5/30/08 : Going to the NBA Finals...Wow

This is like a dream.  All I can think of is how far we've come from last season.  Last year I drove down from Orono to about 8 games with my friends from school, we watched one win and seven losses...Now? The tickets were a little more expensive this year, but we still made it out to two games, Golden State early in the year and Game 2 of the first round vs. Atlanta. Both...blow out wins.  It's been an amazing transition and makes it worth grinding out the last 5-6 years of mediocracy.  

As for cards? Haven't played much over the last two days.  I've had a lot of things to take care of, some overlaying school work that I've needed to finish up and basic errands to run.  I'll get serious after this weekend.  However, I have to head down to Portland for Saturday and Sunday to watch my brothers band compete in Battle of the Bands (Saturday) and play in their biggest gig thus far at the Old Port (Sunday) playing with As Fast As and The Pete Kilpatrick band (?).  Anyways, it should be fun...I'll catch up later. -maxv2

5/29/08 : Lakers in 5?

It'd be interesting to see, something tells me the Spurs aren't interested in giving up so early though.  While I think the Lakers will inevitably take the series, I see the Spurs stealing this game 5.  

Anyways, cards was frustrating...but not AS frustrating as they've been.  I ended up +155 and really unmotivated to extend that at all.  Sort of a day off if you will; I have some stuff to take care of.  I have to make in my buy-in for the WSOP Main Event tomorrow and book tickets for everyone coming with me.  About 8-10 of my friends will be coming out with me and cramming into my hotel room, it should be pretty awesome.   Oh and the Pirates are winning 7-1, that's good...they've been losing with a little more regularity lately.  Jason Bay's been consistently good though, I just wish he had more RBI opportunities.  Freddy Sanchez isn't having a very good year thus far, hopefully he can turn it around. 

5/28/08 : Thank You Celtics

Ray Allen was amazing, finally.  That was a huge performance by him KG and Perk.  It was also scary to see how shut down Detroit could be if they actually tried throughout the game.  Their defense in the fourth was amazing. Oh and me and my friends also decided that we will now be calling "Rip" Hamilton, "Dick" Hamilton for the rest of the series.  

5/28/08 : HEADACHHHEEE!!!

I think my head exploded, reincarnated itself and then exploded about 4 seperate times over the last 2 days.  I've made a little bit of money throughout, about $350...but nowhere near the hassle.  The only positive in it all is the fact that I've racked up a crap load of fpp's.  Anyways, I need to sleep or I might die.  

5/25/08 : AC Trip

Just got back from Atlantic City, played a little 1/2nl at Tropicana. We really didn't go down there to play cards though so we gambled the rest of the day and broke even doing it...which in my book is a win. At the roulette table we got ID'd and the guy said "Wierd, both ID's say McLovin" and this girl goes "really?"...lol, her boyfriend gave her a death stare and she apologized.

And I'm obviously happy with how the Celtics are playing. Game 3 was a huge win. I haven't been watching ESPN lately because I've been in AC, so I don't know what the analysts are saying. But this opens up a huge opportunity to put the series out of reach in game four and possibly lead to a short series and some rest for the finals. That'd be nice. And I have to say that game 7 vs Cleveland was one of the most impressive performances I've ever seen out of Paul Pierce. Probably THE most impressive. Lebron was unstoppable, but luckily so was Paul and our supporting cast made it a little easier to come away with the win.

5/11 : Hellllloo

So I got this cool dashboard widget that automatically signs me in and lets me blog from my dashboard instead of loading up blogger.com to do so.  So, that means maybe I'll blog more often, because of sheer convienance.  I also have this word a day thing that never updates, so I'm stuck on Subjusc meaning dark or dull in color...atleast I have that word down, right?

2/5 : Whew

SO I played a little tired today, which is usually a bad idea. I managed to get up $70 and stop...mostly because my eyes are closing on me. The workout wasn't all that hard today, just 1 200 3 100's and 3 50's at 100%, but lifting after killed me...not to mention I only got four hours of sleep last night. Anyways, things have worked out for me. I'm no longer part of the 4x400 team and am strictly doing speed workouts. It's cool finally training for what I'm supposed to be training for, however I do miss working out with my friends on the team on a regular basis. Anyways here's some hands of the day.

