Ended up stuck about 50 on fulltilt and about even on stars today...blah.
Onto the reason for this blog, rebuys. I generally play in about 3 or 4 rebuys a week, mainly the $3 and $5 rebuys on stars and i've made an observation. The first hour of the touny means NOTHING!!! I know this logic has to be wrong becuz so many of the pros go off in the rebuy period and build huge stacks, but i swear, i've probably cashed more times after the rebuy period with a low stack like 4 or 5k then when i end the rebuy period with a 20k stack. Can this be possible or has this just happened by chance?? I have to be wrong on this, but once again a few nights ago, built a huge stack in the first hour, only to be busted about an hour later. Some feedback here would be nice, becuase i'm almost at the point where i find it pointless to gamble in the 1st hour, when in the end, it really doesn't matter how many chips i have after the 1st hour...
Murph
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Back to work
What's up y'all?? Finally back to playing some poker after taking the weekend off. I'm gonna keep this short because i'm dead tired.
Not too much has happened in the past 2 days poker wise. i'm up around 120 on fulltilt from some decent tourny wins, and some .50-1 omaha8. Pokerstars is going pretty decent too. I'm up about 200 bascially from sng's and a lot of cash game play! I really hope i can make it out to AC in a few weeks because i feel about as good about my cash game play as i have in a long time!!
On the negative side of things, going into today i had a step 4 and step 3 ticket...now, i have 2 F-ing step 2's!!! and i'm VERY pissed about it! The steps have become very frusterating and i have put a lot more money into them then i initially planned on. That being said, i'm still gonna go at them pretty hard, but i need to make a nice run.
Ok, lastly, if i have to see Papplebon do the riverdance one more time, the boston redsox may move to the top of the list for sports teams i hate the most.
Murph
Not too much has happened in the past 2 days poker wise. i'm up around 120 on fulltilt from some decent tourny wins, and some .50-1 omaha8. Pokerstars is going pretty decent too. I'm up about 200 bascially from sng's and a lot of cash game play! I really hope i can make it out to AC in a few weeks because i feel about as good about my cash game play as i have in a long time!!
On the negative side of things, going into today i had a step 4 and step 3 ticket...now, i have 2 F-ing step 2's!!! and i'm VERY pissed about it! The steps have become very frusterating and i have put a lot more money into them then i initially planned on. That being said, i'm still gonna go at them pretty hard, but i need to make a nice run.
Ok, lastly, if i have to see Papplebon do the riverdance one more time, the boston redsox may move to the top of the list for sports teams i hate the most.
Murph
Friday, October 26, 2007
Non poker blog
This will be the last day of the blog until at least monday :( i'm going to visit the g/f tomorrow morning and i fly home monday so that means no poker this weekend, which totally blows since i've been running well lately. It's ok though, i can't complain, because if she was living here, i'd only be able to play about a third of the poker that i play, so one weekend a month isn't that bad.
Played 2 $20 dollar sng's today, came in 1st in one and busted in 4th in the other when my AA ran into the monster A10 all in preflop. Went back to playing some omaha8 on fulltilt and lost 35 bucks....in 145 hands, i won 2 at the river lol I literally caught nothing all day.
Sometimes i feel like i'm braindead. There were about 3 or 4 things i thought about today that i really wanted to blog about, and now, i can't think of even one of them!! Oh well, if i think of them in the next 30 minutes, i'll post another blog, if not, see ya next week!
Murph
Played 2 $20 dollar sng's today, came in 1st in one and busted in 4th in the other when my AA ran into the monster A10 all in preflop. Went back to playing some omaha8 on fulltilt and lost 35 bucks....in 145 hands, i won 2 at the river lol I literally caught nothing all day.
Sometimes i feel like i'm braindead. There were about 3 or 4 things i thought about today that i really wanted to blog about, and now, i can't think of even one of them!! Oh well, if i think of them in the next 30 minutes, i'll post another blog, if not, see ya next week!
Murph
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Step 4 baby!
