+820 today, very solid day; officially made back all of the losses that I suffered a few days ago. Things have been going smoothly, in cards and in coaching. I feel like PilSuhng is learning some depth, which is all I feel he lacked. Here's a hand for the day.
PokerStars Game #30499692033: Tournament #179617293, $220+$10 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2009/07/15 17:12:52 ET
Table '179617293 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: THIERRY95 (1570 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1430 in chips)
THIERRY95: posts small blind 10
maxv2: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Jd 9s]
THIERRY95: raises 60 to 80
maxv2: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [Qs 8c 2h]
maxv2: checks
THIERRY95: bets 80
maxv2: raises 160 to 240
THIERRY95: calls 160
*** TURN *** [Qs 8c 2h] [Ts]
maxv2: bets 250
THIERRY95: calls 250
*** RIVER *** [Qs 8c 2h Ts] [9d]
maxv2: bets 300
THIERRY95: calls 300
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [Jd 9s] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
THIERRY95: mucks hand
maxv2 collected 1740 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1740 | Rake 0
Board [Qs 8c 2h Ts 9d]
Seat 1: THIERRY95 (button) (small blind) mucked [Kh Qh]
Seat 2: maxv2 (big blind) showed [Jd 9s] and won (1740) with a straight, Eight to Queen
Analysis: This is a move that I generally make on a rare occasion. Reraise on a gutshot hoping to induce a fold. Fortunately for me I hit big and was able to suck value out of it the rest of the hand. An unfortunate 9 on the river handcuffed me, but still was able to get a decent amount.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
So I've decided to get blogging going again. Partially because I want to, and have always enjoyed it; and also because I have a decent amount of free time these days and would like to take up coaching. So I'm hoping this helps promote myself.
Things have been slow this year, my ROI is at an all time low this year. Only posting a 5% so far, and about 17k earnings with about 7k in bonuses cleared. So all in all I could still make a hard push the rest of the year and make between 50-60k. Hopefully the nice whether helps motivate me.
HH of the Day (I'll also be available to analyze HH's for $10 each email me at maxwell.ludwig@umit.maine.edu) :
Seat 1: PilSuhng (1,060)
Seat 2: AEROg (1,940)
PilSuhng posts the small blind of 60
AEROg posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PilSuhng [Ac Jc]
PilSuhng has 15 seconds left to act
PilSuhng calls 60
AEROg raises to 1,940, and is all in
PilSuhng calls 940, and is all in
AEROg shows [2c Th]
PilSuhng shows [Ac Jc]
Uncalled bet of 880 returned to AEROg
*** FLOP *** [6c Qd 5c]
*** TURN *** [6c Qd 5c] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [6c Qd 5c 3c] [Qh]
AEROg shows a pair of Queens
PilSuhng shows a flush, Ace high
PilSuhng wins the pot (2,120) with a flush, Ace high
Analysis: PilSuhng is a currect protege` of mine, he was at a high blind stage on full tilt against a guy who was moving in out of position on limps about half the time. This is definitely worth the gamble of limping in (and potentially missing a flop to waste the value of the hand) to trap and take down a huge pot. This worked to perfection and the opponent was classically caught with 102o. Not the most exciting hand I know, but nicely done PilSuhng.
Things have been slow this year, my ROI is at an all time low this year. Only posting a 5% so far, and about 17k earnings with about 7k in bonuses cleared. So all in all I could still make a hard push the rest of the year and make between 50-60k. Hopefully the nice whether helps motivate me.
