Interesting day

So I started today all jacked up to play a long session. Probably 50-70 games. Then...I won 6 straight (and a 33 messing around) for +650 and well...decided to quit lol. It put me into another good spot to cash out (I cash out when my bankroll reaches a certain point) and puts me in a great spot financially. What an odd month, played about 65-70 games less then I wanted, but made a lot more money then expected. Pretty happy overall. Good end to February, hope everyone else is doing well.

Goodbye Kendrick Perkins :(

Hate this trade, but I'm guessing Danny tried to make a play at keeping the team competitive after the big 3 era ends. We'll still have Rondo + Green and three 1st rounders in 2011-2012 to build something.

Another 1k Day

Went 15-5 today for +1k even. Pretty psyched considering I took 2 of the last 4 days off...but was able to make 1k each of the days I played lol. Just gonna relax the rest of the night and watch the new look Knicks. By the way, Nets nailed it, Deron > Carmelo IMO. Brook Lopez + Deron Williams still isn't enough obviously, but at least people won't be as opposed to being traded/signed to New Jersey next year and in 2012 (Dwight Howard's year).

Big day (for me)

Ended up going 17-6 today with 4 chops for +1050. Haven't had that many 1k+ days lately so it's nice to get one, especially after a disappointing end to FTOPs #42 where I got knocked out immediately after making the money. Pretty sad though that Ray Allen didn't win the 3 point shoot out. James Jones was my sleeper pick, I mean it's his job to sit in the corner and knock down open 3's. Ray generally has a higher level of difficulty with his attempts. Regardless, was pretty impressive the rhythm Jones got into. Was fun to watch and definitely got my mind off that FTOPs let down.

GL everyone

Just wanted to say GL to everyone playing FTOPS #42.

Prettty good

Had a good day yesterday, played a ton of games and ended up +805. I know to most of you high rollers that's not anything special, but hey I'm always happy to make 500+. Ended up something like 26-17 with 9 chops. So far so good for February +5430 already.

New Goal

My new life goal is to buy a house and have a half court indoor basketball court installed. That is all. Good luck today

Happy Valentines Day

Took this beat early

Seat 1: jovi35 (1300 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1700 in chips)
jovi35: posts small blind 25
maxv2: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Js Jc]
jovi35: calls 25
maxv2: raises 100 to 150
jovi35: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [6d 7h Tc]
maxv2: bets 200
jovi35: calls 200
*** TURN *** [6d 7h Tc] [2s]
maxv2: bets 1350 and is all-in
jovi35: calls 950 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (400) returned to maxv2
*** RIVER *** [6d 7h Tc 2s] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [Js Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)
jovi35: shows [6c 5c] (three of a kind, Sixes)

which ended up being a blessing, because I sat some 230's and got some huge fish. Ended up turning a -155 day into a +455 day 5 games later going 4-1. Pretty happy with that outcome, especially since I need some sleep before Valentines Day events with my girlfriend tomorrow. Oh I broke 400k total on shark scope tonight, kind of cool.

Not bad

Pretty lazy day, 27 games for a record of 16-11 +425 profit. Took a couple of toughish beats, but nothing crazy. Can never complain about 400+ profit at this level. Looking through the higher stakes HU sng's...not much going on. Seems like there hasn't been any bigger fish around for people. Maybe it's just too late at night though.

MUST SLEEEEP!

Definitely played some drunk people tonight, didn't fare well until the end when this hand came up. Definitely could make arguments for/against my play, but here it is.

Dealt to maxv2 [8c 2c]
maxv2: raises 30 to 60
OkelaPoka: calls 30
*** FLOP *** [5h 3c 4c]
OkelaPoka: checks
maxv2: bets 65
OkelaPoka: raises 115 to 180
maxv2: raises 375 to 555
OkelaPoka: raises 645 to 1200 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 645
*** TURN *** [5h 3c 4c] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [5h 3c 4c 6c] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
OkelaPoka: shows [2d Ac] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
maxv2: shows [8c 2c] (a flush, Eight high)
maxv2 said, "gg"
maxv2 collected 2520 from pot

Thank you poker gods, I appreciate it. Ended the night at +980 after losing about 410 last night. Pretty good recovery, especially considering I won my first 4 straight to ease my mind of the previous nights struggles. Sometimes you just need to get some sleep and start over the next day. Advice I wish I followed more often.

Big night tonight

Pretty excited to see Ray Allen potentially break the 3-point record tonight with Reggie Miller announcing. Anyone notice he didn't take many attempts behind the arc in the 2nd half of the Charlotte game?...hmmm wonder why. Anyways went for +405 last night, still running pretty solidly for the year. Finally debt free (car paid for, all school loans paid off) so soon I'll be able to fatten my bankroll and maybe take some shots with profit. Money's been a little too valuable to try anything crazy until now. I'm also a big pansy....so we'll see what happens. Props to Hokiegreg HU and some other regs for finding the balls to play Isildur1 in 5k's. It's all been pretty entertaining to watch. Anyways, gl everyone.

Thank you jesus

I can't believe Jim Buss rejected a Bynum for Carmelo deal. Would've instantly made the Lakers outrageous favorites. I would take Bryant/Melo/Gasol over Wade/Lebron/Bosh. Mix in the fact that they still have Odom some decent veterans (fisher, blake) and some spark with Shannon Brown...all of which Miami doesn't have. As a Celtics fan this would've been devastating. Thank you for management egos and the inability to admit that Bynum is not the future of the franchise. THANK YOU

Worst Fantasy Basketball loss ever!

How does this happen, serious. .5 points with over 1600 points?!!. Anyways, took another day off for the superbowl. Will be getting back at it today, highly motivated by Kurt23x shipping 15k last night in a 109 turbo.

Back after a short break

Took a couple days off to deal with some personal stuff, but got back at it today. Was able to put together a descent session of +475 after going 21-15 with 1 chop. Not bad at all. Did take one notable bad beat of AA vs AQ all-in pre for a KJ10 flop. Meh I got it back getting lucky all-in with 10's vs A's later :)

Headache

Today was a massive headache. Luckily the hard work paid off a little in the end 59 games total for 30-24 (5 chops) +460.

Good Start to February

So after my vicious come back yesterday, I decided to try and fit in a session tonight. Was exhausted all day so I didn't get started until around midnight. I decided that if I was able to make a couple hundred I would quit early (being so late), but if not try and fit in 30 games regardless of results. Lucky for me I caught a break early in the form of a coin flip, AJ vs 8's of pruddishot. Flop AJxxx (x's being non 8's or straight cards). Then got 4 straight games against pretty big fish. So 5-1 for me for +495 and I'm done. Also, my official result for January was +12,645 not counting FPP's. Probably another 1500-2000 in fpp's, so overall one of my top 5 best months ever. Now that I have taxes taken care of for 2010 and all my school debts paid off and my car paid for...I can finally start building a bigger bankroll and saving some money.
January Graph:

Recovery day

So today started off pretty normal, was up about +165 through 10-15 games. Then I woke up from a nap and started another session...which didn't go so hot. Mix of playing bad and a couple of bad beats and I found myself down 2k. Not so fun. I'm highly motivated by losing (I know worst thing for a poker player). However at this point in my career I know that if I stay focused and grind my stakes (key not to move up) I'll make it all back in due time. Fortunately I made it all back this same night...actually ended up +155 and all the fpps I made. So in the end I'm really happy with how the day turned out.