Final tabled a horse tourny lastnight, came in my usual 8th place though :( I accidently folded the nuts for a big pot with 11 ppl left!! I don't know what came over me because i already had "raise any" clicked, and i guess i became possessed or something and just clicked fold...this retarded move bascially crippled me and i was lucky to get 8th...oh well, live and learn!
Won a step 4 ticket to the PCA worth 210 bucks today!! 2 more steps to go, and Bahama's here i come!!! I really feel like i have a chance to win this! Not sure when i'm gonna play it though, maybe tomorrow, but i'll probably just try to accumulate some more step 2's and 3's until i have 2 step 4's.
Didn't play very much today, lost like 30 in cash games but won 2 $20 sit n go's after getting shut out of like 4 of them the night before, so i've got my bankroll basically where it was right after winning the 2k.
Ok, watching the redsox, rockies right now, and flipping on survivor on commercials. I just can't stop laughing everytime they show Jean Robert Balland...i actually saw this guy playing online poker in the lounge at the Borgata about 6 months ago. I think that is when u have officially reached degenerate status if you're in a casino playing online poker. Thankfully i haven't done this yet..."yet "being the key word in that sentence HAHAHA. Speaking of AC, i'm gonna try to make it out there the last week of Novemeber, but it depends on my schedule, i'll keep u posted!
Murph
Won a step 4 ticket to the PCA worth 210 bucks today!! 2 more steps to go, and Bahama's here i come!!! I really feel like i have a chance to win this! Not sure when i'm gonna play it though, maybe tomorrow, but i'll probably just try to accumulate some more step 2's and 3's until i have 2 step 4's.
Didn't play very much today, lost like 30 in cash games but won 2 $20 sit n go's after getting shut out of like 4 of them the night before, so i've got my bankroll basically where it was right after winning the 2k.
Ok, watching the redsox, rockies right now, and flipping on survivor on commercials. I just can't stop laughing everytime they show Jean Robert Balland...i actually saw this guy playing online poker in the lounge at the Borgata about 6 months ago. I think that is when u have officially reached degenerate status if you're in a casino playing online poker. Thankfully i haven't done this yet..."yet "being the key word in that sentence HAHAHA. Speaking of AC, i'm gonna try to make it out there the last week of Novemeber, but it depends on my schedule, i'll keep u posted!
Murph
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
2nd place is no place you're off the team!
I had a really good feeling going into tonights poker session, and i guess you could call me Nostradomus (or however u spell his name lol). Had my biggest online score ever today with a 2nd place finish in the $10 1 re buy and 1 add on for a smooth $1908!!!!!! Back in the good ol days of sunpoker, i had 2 wins for approx. $1200 each, but this eclipses that by quite a bit! I just played some SICK poker the enitre tournament!! I really felt like i was in the zone for a good 6 hours straight!! Everytime i re raised, i would take it down....literally, evertime!! It was just one of those days where i could just feel the weakness everytime someone raised it pre flop. Without a doubt, it was my re rasising that vaulted me to the huge chip lead i had with about 6 tables left. I pretty much cruised to the final table and when we finally got down to the final table, i was in 6th and still feeling good!
Final table:
after about 2 orbits...i was in 9th and feeling ILL!!!! I COULD NOT catch a hand, or see a flop!! Everytime i picked up a decent hand (q10, kj) i would get re-popped and have to muck. I was already envisioning myself busting in 9th for 220 bucks...i think i would've tossed the laptop into the street if i actually would've busted in 9th. So at this point i'm feeling very off my game. Scared to raise, scared to bust in 9th, defiantely not the mind set u want to be in. Finally somebody busts out and i can breath a little easier, although at this point i'm still very nervous for some reason. Long story short, i basically hang around on the short stack until we're 4 handed and this is where something in me changed. 4th was getting around 900 and i said to myself, F playing scared, even if i bust now, its still a great pay day and eventhough i was severely short ( i had like 150k, one guy had over a million, and the other 2 had around 600k) i told myself lets play some sick ninja shortstack poker and win this. Well, we literally played 4 handed for almost 45 mintues. Back and forth the whole way. At one point i had around 700k and was sitting in a comfortable 2nd place....but then i was back down to 150k. (this may have been the best i've ever played short handed in my life...to hang around for 45 mintues being very short was remarkable becuase it's not like i was doubling up a lot, i think the entire time, i may have had 2 all ins...other then that, never had to show down). So eventually 2 guys get it all in, the big stack wins, and we're down to 3 handed. Again, chip leader has like 1.2million, 2nd has 600k and i have around 450k. It didn't take long for the big stack to bust the other guy nad next thing i know, i'm heads up!!!!!!! He's got about a 4 to1 lead on me though (1.7 mill vs 370k). Blinds were ENORMOUS at this point mainly due to the 45 minute 4 handed play, and i ran into KK and came in 2nd!