Hand 1: Uh oh...is this going to be a rough night?
Seat 1: maxv2 (1585 in chips)
Seat 2: FloppedFlush (1415 in chips)
maxv2: posts small blind 15
FloppedFlush: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Ac Ad]
maxv2: raises 60 to 90
FloppedFlush: raises 210 to 300
maxv2: raises 1285 to 1585 and is all-in
FloppedFlush: calls 1115 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [8c 6d 5c]
*** TURN *** [8c 6d 5c] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [8c 6d 5c Kd] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FloppedFlush: shows [9h 9d] (a straight, Five to Nine)
maxv2: shows [Ac Ad] (a pair of Aces)
FloppedFlush collected 2830 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2830 | Rake 0
Board [8c 6d 5c Kd 7s]
Seat 1: maxv2 (button) (small blind) showed [Ac Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: FloppedFlush (big blind) showed [9h 9d] and won (2830) with a straight, Five to Nine

Hand 2: NM, we're ok
Seat 1: vboll (1205 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1795 in chips)
vboll: posts small blind 15
maxv2: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [5d As]
vboll: raises 60 to 90
maxv2: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [8h 4d 2c]
maxv2: checks
vboll: bets 120
maxv2: calls 120
*** TURN *** [8h 4d 2c] [3h]
maxv2: checks
vboll: checks
*** RIVER *** [8h 4d 2c 3h] [8s]
maxv2: bets 300
vboll: raises 695 to 995 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 695
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vboll: shows [Tc 8c] (three of a kind, Eights)
maxv2: shows [5d As] (a straight, Ace to Five)
maxv2 collected 2410 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2410 | Rake 0
Board [8h 4d 2c 3h 8s]
Seat 1: vboll (button) (small blind) showed [Tc 8c] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 2: maxv2 (big blind) showed [5d As] and won (2410) with a straight, Ace to Five

1/31 : From All Angles

Things don't seem to be going my way lately outside of cards (I've been running pretty well). I'm trying to get the point across to my coaches that I want to strictly train for hurdles and cut out the 400 workouts I've been doing. Needless to say it hasn't been the easiest process that I've dealt with. It's my senior year and all I really want is either an America East Championship in 55's or to break the school record of 7.62. Either works for me, but I've decided that those are my goals. This training regime I'm on right now however...doesn't feel like it's going to help me get there. I hope that things work out, but if they don't...well that sucks.

1/28 : Oook

So I got home yesterday from the Terrier Invitational. I did alright, all I ran was 55m hurdles...which was pretty awesome. I ran 7.82 in trials went into final ranked 4th, then ran 7.96 (throw up) in finals for 6th. I don't feel terrible about it considering there was about 35 kids running, but I don't feel great. here's a link to my races

Trials:
http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/races.php?vid=7816
Finals:
http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/races.php?vid=7856

Poker was annoying as crap today. I lost Aces to 98o for a game and then continued to drop 700, make it back, then split about 8 sets until finally going up $130 for the day. It was long. I survived though, and made a lot of FPP's while I was at it.

Here's a hand for the day:
Finally! I get a break!
PokerStars Game #14876149303: Tournament #75398925, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level IV (50/100) - 2008/01/27 - 22:22:09 (ET)
Table '75398925 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: maxv2 (875 in chips)
Seat 2: Churchill83 (2125 in chips)
maxv2: posts small blind 50
Churchill83: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Qc 8h]
maxv2: raises 775 to 875 and is all-in
Churchill83: calls 775
*** FLOP *** [8c Jd Qh]
*** TURN *** [8c Jd Qh] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [8c Jd Qh 7h] [Ad]
Churchill83 said, "gg"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Churchill83: shows [Kh Ac] (a pair of Aces)
maxv2: shows [Qc 8h] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
maxv2 collected 1750 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1750 | Rake 0
Board [8c Jd Qh 7h Ad]
Seat 1: maxv2 (button) (small blind) showed [Qc 8h] and won (1750) with two pair, Queens and Eights
Seat 2: Churchill83 (big blind) showed [Kh Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces

1/19 : Where's the excitement

Life's been boring lately, I find myself engulfed in meaningless forms of entertainment that consume a large portion of my time throughout the day. Why I do this? I have no idea. My mind just simply refuses to take care of the things that I need to get done. It really just comes down to whether or not I want to do something. If I don't, I put it off for incredible amounts of time. I guess my new years resolution will be to improve upon this.

