the one that got away

I played in the Bodog Player's Choice tourney tonight ($250+ 25) that awards a $12k buyin package to any 10k buyin event of the player's choice. There were only 27 people that played (i.e. a $5K overlay on a $12k prize...sick sick sick). At one point on the final table I lost a big pot to get down to 1800 chips...fast forward to heads up where I was a 2:1 leader. I lost a big pot heads up that could have ended it (KQhh<33)> Congrats to my buddy Brad who took down his first ever win in a MTT with more than 200 people tonight and also to Two Black Aces who made another good run in the 8pm 32k guar on ftp.

GO DEEP or don't go at all!!!!!!!!

JD

Heading to Atlantic City (a.k.a. shithole extrordinaire) in 10 days

My buddy Brad and I are going to Atlantic City one week from this Wednesday for some poker donkathons. I was able to get a room comp for 3 nights at any Harrah's property casino. I chose this guy's favorite spot...Showboat. The last time I went to AC I played all of my poker there exclusively and loved it. It wasn't as big as Borgota or some of the other ones...but it was clean, well organized, smoke free, and very quiet (it was nowhere near the main casino floor so there was no slot machine racket to be heard). I heard they have moved the cardroom though, so this may no longer be the case. Anyway, only plan to play their tourney on the 1st night we arrive ($80+ @7pm i think). After that, we will be playing at the Borgota for cash games and their daily tourneys. On Friday, they will have a $300+40 $75k guarantee that starts at noon. Hopefully most of my degenerate gambling brethren used all of their vacation time to go to Vegas during the WSOP and can't make this tourney to make for an overlay of BoDog proportions! Nice to see a lot of the Bloggers making big scores in lots of the online guarantee tourneys. Shout out to LJ for mentioning my turbo hundo score on her blog. She has been killing it these last few months. Had to work a rare day shift today (for some coin to take to AC)...so had to miss the Sunday majors. Will play the 10pm daily doubles and 10pm $26 buyin guar on tilt when i get home though. If anyone will be in AC in a week and a half and wants to meet up, give me a shout. TID...
JD

Turbo Hundo on FTP Victory!!!

Just finished up winning the Turbo Hundo that starts at 3am on FTP for $7k. I don't know how to post screen shots...so you will just have to take my word for it. If anyone reads this, please respond with how to do screen shots on the blog. Anyway, I will post the tournament on pxf replayer if anyone is interested in watching a donk lucksack his way through the field. Saw a lot of tough regulars from BoDog playing this tourney (Fin2Win, DaisyXoXo, SoggyDogg (who is SoggyVag on BoDog) to name a few. Looks like Iggy is the last blogger standing. Hated to see that Lucko, LJ and Loretta8 did not go deep. I plan on playing next year but wish I had gotten to play this year for the experience. All for now. GLGL.
JD

The heater continues

After last Thursday's and Friday's big scores, I have continued with some big wins and lots of final tables. From Saturday to Tuesday (finished Wednesday a.m. about 07:30 actually) I have won a Bodog 5k guarantee $44+$4 for $1500, got 4th in a Bodog $50+$5 rebuy 8K guarantee for $975, got 5th in a Bodog $30+$3 5k guarantee for $280, got 2nd in a Bodog $20+$2 rebuy 5k guarantee for $1050 and got 1st in the 01:59EST $69+$6 FullTilt ?guarantee(doesn't matter guar. on ftp since there is almost never an overlay anyway) for a $4800 score. Was looking good in the 3am Turbo Hundo on fulltilt when I got AA all in pre against AJo and TT till the river 10 sent me to the rail (would have been top 10 stack with that pot). This is the 3rd time I have won the 01:59 event on FullTilt. Usually have been drunk off my ass when I won it including this time as I had been over to my friend Brad's for an evening cookout with the family. He is convinced that the 2 jack and coke's I had is the secret to a successful tourney...but maybe the 11 beers that followed didn't hurt either. Hate that I have to start back my 7 straight days of work tonight (will cool me off from my heater), but such is life. Most of all I hate not being at the WSOP Main Event as my game has really come around lately. I suck at live poker though because I can't read people for shit, but people can read me like an open book. I also have trouble playing such a small number of hands per hour as I usually have 6-8 tables going at once online:>). I am fairly certain at least one of our blogger brethren will go DEEEEP in the WSOP ME. LJ, Lucko, and Loretta8 are all on sick heaters right now and all stand a great chance go deep. Hope TuscaJohnny hits on his mega sat and plays as well. Don't know who backed him for the sat, but I would say it was a good investment. Not sure if CK is playing the main event or not, but if she is...I wouldn't want to draw her table either. I don't know how well I would adjust to such long levels and the superstack of chips. See so many push monkeys shoving so early in the ME that I would snap call my flopped top set to an allin shove from the guy who flops the OESD and he would hit his 8 outer on me. Guess we'll find out next year as I need to log some live practice time before I take my shot. I think Brad and I are going to go to the Borgota later this month and hit their daily tourneys for a few days. Definitely want to play the $300+$40 75k guarantee they run on Fridays. Till next time...felt the fish and bust the donkeys.
JD