HH of the Day (I'll also be available to analyze HH's for $10 each email me at maxwell.ludwig@umit.maine.edu) :
Seat 1: PilSuhng (1,060)
Seat 2: AEROg (1,940)
PilSuhng posts the small blind of 60
AEROg posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PilSuhng [Ac Jc]
PilSuhng has 15 seconds left to act
PilSuhng calls 60
AEROg raises to 1,940, and is all in
PilSuhng calls 940, and is all in
AEROg shows [2c Th]
PilSuhng shows [Ac Jc]
Uncalled bet of 880 returned to AEROg
*** FLOP *** [6c Qd 5c]
*** TURN *** [6c Qd 5c] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [6c Qd 5c 3c] [Qh]
AEROg shows a pair of Queens
PilSuhng shows a flush, Ace high
PilSuhng wins the pot (2,120) with a flush, Ace high
Analysis: PilSuhng is a currect protege` of mine, he was at a high blind stage on full tilt against a guy who was moving in out of position on limps about half the time. This is definitely worth the gamble of limping in (and potentially missing a flop to waste the value of the hand) to trap and take down a huge pot. This worked to perfection and the opponent was classically caught with 102o. Not the most exciting hand I know, but nicely done PilSuhng.
Friday, May 08, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
2/19 : Poker and Life update
So I have some life issues that I've been dealing with. I handled them just about as poorly as possible and if I have any advice for myself and anyone else, it's to not make things a bigger deal then they are. It will just lead to your demise (and thus my recent demise). But it's never too late to change, which is what I'll be doing. I used to be this way, and will become the person I once was starting today. Oh and holy crap try not to trust anyone other then your true friends, it's so easy to get stabbed in the back when you put trust in anyone other then those people.
Poker has been interesting, I lost around 10k total at the beginning of February and have been working back all month. I've made 7k of it back and am still up about 6-8k for the year, I'm not exactly sure how much because I've been running a lot of 4 man's with Phenom and he wins every flip for the sharkscope stats lol.
So I have some life issues that I've been dealing with. I handled them just about as poorly as possible and if I have any advice for myself and anyone else, it's to not make things a bigger deal then they are. It will just lead to your demise (and thus my recent demise). But it's never too late to change, which is what I'll be doing. I used to be this way, and will become the person I once was starting today. Oh and holy crap try not to trust anyone other then your true friends, it's so easy to get stabbed in the back when you put trust in anyone other then those people.
Poker has been interesting, I lost around 10k total at the beginning of February and have been working back all month. I've made 7k of it back and am still up about 6-8k for the year, I'm not exactly sure how much because I've been running a lot of 4 man's with Phenom and he wins every flip for the sharkscope stats lol.
Friday, January 02, 2009
1/2/08 : Vina Del Mar
So I'm thinking of playing in this LAPT event, I like the hotel deal I get as a supernova (or at least what I got on the WSOP trip) So I think it's worth the extra money I'd have to pay to get into the tournament. Plus I can cover most of the plane cost with my FPP's. Anyone else going out there?
So I'm thinking of playing in this LAPT event, I like the hotel deal I get as a supernova (or at least what I got on the WSOP trip) So I think it's worth the extra money I'd have to pay to get into the tournament. Plus I can cover most of the plane cost with my FPP's. Anyone else going out there?
Monday, December 22, 2008
12/22 : +1310
Big day for me, I've been in 2 accidents in the last 3 weeks and am going to have to fork out at least $1200...so I decided to try and make all of it today, success! Anyways here's the latest video project I've got. I worked on a team of 6 people, I did the titling, sound and assistant edited.
Cold from Neil Shelley on Vimeo.
Big day for me, I've been in 2 accidents in the last 3 weeks and am going to have to fork out at least $1200...so I decided to try and make all of it today, success! Anyways here's the latest video project I've got. I worked on a team of 6 people, I did the titling, sound and assistant edited.
Cold from Neil Shelley on Vimeo.
Friday, December 12, 2008
12/12 : +800
Today was a pretty fantastic day. I needed to get some work done due to my lack of playing, and it came pretty easily. I needed one break however (which was immediately followed by a bad beat against another play, but this saved a split).