Anyways here's some hands of the day (I only played two 230's and won them both).

Hands One: Of course he calls in with 87s *sigh*
PokerStars Game #14673513529: Tournament #74400685, $220+$10 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2008/01/19 - 15:16:21 (ET)
Table '74400685 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Churchill83 (765 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (2235 in chips)
Churchill83: posts small blind 15
maxv2: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Qs Ah]
Churchill83: raises 60 to 90
maxv2: raises 1710 to 1800
Churchill83: calls 675 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qh 2c 9h]
*** TURN *** [Qh 2c 9h] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 2c 9h 6s] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [Qs Ah] (a pair of Queens)
Churchill83: shows [8h 7h] (a pair of Sevens)
maxv2 collected 1530 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1530 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 2c 9h 6s 7d]
Seat 1: Churchill83 (button) (small blind) showed [8h 7h] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 2: maxv2 (big blind) showed [Qs Ah] and won (1530) with a pair of Queens

Summary: Ha! for once my AQ holds, game over.

Hand Two: ...Thanks?
PokerStars Game #14673592965: Tournament #74400385, $220+$10 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level III (25/50) - 2008/01/19 - 15:19:30 (ET)
Table '74400385 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: ElDentisto (795 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (2205 in chips)
maxv2: posts small blind 25
ElDentisto: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Tc Qh]
maxv2: calls 25
ElDentisto: checks
*** FLOP *** [9s Td 3c]
ElDentisto: checks
maxv2: bets 100
ElDentisto: raises 645 to 745 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 645
*** TURN *** [9s Td 3c] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [9s Td 3c 6s] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ElDentisto: shows [9h 5d] (a pair of Nines)
maxv2: shows [Tc Qh] (a pair of Tens)
maxv2 collected 1590 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1590 | Rake 0
Board [9s Td 3c 6s 8d]
Seat 1: ElDentisto (big blind) showed [9h 5d] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 2: maxv2 (button) (small blind) showed [Tc Qh] and won (1590) with a pair of Tens

Summary: I know the blinds were a little higher, but this seems a little over-aggressive to me on this guys part. I actually had the feeling like I was either behind or barely out-kicking him. Lucky for me he was just being kind of dumb.

1/15 : Sprained Ankle :(

Sadly I sprained my ankle a little while ago. Doing hurdle drills I essentially came down with all of my weight rolling my ankle causing a high ankle sprain. It just sucks because I get the feeling it's a lot more serious then my coaches understand. It's been about 8-10 days now and the progress has been very stagnant. As much as I want to compete, this injury is less then ideal for hurdles. Girls can get away with it with lower hurdles, but the amount of pressure I'm landing with on 42 inch hurdles is going to be painful. I could just be a pessimist, but unless something magical happens over the next week and a half things won't be looking good.

On the cards front, things have been easier. I made back the $2300 that I lost and have some breathing room in the account.

Here's some news I've yet to share. My friend Kory and I are working to start up our own production company. The basic layout that we'll be working with is at http://www.bangarangclothing.com/riff-raph/index.html take a look and tell me what you think. I'll be in charge of web-design and will also work editing music video's and such. I put together that basic outline, but have plans to add some features that actually give it some functionality. Anyways, I'm heading to bed peace -Max

1/11 : Brink of busting

So I was literally down to merely a few dollars and a bunch of FPP's over the last few days. I had recently cashed out 2k and left myself with a small 2200 bankroll which I blew through pretty quickly during a tough downswing. Luckily I placed in one of those top 4 out of 10 for $215 tourney dollars and have rebuilt to $1750. Kind of crazy being down to it though, an interesting feeling; character building if you will. I feel back on track though, and hopefully will actually be a winning player in 08. Here's some interesting hands of the evening.

