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

Finally

I won the 11pm 10k guarantee on bodog this past Thurs. night ($200 buyin)...I think there was about an 1800 dollar overlay as only 41 players sooted up! It is a lot easier to win these things win you card rack it at the final table. That win was good for $4k...then last night I played in the 15k guarantee 100 dollar buyin that started at 8:30 pm while i was playing the live game down the street. With 4 people left I had a significant chip lead (1st paid 4500). Unfortunately, the guy who had the 2nd biggest stack once down to 4 made a standard raise from the button when i was BB. I flatted and flopped an oesd and 4spades to a weak flush. I bet, he raised, I shoved having him comfortable covered and having 2 draws at 15outs. He had pocket KK and I whiffed. This left me as a shorty and I eventually busted 3rd for 1785 payout. I sucked out this entire tournament to get there (it was nice to be on the other side for a change). Hope I can maintain this heater. All for now.
JD

short post before I take down the donkey wsop seat

Tonight I will play for the WSOP seat given away for the BoDog blogger tourney finale. I got 8th in the BBT3 TOC and 6th in the 2k freeroll. I am moving up and final tabled both. I think as long as I don't get coolered during a big hand, tonight we ride!!! Plenty of good competition including the host himself and and NewinNov who has run better than anyone the entire series. No noticable super easy chips...but I feel it coming. Will post later...got to get some rest.
JD

8th in TOC = 46th in TOC

Couldn't get it done in the TOC tourney yesterday. Managed to be in 2nd place with about 25 of us left...but just couldn't close the deal. Made 3 really big mistakes. 1 actually helped me and 2 really killed me. In the one that helped me, I check raised a whiffed flop vs. Pirate Lawyer in a spot where I really shouldn't have been comitting chips. He folded after tanking (hopefully giving me credit for last weeks big game hand where I folded a flopped set to his flopped broadway when he reraised my lead on the turn). I am fairly sure he had me beat, but this gave me some chips. A short while later he and I jousted again when I coolered him with KK vs his 10 10 all in pre which got me a nice stack. I bled a few chips somewhere in there when Astin raised UTG 3.5x and it folded to me in bb with AKcc. I had him covered in chips over 4:1 and he would have been comitted with his 2K start of hand stack no matter what size raise I made so I just shoved. He had Aces of course and I could not get the miracle suckout. I was still in decent shape and managed to amass the stack that put me in 2nd behind oossuuu754. I then got involved with him in a hand that really played out poorly for me and I should have known better after watching the hand he eliminated Hoy with. It folded to me in sb with A3sooted. I just completed, then he raised 3x. I reraised and he flatted. Flop came KQJ and I check raised him...he shoves and I fold only leaving myself about 7.5k in chips. So I dropped from 2nd to 5th in a BvB hand. I thought I could take the pot with both of my raises giving him credit for not wanting to butt onions one of the only stacks that could hurt him...but I was wrong. Obviously overthought the hand and it really crushed me. The other hand I totally screwed up was against Astin. It folds to me in midposition and I have QQ. Astin is next to act and cold calls. Everyone else folds. Flop came out something like 772 rainbow and I check hoping to make a check raise since he had position. The turn was the Ace of Spades and I led to see if I was good. He shoves allin over the top and I have to fold. I should have just taken it down on the flop probably and this caused more chip spew. From that hand on, the only playable hand I got was 88 which I just called with UTG as one of the shorties. To most players at this level, this call from that position as a shorty looks like AA hoping to get raised for what is left of their stack...so I was hoping for folds to the BB, where I would shove any flop and pray. Instead, Katiemother (who was the only other player I had covered by this point) shoves allin. The bb folds and I call. 88 < J9 and I am crippled. I get lucky open shoving the button with next to no chips left while holding K7o by getting called by oossuuu being cute and calling with 72o. This gets me back to a playable 7.5k in chips but nothing good from there. I bust open shoving the button holding A6o and Scottc overshoves from sb with AK. No miracle and I bow out 8th. I definitely lack the late stage game for success and need lots of work. I keep seeing people shove and call with crap at critical stages to give them ammo they need to run...and I just can't bring myself to do it. Oh well, better luck Tuesday maybe. CMitch got bad beated a lot at the final table. But the beat oossuuu put on Hoy and the beat Loretta (one of the eventual winners) put on Tuscaloosa Johnny hurt me to watch. I didn't have any big suckouts...but also didn't have anyone suckout too bad on me. It just wasn't my day. Tuesday I promise.
JD