Seat 1: CaLLitARUSH (1190 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1810 in chips)
maxv2: posts small blind 50
CaLLitARUSH: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Ad 5c]
maxv2: raises 1710 to 1810 and is all-in
CaLLitARUSH: calls 1090 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (620) returned to maxv2
*** FLOP *** [6h 3c 7d]
*** TURN *** [6h 3c 7d] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [6h 3c 7d Kh] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CaLLitARUSH: shows [Jc Js] (a pair of Jacks)
maxv2: shows [Ad 5c] (a pair of Aces)
maxv2 said, "gg"
maxv2 collected 2380 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2380 | Rake 0
Board [6h 3c 7d Kh As]
Seat 1: CaLLitARUSH (big blind) showed [Jc Js] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: maxv2 (button) (small blind) showed [Ad 5c] and won (2380) with a pair of Aces
Analasys: I really don't have much to say about this. It was 50/100 blinds and I was being aggressive with my chip lead hoping to expand it. Unfortunately I got caught, it happens to everyone. It wasn't a bad flop and I was able to get lucky.
Today was a pretty fantastic day. I needed to get some work done due to my lack of playing, and it came pretty easily. I needed one break however (which was immediately followed by a bad beat against another play, but this saved a split).
Seat 1: CaLLitARUSH (1190 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1810 in chips)
maxv2: posts small blind 50
CaLLitARUSH: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Ad 5c]
maxv2: raises 1710 to 1810 and is all-in
CaLLitARUSH: calls 1090 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (620) returned to maxv2
*** FLOP *** [6h 3c 7d]
*** TURN *** [6h 3c 7d] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [6h 3c 7d Kh] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CaLLitARUSH: shows [Jc Js] (a pair of Jacks)
maxv2: shows [Ad 5c] (a pair of Aces)
maxv2 said, "gg"
maxv2 collected 2380 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2380 | Rake 0
Board [6h 3c 7d Kh As]
Seat 1: CaLLitARUSH (big blind) showed [Jc Js] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: maxv2 (button) (small blind) showed [Ad 5c] and won (2380) with a pair of Aces
Analasys: I really don't have much to say about this. It was 50/100 blinds and I was being aggressive with my chip lead hoping to expand it. Unfortunately I got caught, it happens to everyone. It wasn't a bad flop and I was able to get lucky.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
12/10 : +150
Before I start rembling here's my latest piece:
I haven't really played much at all, I've been busy with a lot of things such as lifting, classes, work and finishing up this project. All I have left for the year is one more group film to finish that I'm the assistant editor and sound technician of. I have a lot of time over the next few days to play so hopefully I can make some money; although it's not exactly a need at the moment. I don't have any hand histories tonight, I played at the office but I'll get something together tomorrow. I will talk about a hand which kind of baffled me in the way my opponent played it. I had 46s out of position at 10/20 blinds. He standard raised and I called. Flop came 26J he led out 80 I called. Turn 6 he bets 300, and at this point I have no idea of he has a monster like 2's J's or A6 and I generally play these situations cautiously out of position so I just call. River 7 he moves in for 1k more (we were even stacked going into this hand, forgot to mention that) and I decided that there wasn't enough that could beat me to fold so I called. He turned over J7 for top 2 and I took it down. I don't understand why he wouldn't simply check the turn with the scare 6 coming in position and let me do the betting on the river with a good chance that I'd bluff a missed draw and eliminating the risk of losing so much to my 6. I can understand that he beats a lot of hands there, and there's a lot of value in that hand. But what else do I call that flop with other then a 6? I know a J with a different kicker is possible, but that's a strange assumption to make in my opinion. I think a check on the turn is almost automatic if I'm in his shoes. Ok, I'll check back in soon now that I'm not so busy. -maxv2
Before I start rembling here's my latest piece:
I haven't really played much at all, I've been busy with a lot of things such as lifting, classes, work and finishing up this project. All I have left for the year is one more group film to finish that I'm the assistant editor and sound technician of. I have a lot of time over the next few days to play so hopefully I can make some money; although it's not exactly a need at the moment. I don't have any hand histories tonight, I played at the office but I'll get something together tomorrow. I will talk about a hand which kind of baffled me in the way my opponent played it. I had 46s out of position at 10/20 blinds. He standard raised and I called. Flop came 26J he led out 80 I called. Turn 6 he bets 300, and at this point I have no idea of he has a monster like 2's J's or A6 and I generally play these situations cautiously out of position so I just call. River 7 he moves in for 1k more (we were even stacked going into this hand, forgot to mention that) and I decided that there wasn't enough that could beat me to fold so I called. He turned over J7 for top 2 and I took it down. I don't understand why he wouldn't simply check the turn with the scare 6 coming in position and let me do the betting on the river with a good chance that I'd bluff a missed draw and eliminating the risk of losing so much to my 6. I can understand that he beats a lot of hands there, and there's a lot of value in that hand. But what else do I call that flop with other then a 6? I know a J with a different kicker is possible, but that's a strange assumption to make in my opinion. I think a check on the turn is almost automatic if I'm in his shoes. Ok, I'll check back in soon now that I'm not so busy. -maxv2