Hand 1: Holy crap...a coin flip win?
PokerStars Game #14473877257: Tournament #73415779, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/11 - 03:02:17 (ET)
Table '73415779 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: maxv2 (1510 in chips)
Seat 2: Carenski (1490 in chips)
maxv2: posts small blind 10
Carenski: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Ad Ks]
maxv2: raises 40 to 60
Carenski: raises 100 to 160
maxv2: raises 1350 to 1510 and is all-in
Carenski: calls 1330 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [3d 2c 8s]
*** TURN *** [3d 2c 8s] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [3d 2c 8s 4s] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Carenski: shows [Qs Qd] (a pair of Queens)
maxv2: shows [Ad Ks] (a pair of Kings)
maxv2 collected 2980 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2980 | Rake 0
Board [3d 2c 8s 4s Kc]
Seat 1: maxv2 (button) (small blind) showed [Ad Ks] and won (2980) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: Carenski (big blind) showed [Qs Qd] and lost with a pair of Queens

Summary: Mmmmhhhmmm....haven't won one of these in a while. It felt good to win a flip for an entire game, straight gambling.

Hand 2: What were you thinking?
PokerStars Game #14473892922: Tournament #73415756, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/11 - 03:04:01 (ET)
Table '73415756 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: maxv2 (1330 in chips)
Seat 2: harleez181 (1670 in chips)
harleez181: posts small blind 10
maxv2: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Ad 9c]
harleez181: calls 10
maxv2: raises 60 to 80
harleez181: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [9s Qc 9d]
maxv2: bets 120
harleez181: calls 120
*** TURN *** [9s Qc 9d] [6d]
maxv2: bets 300
harleez181: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [9s Qc 9d 6d] [3c]
maxv2: bets 830 and is all-in
harleez181: calls 830
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [Ad 9c] (three of a kind, Nines)
harleez181: shows [As 8c] (a pair of Nines)
maxv2 collected 2660 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2660 | Rake 0
Board [9s Qc 9d 6d 3c]
Seat 1: maxv2 (big blind) showed [Ad 9c] and won (2660) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: harleez181 (button) (small blind) showed [As 8c] and lost with a pair of Nines

Summary: This guy was really bad, I don't understand some people. Simple as that. I mean, I'm not one to talk. I try and make some really thin calls and fails constantly, but I'm pretty sure I would've let this one go...

1/5 : Happy Playoff Football Day

The holidays just keep coming. Anyways I'm going to be really fast because I'm missing the fourth quarter of the Washington Seattle game. I really just wanted to post my final project for my 371 class. Check it out, tell me what you thing. I'll warn you though, it's pretty depressing.

1/2 : Happy New Year!

Well, sadly...my new years has started off pretty crappy. My accounts relatively busted ($54) after recently cashing out 2k, I went on a $2300 slide to somewhat bankrupt myself. No big deal, I'm just going to take a vacation; and having recently sprained my ankle in practice, I'm going to be a huge waste lol. I feel like I deserve it though, I've really grinded trying to scrape this money back together. However, relentless bad beats decided to knock me out. To finish me off I lost consecutively AQ to A10 66's to A3 JJ to A6 and some other pretty decent beats. It was good though, it made me realize that atleast I'm playing well and it's simply out of my control. I'll probably take about 3 days off and then try and bounce back. I wanted to make a lot of money this break, but it just doesn't seem destined to be. Anyways, hope everyone had a fantastic New Year. I ended up going down to Portland with my friend Paul and having a pretty good time. Thing got crazy for a while, but once we landed back at my friends place (Alex and Matt's) things got way better. Until next time -Max

12/26 : Thanks Santa!

So the day after Christmas I've officially made back the $2500 I lost over the last few days. It took me all of yesterday and today (aside from the Xmas festivities) to make this comeback. I played way past when I should have last night, but I was on a roll and got the debt down to $1k. Today, was a breeze. I woke up around 10, and within 2 and a half hours I'd finished things off. I'm extremely happy right now, I don't know what to do with myself. Well, I have some work outs to do so I'm out of here.