Anyway, that's basically it! For a good 2 or 3 months now i've been really feeling overdue for a big score and finally the cards fell my way! I'm on cloud 9 right now and it feels good! Eventhough i just won 2k, i'm not gonna jump into any crazy games. I'll probably still play the games i usually play $20 sng's, .5-1 cash games and anywhere from 10-25 multi tables. At least that is the plan now, we'll see if i can stick to it, but i've always managed my bankroll very conservatively, so i'm not worried. Ok, thats all for now, i'm gonna try to goto sleep, but i have a feeling i may lay awake in bed thinking about that 1st place prize of 3.3k that i was so close to.
Murph
Final table:
after about 2 orbits...i was in 9th and feeling ILL!!!! I COULD NOT catch a hand, or see a flop!! Everytime i picked up a decent hand (q10, kj) i would get re-popped and have to muck. I was already envisioning myself busting in 9th for 220 bucks...i think i would've tossed the laptop into the street if i actually would've busted in 9th. So at this point i'm feeling very off my game. Scared to raise, scared to bust in 9th, defiantely not the mind set u want to be in. Finally somebody busts out and i can breath a little easier, although at this point i'm still very nervous for some reason. Long story short, i basically hang around on the short stack until we're 4 handed and this is where something in me changed. 4th was getting around 900 and i said to myself, F playing scared, even if i bust now, its still a great pay day and eventhough i was severely short ( i had like 150k, one guy had over a million, and the other 2 had around 600k) i told myself lets play some sick ninja shortstack poker and win this. Well, we literally played 4 handed for almost 45 mintues. Back and forth the whole way. At one point i had around 700k and was sitting in a comfortable 2nd place....but then i was back down to 150k. (this may have been the best i've ever played short handed in my life...to hang around for 45 mintues being very short was remarkable becuase it's not like i was doubling up a lot, i think the entire time, i may have had 2 all ins...other then that, never had to show down). So eventually 2 guys get it all in, the big stack wins, and we're down to 3 handed. Again, chip leader has like 1.2million, 2nd has 600k and i have around 450k. It didn't take long for the big stack to bust the other guy nad next thing i know, i'm heads up!!!!!!! He's got about a 4 to1 lead on me though (1.7 mill vs 370k). Blinds were ENORMOUS at this point mainly due to the 45 minute 4 handed play, and i ran into KK and came in 2nd!
Anyway, that's basically it! For a good 2 or 3 months now i've been really feeling overdue for a big score and finally the cards fell my way! I'm on cloud 9 right now and it feels good! Eventhough i just won 2k, i'm not gonna jump into any crazy games. I'll probably still play the games i usually play $20 sng's, .5-1 cash games and anywhere from 10-25 multi tables. At least that is the plan now, we'll see if i can stick to it, but i've always managed my bankroll very conservatively, so i'm not worried. Ok, thats all for now, i'm gonna try to goto sleep, but i have a feeling i may lay awake in bed thinking about that 1st place prize of 3.3k that i was so close to.
Murph
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Feel the sweat!!!
Curently sitting in 1st with 150k and second has 100k wtih 39 ppl. left in the $10 one rebuy one add on!!!!!!! $3300 for first baby!!! i'll keep you posted!!
Another day another dollar
Didn't play too much yesterday, played 3 sng's, came in 3rd twice (sometimes i have to realize top pair isn't always good lol) and won about 50 bucks playing cash games. Took some bad beats, delivered some bad beats, yada yada yada, so goes the grind of poker.