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
11/26 : +35
Here's my latest piece before I start talking about cards
Soooo, yesterday in a very short period of time I was able to drop $2185...well today in a relatively short amount of time (2 and a half hours) I was able to make all of that along with a whopping 35 bucks! The contrast between days I can't put into words. Rollercoast maybe? It's true about what I've read in other HU blogs (whasssupppps) You really need to be able to play with the mindset of 'did I play well?' as opposed to 'losing lots of money sucks'. I was able to just close the door on playing yesterday with the thought of playing today, well rested and with a fresh mindset. I started off pretty solid even after losing a game 77 to 66 with a spiked 6 on the river all in preflop. At one point I was 6-3 then I think I won something like 6-7 in a row. It was pretty fun. Honestly I'm a little tired and it feels like it should be Sunday not Tuesday so I'm not going to do an in depth hand analysis or talk about bankroll management (which I will do in my next post). I'll just leave you with what was the most important hold of the session.
Seat 1: maxv2 (1990 in chips)
Seat 2: PiS.ToTo (1010 in chips)
PiS.ToTo: posts small blind 10
maxv2: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Kc Ks]
PiS.ToTo: raises 40 to 60
maxv2: raises 120 to 180
PiS.ToTo: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [7s 7d 8d]
maxv2: bets 250
PiS.ToTo: raises 580 to 830 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 580
*** TURN *** [7s 7d 8d] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [7s 7d 8d 8s] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [Kc Ks] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
PiS.ToTo: shows [Th 9d] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
maxv2 collected 2020 from pot
Here's my latest piece before I start talking about cards
Soooo, yesterday in a very short period of time I was able to drop $2185...well today in a relatively short amount of time (2 and a half hours) I was able to make all of that along with a whopping 35 bucks! The contrast between days I can't put into words. Rollercoast maybe? It's true about what I've read in other HU blogs (whasssupppps) You really need to be able to play with the mindset of 'did I play well?' as opposed to 'losing lots of money sucks'. I was able to just close the door on playing yesterday with the thought of playing today, well rested and with a fresh mindset. I started off pretty solid even after losing a game 77 to 66 with a spiked 6 on the river all in preflop. At one point I was 6-3 then I think I won something like 6-7 in a row. It was pretty fun. Honestly I'm a little tired and it feels like it should be Sunday not Tuesday so I'm not going to do an in depth hand analysis or talk about bankroll management (which I will do in my next post). I'll just leave you with what was the most important hold of the session.
Seat 1: maxv2 (1990 in chips)
Seat 2: PiS.ToTo (1010 in chips)
PiS.ToTo: posts small blind 10
maxv2: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Kc Ks]
PiS.ToTo: raises 40 to 60
maxv2: raises 120 to 180
PiS.ToTo: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [7s 7d 8d]
maxv2: bets 250
PiS.ToTo: raises 580 to 830 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 580
*** TURN *** [7s 7d 8d] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [7s 7d 8d 8s] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [Kc Ks] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
PiS.ToTo: shows [Th 9d] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
maxv2 collected 2020 from pot
Monday, November 17, 2008
11/16 : +315
So I figure that a good way to go about this blog is to just post weekly. I'm relatively busy and it's hard to add something like this to my daily routine. However, this will be easy to maintain weekly and it'll make for more interesting material as far as what's going on in my life. Today was a pretty good day, I drove back to Orono from Portland and watched football until about 8. Then I played just 2 games, one against Layne Flack "Reloadthis" for $215 and another against a super aggressive guy. I felt a little bad about the game against Flack, he timed out a lot and I picked up some free pots mid-hand that could've gone either way because he wouldn't act in time. In the end I made a good call with 99 on a Q67Q7 board and then flipped for his half stack (750) and won 44 vs QJ. Then I lost a flip against the other guys half stack after knocking him down, then got into an awful situation after the flop at 50/100 blinds, here's how it went.