Here's some hands for you:
PokerStars Game #14110127220: Tournament #71628997, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level IV (50/100) - 2007/12/26 - 12:35:40 (ET)
Table '71628997 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: maxv2 (1240 in chips)
Seat 2: prozac33 (1760 in chips)
prozac33: posts small blind 50
maxv2: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [8c 7d]
prozac33: raises 100 to 200
maxv2: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [5s 9s 4c]
maxv2: checks
prozac33: bets 300
maxv2: raises 740 to 1040 and is all-in
prozac33: calls 740
*** TURN *** [5s 9s 4c] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [5s 9s 4c 6h] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [8c 7d] (a straight, Five to Nine)
prozac33: shows [Kc 9d] (a pair of Nines)
maxv2 collected 2480 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2480 | Rake 0
Board [5s 9s 4c 6h Ac]
Seat 1: maxv2 (big blind) showed [8c 7d] and won (2480) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 2: prozac33 (button) (small blind) showed [Kc 9d] and lost with a pair of Nines

Summary: What an asshole I am. I had played pretty flawlessly all day, not bad beating anyone (except for winning AQ vs Q's once), and this was the very last game to get back over even...haha. I'll take it.

PokerStars Game #14109727325: Tournament #71626983, $110+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level IV (50/100) - 2007/12/26 - 12:09:50 (ET)
Table '71626983 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: maxv2 (1220 in chips)
Seat 2: fejz007 (1780 in chips)
maxv2: posts small blind 50
fejz007: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Ac 7c]
maxv2: calls 50
fejz007: checks
*** FLOP *** [9c 3c Ts]
fejz007: bets 100
maxv2: calls 100
*** TURN *** [9c 3c Ts] [2c]
fejz007: bets 100
maxv2: raises 200 to 300
fejz007: calls 200
*** RIVER *** [9c 3c Ts 2c] [Qh]
fejz007: checks
maxv2: bets 600
fejz007: calls 600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [Ac 7c] (a flush, Ace high)
fejz007: mucks hand
maxv2 collected 2200 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2200 | Rake 0
Board [9c 3c Ts 2c Qh]
Seat 1: maxv2 (button) (small blind) showed [Ac 7c] and won (2200) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: fejz007 (big blind) mucked [3h Tc]

Summary: I just added this hand to show one that I played well because the one above this makes me look like a retard lol.

12/25 : Merry Christmas

Hope everyone gets tons of sweet gifts. Sadly I'm currently on a poker downswing which is sucking the life out of my this Christmas, but I'm going to set that aside for now and enjoy the season. I've been teaming up with PabloShow in 220's recently and it's been working out very well. He was a hero in the first few games (I sucked) then I came back and made an actual contribution in some of our later games (thank god). Anyways, ttyl.

12/22 : Break

Breaks suck, everyone gets totally hyped up for these things and then remember how non-social life is outside of school. but anyways, I've been playing higher stakes cards, stepping into the world of 230's. Sadly I've come to the realization that they simply aren't worth it. The regulars at that level are totally uncooperative, and constantly jump in on you. So I've decided to stick with 115's and will probably tri-table more often to boost EV. I've had it pretty good though, I've recently gotten very luck in a few 230's to make my days 10x easier. Anyways, it's early and I'm going back to bed. Peace -Max

12/19 : Apologies to the girl angry with me

I'm sorry that you read something I wrote about the way I felt about you. I was posting my most personal thoughts and feelings here thinking that no one was reading it. Apparently you found it...somehow. There's really not much I can say except that I'm sorry, and that my intentions were never to hurt you. I just never really have a full grasp on my head sometimes so have to write it down to know what my true feelings are.

12/13 : Holy Crap

Well, over the last 3 days I spent a total of about 35 hours editing a film for one of my classes. What a mentally draining experience, holy crap. Anyways it's done, I'll post it to youtube as soon as I export a smaller version and post it here.

As far as poker goes, I've made $300 in the last two days. Not bad considering how tired I am and how little time I had.

I decided I'm going to buy some new stuff. I'm going to get a new Apple mini, which will have a 2.0 ghz processor and 2 gigs of ram. It should make movie editing and other stuff much easier. Editing on my old 512 ram laptop was a bitch. I have to admit though, that thing held up like that jewish oil lamp that lasted 8 days. It was pretty heroic.