I've got the night off tonight, so i'm looking for a big score at some point today. I think i'm gonna play in a couple of bigger buy in multi tables then i usually do, so between that, and the 10 hours+ i plan on playing today, i'm looking for big things!
Didn't anyone see the absolute poker scam that recently was outed?? If you aren't familar with it, someone apparently cracked the system, and was able to see his opponets hole cards while playing!!!!!!!!! Yes, you read that right!!! This guy could see EVERYONE'S holecards. Needless to say he just CLEANED UP in some big tournaments. Eventually, people caught on to it (i think it took about a week) and absolute poker did an investigation into it, and sure enough, it was an inside job...someone working for abosolute poker!! (i may be getting a few minor facts incorrect here, so don't take my word as the law, but its damn near close to it lol). But yeah, opinons were very mixed in the poker community where some people just chalked this users luck up to variance, while others thought it was just impossible and someone had to be cheating. I actually just got done watching the video of one the tournaments he played ontube. (just type in absolute poker and it will come up, its a 4 part series with each part being about 8 minutes) and it is just HILARIOUS!!!! I'm not sure how the footage got posted online but you should do yourself a favor and watch it. I literally was laughing out loud at some of these plays he was making. I mean, you have to question things when this guy saw like %85 of the flops, and not ONCE made a bad call on the river!!! NOT A SINGLE TIME!!!!! Everytime he got to the river, he either folded, or raised....he didn't even call (why would he call if he knew he was beat, or if he knew he had the best had). I'm telling you, even if you don't watch the whole thing, just watch a few mintues of it. You will literally just sit there and shake your head!!
Anyway, for all the people saying i told you internet poker was rigged and thats why they won't play.....buy a clue! For 99.9% of the ppl. that play, we all play lower level games. Now if someone did have to capabilities to crack the system, do you really think they are going to play 1-2 nl???? or even 25-50 nl??? NO!!!! They are going to sit and the highest limit games that are be being offered, and just clean up. So, there is NOTHING to worry about!! Anyway, getting ready to make some dinner, and start my night with the $5 rebuy on stars!
Murph
I've got the night off tonight, so i'm looking for a big score at some point today. I think i'm gonna play in a couple of bigger buy in multi tables then i usually do, so between that, and the 10 hours+ i plan on playing today, i'm looking for big things!
Didn't anyone see the absolute poker scam that recently was outed?? If you aren't familar with it, someone apparently cracked the system, and was able to see his opponets hole cards while playing!!!!!!!!! Yes, you read that right!!! This guy could see EVERYONE'S holecards. Needless to say he just CLEANED UP in some big tournaments. Eventually, people caught on to it (i think it took about a week) and absolute poker did an investigation into it, and sure enough, it was an inside job...someone working for abosolute poker!! (i may be getting a few minor facts incorrect here, so don't take my word as the law, but its damn near close to it lol). But yeah, opinons were very mixed in the poker community where some people just chalked this users luck up to variance, while others thought it was just impossible and someone had to be cheating. I actually just got done watching the video of one the tournaments he played ontube. (just type in absolute poker and it will come up, its a 4 part series with each part being about 8 minutes) and it is just HILARIOUS!!!! I'm not sure how the footage got posted online but you should do yourself a favor and watch it. I literally was laughing out loud at some of these plays he was making. I mean, you have to question things when this guy saw like %85 of the flops, and not ONCE made a bad call on the river!!! NOT A SINGLE TIME!!!!! Everytime he got to the river, he either folded, or raised....he didn't even call (why would he call if he knew he was beat, or if he knew he had the best had). I'm telling you, even if you don't watch the whole thing, just watch a few mintues of it. You will literally just sit there and shake your head!!
Anyway, for all the people saying i told you internet poker was rigged and thats why they won't play.....buy a clue! For 99.9% of the ppl. that play, we all play lower level games. Now if someone did have to capabilities to crack the system, do you really think they are going to play 1-2 nl???? or even 25-50 nl??? NO!!!! They are going to sit and the highest limit games that are be being offered, and just clean up. So, there is NOTHING to worry about!! Anyway, getting ready to make some dinner, and start my night with the $5 rebuy on stars!
Murph
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