Seat 1: grubel9 (1285 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1715 in chips)
grubel9: posts small blind 50
maxv2: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [6d As]
grubel9: calls 50
maxv2: raises 200 to 300
grubel9: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [9h 4s 6h]
maxv2: bets 300
grubel9: raises 685 to 985 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 685
*** TURN *** [9h 4s 6h] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [9h 4s 6h Ad] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [6d As] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
grubel9: shows [7h 8h] (high card Ace)
maxv2 collected 2570 from pot
I really didn't expect him to call the raise pre-flop, I just wanted to take it down there...but that didn't work out. Then I flopped middle pair top kicker and was pretty much committed after my $300 lead out. I know it wasn't a great play, but this guy was over aggressive so I went with it. Somehow I won, I was about 32% after the flop, but that A on the turn shifted me to 68% which was nice. So I ended up done for the day after just two games...nice. Let me know if there's anything in particular anyone would like me to talk about! Peace
So I figure that a good way to go about this blog is to just post weekly. I'm relatively busy and it's hard to add something like this to my daily routine. However, this will be easy to maintain weekly and it'll make for more interesting material as far as what's going on in my life. Today was a pretty good day, I drove back to Orono from Portland and watched football until about 8. Then I played just 2 games, one against Layne Flack "Reloadthis" for $215 and another against a super aggressive guy. I felt a little bad about the game against Flack, he timed out a lot and I picked up some free pots mid-hand that could've gone either way because he wouldn't act in time. In the end I made a good call with 99 on a Q67Q7 board and then flipped for his half stack (750) and won 44 vs QJ. Then I lost a flip against the other guys half stack after knocking him down, then got into an awful situation after the flop at 50/100 blinds, here's how it went.
Seat 1: grubel9 (1285 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1715 in chips)
grubel9: posts small blind 50
maxv2: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [6d As]
grubel9: calls 50
maxv2: raises 200 to 300
grubel9: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [9h 4s 6h]
maxv2: bets 300
grubel9: raises 685 to 985 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 685
*** TURN *** [9h 4s 6h] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [9h 4s 6h Ad] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [6d As] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
grubel9: shows [7h 8h] (high card Ace)
maxv2 collected 2570 from pot
I really didn't expect him to call the raise pre-flop, I just wanted to take it down there...but that didn't work out. Then I flopped middle pair top kicker and was pretty much committed after my $300 lead out. I know it wasn't a great play, but this guy was over aggressive so I went with it. Somehow I won, I was about 32% after the flop, but that A on the turn shifted me to 68% which was nice. So I ended up done for the day after just two games...nice. Let me know if there's anything in particular anyone would like me to talk about! Peace
Monday, November 10, 2008
11/10/08 : +177.5
So I may or may not start posting again. I'm assuming I've lost the ridiculously limited amount of readers that I once had, but I'll see if I can present myself as an interesting enough soul to lure people back into my mindless babble. If anyone's still reading this I figure it'd be an interesting idea for me to analyze other peoples individual hands and see if I can be of any help. So if anyone has anything...I mean if anyone's even reading, lay em on me. For now I'll just analyze one of my own hands.
