YEAR IN REVIEW....coming soon

ZOMG, it's about that time of the year....year in review baby!!! I'll be posting it probably just after christmas, so make sure to check back to see if i hit any of my goals for 2008! I really have no idea what the grand total was/is for 2008, so i'm actually excited to crunch some numbers myself!

Ok, this might be my last post before christmas, so have a good holidays everyone, and if you're playing in a home poker game over the holidays, DO NOT BLUFF ppl. who don't know how to play the game!!

Murph

Been awhile

Not too much has been going on with me lately. Took a MASSIVE hit last weekend following my nice start to the month (standard), but i've grinded it all back, and then some, so i'm feeling pretty good about my game right now. I think my goal was 5k hands of heads up this month, and i'm already at like 7k, and it's going pretty well. I feel like my heads up game is really solid right now, and im looking forward to playing more heads up in 09! Going home for a week 19-26th, so no poker then which kind of sucks, but the break will be nice. Hopefully i can finish this week strong, take a week off, and finish the month even stronger!

Anyway, gonna jet...i have to get up at 415am tomorrow for work (dagger!), so i'm going to bed pretty early tonight. You may notice the pokerstars logo on the top of my blog...im signed up for the world blogging champaionships on stars...its pretty amazing actually...6 free chances at some pretty nice prizes, so wish me luck in those...i think i'll only be able to play 4 of the tournies though. Have a good holiday all!

Murph

Random thought/ 2 bets

The random thought of the day is for all the people out there that don't have a garage to keep your car in...what are you doing with you life??? Keep scraping the ice off of your car every morning, and waiting 20 minutes for the car to warm up. Get off of felt street and get a house with a garage!


Alabama money line. I mean seriously, how the F are they 10 point dogs??? I'm greedy and bet the money line...if you aren't that confident, bet the spread...this is a lock! And Oscar Dela hoya....you're going down this weekend bro...manny pacquio (sp?) pays +140...so i bet him too!


On the poker front, we are 5 days into December, and i'm up about $1300...cue the doomswitch for me bragging how much i'm up. Have a good weekend people...i'm having some money cuban fusion for dinner tonight and 6pm can't come fast enough!

Murph

Vegas part 2/ November review

Ended the month up $260...i'm starting to question my poker playing abilities...seriously wtf!!! $260?!?!?!?!?! Granted i only played like 20k hands, this shit is unacceptable. To be honest with you (i'm too lazy to figure it out), but this profit is probably soley from rakeback...i played a little omaha8 and probably lost around $100 this month. Oh well, i'm turning over a new leaf of sorts in December. For the past 3 months, i've dabbled some heads up cash games, for a really nice profit. I've only played 2500 hands at the most though. This month, it's my goal to really try to log at least 5000 hands of heads up poker. 2 problems with this are that i will pretty much be making no rakeback from this, and it's gonna be tough to maintain my iron man status on FTP. I'm still going to grind some full ring too (only to get points to maintain iron man), but i really think i'm gonna give HU a shot. Right now, i'm only 2 tabling, and i feel very comfortable doing this, but to get 5k hands, i may have to try to 3 table...we'll see. I've been practicing EXCELLENT game selection heads up, pretty much refusing to play anybody not playing just 1 table, and refusing to play anybody who's made money looking at table ratings. Yes it can take a little while to find the right opponent, but my winrate is crazy the past 3 months, and i think this is why. Bottom line, i'll keep you posted, but heads up, here i come!

Onto Vegas again. I'll finish off my other big hand from MGM to start. So utg staddles (so -ev IMO), anyway i'm UTG+1 with AK spades...so i make it $16...4 donkeys call, and so does the straddler (u can't fold after straddling right LOL)...flop comes J106 with the J and 10 of spades...so instead of betting out with my royal flush draw, i deciede on putting in a huge check raise when someone bets this flop, so i check...UTG+2 shoves all in for $90...ok, a little bit of an overbet, so my plan is kind of ruined...UTG+3 smooth calls with like $60 behind...WTF!!!! It gets folded to me...i figure i've got 14 outs twice to the stone cold nuts, so i really can't fold...so i decide to just shove....dude who smooth calls tanks (seriously bro, there is like almost $400 in the pot, and your debating calling your last $60)...so eventually he calls...neither of these donks turn their cards over....i just toss mine face up on the table...turn is a K...a nice card seeing as i have TPTK, but i'm still not loving my hand yet...river is a 2...both guys muck, and i take down the monster pot...i think it was pretty standard, but you may differ...

Ok, one funny story from Vegas and thats it...so we're at rumjungle in Mandalay Bay...and we're just sitting at the bar. I'm pretty much not talking to my fiance becuz i'm talking to my buddy about the grind earlier in the day, but she is sitting next to me. Out of left field, the waitress brings over a glass of champaign and says some dude sitting over there wants her to have this drink HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Seriously, guys may be the most pathetic ppl. on the planet!! Nice pick up line bro...so, she tries to refuse it, but tthe waitress is wierd, and says she can't...so she takes it, but doesn't want to drink out of it...so i proceeded to have the finest glass of champagne i've ever tasted...right in front of this tool LOL...i really wanted to go up to him and thank him for the glass of champaign i've ever tasted, becuz i think that would've been priceless, but i decieded against it...the fiance has pictures of me sipping on the champagne on her facebook, so you should check them out....the 4 of us spent like 3 hours straight mocking this guy, and thinking of zingers for me to say to him thanking him for the champagne...good times, good times.

Murph