Here's some hands for the day:

Fataility Hand:
Seat 1: tokenjewboy (535 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (2465 in chips)
maxv2: posts small blind 15
tokenjewboy: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Th Ks]
maxv2: raises 510 to 540
tokenjewboy: calls 505 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qs 8d 9s]
*** TURN *** [Qs 8d 9s] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 8d 9s 6c] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tokenjewboy: shows [Kc Ad] (high card Ace)
maxv2: shows [Th Ks] (a straight, Nine to King)
maxv2 collected 1070 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1070 | Rake 0
Board [Qs 8d 9s 6c Jd]
Seat 1: tokenjewboy (big blind) showed [Kc Ad] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: maxv2 (button) (small blind) showed [Th Ks] and won (1070) with a straight, Nine to King

Summary: What? he was short stacked, don't hold it against me.

Lucky Semi-bluff hand:
Seat 1: maxv2 (1320 in chips)
Seat 2: bignutsmp (1680 in chips)
bignutsmp: posts small blind 10
maxv2: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [9h Qh]
bignutsmp: raises 40 to 60
maxv2: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [4d 2h Kd]
maxv2: checks
bignutsmp: checks
*** TURN *** [4d 2h Kd] [4h]
maxv2: checks
bignutsmp: bets 60
maxv2: raises 120 to 180
bignutsmp: calls 120
*** RIVER *** [4d 2h Kd 4h] [5h]
maxv2: bets 540
bignutsmp: calls 540
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [9h Qh] (a flush, Queen high)
bignutsmp: mucks hand
maxv2 collected 1560 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1560 | Rake 0
Board [4d 2h Kd 4h 5h]
Seat 1: maxv2 (big blind) showed [9h Qh] and won (1560) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 2: bignutsmp (button) (small blind) mucked [Kc 9d]

Summary: He made the classic "check a raised flop that hit top pair" move. Obviously if he leads out on this flop, I fold. Instead I sensed weakness (and was wrong) and made a move. Lucky enough for me I spiked the flush on the river. Honestly if I had missed, I would've made more of a value bet bluff on the river which wouldn't have worked. Instead I got lucky and totally overbet, which is always fun.

Until next time. -Max

12/7 : Heroic Day

I couldn't win to start today. I think I lost 9 out of my first 10 110's to start off -930ish. I stepped into some 220's and started absolutely dominating. I won 4 straight to land at -90 and then won 2 more 110's to end up +121. It was a little ridiculous and all happend in about 2 hours. I feel ridiculously fortunate and lucky to not have slid any further then I did. Here's some hands.

Beautiful hand of the night:
Seat 1: maxv2 (2150 in chips)
Seat 2: PowerTime (850 in chips)
PowerTime: posts small blind 50
maxv2: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [9h 9c]
PowerTime: raises 750 to 850 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 750
*** FLOP *** [2d 8s Ad]
*** TURN *** [2d 8s Ad] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [2d 8s Ad 9d] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [9h 9c] (three of a kind, Nines)
PowerTime: shows [Ac Td] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
maxv2 collected 1700 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1700 | Rake 0
Board [2d 8s Ad 9d Ts]
Seat 1: maxv2 (big blind) showed [9h 9c] and won (1700) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: PowerTime (button) (small blind) showed [Ac Td] and lost with two pair, Aces and Tens

Summary: This was the fourth 220 I played (and won). For a second I thought I was really going to have to work for it...just kidding! That turn was amazing, I almost crapped my pants.


Flop the nuts hand of the day:
Seat 1: nightvip (1540 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1460 in chips)
nightvip: posts small blind 10
maxv2: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Jc Qs]
nightvip: raises 20 to 40
maxv2: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [9h Ts 8s]
maxv2: checks
nightvip: bets 60
maxv2: raises 180 to 240
nightvip: calls 180
*** TURN *** [9h Ts 8s] [3h]
maxv2: bets 400
nightvip: calls 400
*** RIVER *** [9h Ts 8s 3h] [5d]
maxv2: bets 700
nightvip: folds
maxv2 collected 1360 from pot
maxv2: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1360 | Rake 0
Board [9h Ts 8s 3h 5d]
Seat 1: nightvip (button) (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: maxv2 (big blind) collected (1360)

Summary: I went on to torch this guy. This hand really set the momentum in my direction to start my set of 220's. My cards improved, and my play was pretty outstanding throughout. Very happy with my comeback.