5200
bparis: raises 32 to 5232 and is all-in
LuZaGoSpAiN: calls 32
*** RIVER *** [3h 3s Tc Th] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bparis: shows [7d Ad] (two pair, Tens and Threes)
LuZaGoSpAiN: shows [9h Qh] (a flush, Queen high)
LuZaGoSpAiN said, "ups"
LuZaGoSpAiN collected 13689 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13689 | Rake 0
Board [3h 3s Tc Th 4h]
Seat 1: LuZaGoSpAiN (button) showed [9h Qh] and won (13689) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 2: lapsos669966 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Trip Dub Ad (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: thakilla folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jackpotQKA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Acesup803 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bparis showed [7d Ad] and lost with two pair, Tens and Threes
Seat 8: badcallm8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: cantstop folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Stars adds $100 180 mans!

In a move I have been hoping for for about two years now, stars added a $100 180 man to their list of tournaments. If these are half as easy as the $20 180 mans I am about to become a very wealthy man. Another example of Stars' great staff giving the players what they want. I love pokerstars.

Monday, July 16, 2007

Live by the AK, die by the AK

A marginal night. I dropped about $1200-1300 in buyins but got fifth in the 8 pm $100 to make up for it. I lost the 100r on back to back flips, one of which was my AA vs QKs on a Qxx two spades flop allin on the flop. I lost the 150 on back to back flips as well, so I was pretty demoralized. Eventually, nothing was left but the 8 pm $100, and I had just over 2x the starting stack when the following hand went down:

PokerStars Game #10980903692: Tournament #55429381, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (150/300) - 2007/07/17 - 00:40:21 (ET)
Table '55429381 48' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: Nicolak (4267 in chips)
Seat 2: novy007 (7550 in chips)
Seat 3: troyomac (16668 in chips)
Seat 5: leroyphunk (5070 in chips)
Seat 6: Shad_Star (6570 in chips)
Seat 7: bparis (7000 in chips)
Seat 8: xDANGERZONEx (5270 in chips)
Seat 9: northerngent (5495 in chips)
Nicolak: posts the ante 25
novy007: posts the ante 25
troyomac: posts the ante 25
leroyphunk: posts the ante 25
Shad_Star: posts the ante 25
bparis: posts the ante 25
xDANGERZONEx: posts the ante 25
northerngent: posts the ante 25
northerngent: posts small blind 150
Nicolak: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bparis [Ah 8s]
novy007: folds
troyomac: folds
leroyphunk: folds
Shad_Star: folds
bparis: raises 600 to 900
xDANGERZONEx: calls 900
northerngent: folds
Nicolak: folds
*** FLOP *** [8h 3h Js]
bparis: checks
autobot7 is connected
xDANGERZONEx: bets 3600
bparis: raises 2475 to 6075 and is all-in
xDANGERZONEx: calls 745 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [8h 3h Js] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [8h 3h Js Jh] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bparis: shows [Ah 8s] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
xDANGERZONEx: shows [Qc Ks] (a pair of Jacks)
bparis collected 11140 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11140 | Rake 0
Board [8h 3h Js Jh Td]
Seat 1: Nicolak (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: novy007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: troyomac folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: leroyphunk folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Shad_Star folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bparis showed [Ah 8s] and won (11140) with two pair, Jacks and Eights
Seat 8: xDANGERZONEx (button) showed [Qc Ks] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 9: northerngent (small blind) folded before Flop

This hand propelled me to a reasonably sized stack. I then proceeded to get AK and AQ maybe a total of 12-14 times over the next couple of hours, enabling me to run my stack up quite a bit. I only had to win one or two of them as flips, the rest I just took down or was dominating. My first premium pair came with 10 people left, as I got KK on the big blind when someone had to desperation shove with K9d. That one somehow held.

At the final table, shaundeeb was on my left, making me take a very tight line throughout. I drew first blood when I busted Johnster in 9th with my AK vs his AJ allin pre when he desperation shoved from the cutoff. Then I raised with QQ, got called, the ace flopped, and I paid off two small bets on the turn and river to see him show me AQd... bad play by me, I should have at least been able to fold the river. Another one busted, and with seven left I was the short stack, so I took K6o on my cutoff (when the blinds were the other two short stacks and shaundeeb was on the button) and moved in with it for about eight big blinds. I got called by the sb who had AQo, but I luckily spiked a six on the turn to stay alive and bust him. Someone else busted somehow, then with five left I picked up TT on the cutoff. I open raised, shaundeeb made a small reraise, I came back over the top for the rest ,and he called with AK. Flop rags, turn brick, river A. Thanks a lot Lee.

Overall, a good day... at least I made up for my 0-fer sunday, which gets very expensive. AK got me really far in this tournament, then turned out to be my demise at the end. Can't wait to get back in there tonight.