8 down from an unlikely tourney

I've been pretty much stinking it up in grand fashion lately. I did get my 8th 4 figure score for '09 the other night though in the bodog 15k guarantee that starts at 8:30 est. Got 3rd for about $1,700. The very next night I final tabled the same tourney and got 6th for $670. Pretty much everything else has sucked. I have started playing an every other thursday live game with my neighbor Brad and 6 other guys that consists of a $5/$10 limit mixed game dealers choice of holdem, omaho hi/lo, and a variant of seven stud hi/lo they call chuck and roll. This last game is my favorite. Each player is dealt 4 cards face down. Next each player throws away one card, then rolls one of the remaining 3 cards face up. From there it is played out as regular 7 stud hi/lo. Initial buyin of $300 and play is extremely loose. Usually 5 of 8 players still in pot at showdown. It is a refreshing change from straight nl tourney grind. Got deep in one bbt4 blogger tourney (brit blogger game last sunday but AK < A9 aipf for chip lead 6 handed. Wouldn't have gotten a ton of points for the win given the $5 buyin but the seat to the final showdown for the 2 main event packages would have been nice. Note to self...run like Lucko next time:)
ALL for now.
JD

another 4 figure score...7 down 3 to go for 09 goal

Only decent cash last night was the last hundred dollar turbo I played on stars. Took 4ht for $1,900 after pushing ace rag with less than 4bb left in to the@warden's (aka dpottz on tilt and bodog) big blind AA. Oh well, it was a major pushfest crapshoot once we were down to 6 and I open folded too many times as well as folded Ace nine off in my bb to the button shove when 5 handed and I had him barely covered. Have to call there at that stage with so much in already so I got what I deserved. Built a big stack in the Turbo Fiddy again last night 2nd with 96 left and 54 places paying when I cracked AA with AdKd allin preflop. I rivered the flush. Then lost 3 races after that with qq, 10 10, and JJ all losing to AK allin preflop and that was that for the bubble boy. In the Turbo hundo on tilt, I was short stacked for a long time then doubled with aces and doubled again with AK to get back in decent shape. Bustout hand shortly thereafter was when action folds to the tournament chip leader in the sb and I have AA in the bb...He just completes and by then there was 1/3 of my stack in the pot...so I decide to shove preflop with him being pot commited already. He oblingingly calls with Qd9d and I go home with the Q99 flop and no turn or river ace. Oh well. All for now.
JD

Turbo Fiddy win and other stuff

Well I am on target to meet some of my New Year goals, but still feel like I am spinning my wheels. I won the Turbo Fiddy on Full Tilt 2 nights ago for $5,700. That along with the 2 Turbo Hundo wins, an 8th in a $100 poker stars tubo for $1,450, a 3k plo8 win for $1,300, and a daily double b win for $2,000 has put me well on my way towards my goal for 10 4 figure scores in 2009. So 6 down 4 to go to meet goal there. Still 0 for the 5 figure goal though. Only chance was the Pokerstars hundred dollar turbo where I entered the final table 5 of 9. First was 11K but I was unable to close it. Anyway, I feel like I am doing fairly well, but the above results are somewhat misleading in that I have been putting in huge volumes of play. A lot of money won minus a lot of money spent to win = spinning the wheels. Also, my satellite tourney results have been terrible. This does not bode well for my goal to win 3 seats to wsop main event. Will definitely need to do some work there. All for now.
JD

took down the Turbo Hundo on FTP yet again

Well, I somehow won my 3rd Turbo Hundo last night for a little of $6,100. This must be my lucky tourney as I have now won it twice already in 2009 and won it once last year as well. Funny thing is, the night before was when I thought I was going to win as I had twice the chips of the 2nd place person 5 minutes before the first break. Ended up cashing that one but no final table. Last night, I think I only had about 3800 chips at first break...but patiently chipped up after the break to where i was hovering between 1st and 6th in chips once we made it to the money. I played well in the Sunday majors as well (BODOG 100k, FTP 750K, and PS 1mill), only cashed in the FTP 151st place I think. Built my stack way back up in the PS tourney after my flopped set of Kings fell victim to the runner runner straight that was gut shot completed on the river (and no I didn't slow play <4x pre, potted the flop as 2 hearts flopped, potted the turn, then 2/3 potted the river and had to make the crying call of his shove). That hand took me down to 2400 chips and I was able to work it all the way back up to 86k chips. Then I went card dead and went out 10 spots before the money when I shoved my measely 6BB stack from the cutoff with A6 sooted and got called by the BB A6 sooted...he made his flush on the river and robbed what I thought for sure would have been a chop. Oh well, pulled some money off tilt and hope i can parlay what I left to a WSOP satellite win (maybe a sunday final table or ftops score). I also played my every other Friday night live game last week. Turn out is usually only 8-12 people and structure is 100 dollar initial buyin for 3500 chips. As soon as you get below 2k you can rebuy 1500 chips for 40 bucks and if you bust you can get 3000 chips for 80 bucks (anytime before then end of the 3rd level)...levels are 20minutes and go up slow at first but skyrocket late...going 1k/2k to 2k/4k to 4k/8k...which really sucks come heads up time as chipleader usually has <6bb. Addon of 3k chips avail. after 3rd level for $60. Friday sported 9 runners with 1st getting $880 and 2nd getting $440. Despite being extremely card dead, I was able to take it down. In for total of $200 out with $880...sweet. All for now. Ride her until she bucks you.
JD

ship the Turbo Hundo on FTP again

Won the Turbo Hundo on FTP again the other night for $5,300. There is 1 of my 10 needed 4 figure scores for my new year goals. Hope this is indicative how the year will go. Take care.
JD