Hand of the day:
Seat 1: xx frankie (1620 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1380 in chips)
xx frankie: posts small blind 15
maxv2: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [As Ts]
xx frankie: calls 15
maxv2: checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 4h 7s]
maxv2: checks
xx frankie: checks
*** TURN *** [5s 4h 7s] [6s]
maxv2: bets 60
xx frankie: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [5s 4h 7s 6s] [4c]
maxv2: checks
xx frankie: bets 270
maxv2: raises 700 to 970
xx frankie said, "flush?"
xx frankie: calls 700
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [As Ts] (a flush, Ace high)
xx frankie: shows [8c Kd] (a straight, Four to Eight)
maxv2 collected 2120 from pot
xx frankie said, "unreal"
This was a pretty interesting hand. This guy was crazy so I wasn't doing anything aggressive to force the issue. I just checked through my A10s because of this very reasoning and again checked the flop. I know, kind of a pansy move...but it didn't take much to unleash serious action out of this guy. So I turn the flush and throw out a small bet to see if he had the top or bottom end of the straight, I think irregardless I could check the river and he'd throw out a big bet. It was a risk, but this was the monster situation that I was hoping for. So it was worth risking the $150 or so value I would get on the river to go for the 970 that I ended up getting. Directly after this I got all in on a simple flip KQ vs A9 for his last 400 and won.
So I'll post some of the crap I've been up to, I'll let you know how the WSOP went (I played in the main event, I won a satellite on stars). I probably won't go into my personal life, as that usually gets me in trouble haha. But anyways, that's all for now.
Oh, here's some of the work I've done
So I may or may not start posting again. I'm assuming I've lost the ridiculously limited amount of readers that I once had, but I'll see if I can present myself as an interesting enough soul to lure people back into my mindless babble. If anyone's still reading this I figure it'd be an interesting idea for me to analyze other peoples individual hands and see if I can be of any help. So if anyone has anything...I mean if anyone's even reading, lay em on me. For now I'll just analyze one of my own hands.
Hand of the day:
Seat 1: xx frankie (1620 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1380 in chips)
xx frankie: posts small blind 15
maxv2: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [As Ts]
xx frankie: calls 15
maxv2: checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 4h 7s]
maxv2: checks
xx frankie: checks
*** TURN *** [5s 4h 7s] [6s]
maxv2: bets 60
xx frankie: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [5s 4h 7s 6s] [4c]
maxv2: checks
xx frankie: bets 270
maxv2: raises 700 to 970
xx frankie said, "flush?"
xx frankie: calls 700
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [As Ts] (a flush, Ace high)
xx frankie: shows [8c Kd] (a straight, Four to Eight)
maxv2 collected 2120 from pot
xx frankie said, "unreal"
This was a pretty interesting hand. This guy was crazy so I wasn't doing anything aggressive to force the issue. I just checked through my A10s because of this very reasoning and again checked the flop. I know, kind of a pansy move...but it didn't take much to unleash serious action out of this guy. So I turn the flush and throw out a small bet to see if he had the top or bottom end of the straight, I think irregardless I could check the river and he'd throw out a big bet. It was a risk, but this was the monster situation that I was hoping for. So it was worth risking the $150 or so value I would get on the river to go for the 970 that I ended up getting. Directly after this I got all in on a simple flip KQ vs A9 for his last 400 and won.
So I'll post some of the crap I've been up to, I'll let you know how the WSOP went (I played in the main event, I won a satellite on stars). I probably won't go into my personal life, as that usually gets me in trouble haha. But anyways, that's all for now.
Oh, here's some of the work I've done
Thursday, June 26, 2008
6/26 : Recovery
So I lost about $3500 a few nights ago, ouch. However, that night I was able to cut it to $1500 and then woke up the next morning and took out the rest. It was a relatively quick comeback, probably no more then 9-10 hours total. I'm glad that I'm able to make this sort of recovery faster these days, and I'm especially happy that I extended my bankroll to 6k rather then the tiny 3k I used to use. Once I get my car all paid off (I got a 2006 Jaguar X-Type 3.0) I'm going to work on building my bankroll a little more to eventually become a more serious poker plays. Maybe I'll eventually put hours in rather then settling for minor profits daily. Anyways, hope everythings working out for everyone -Maxv2.
So I lost about $3500 a few nights ago, ouch. However, that night I was able to cut it to $1500 and then woke up the next morning and took out the rest. It was a relatively quick comeback, probably no more then 9-10 hours total. I'm glad that I'm able to make this sort of recovery faster these days, and I'm especially happy that I extended my bankroll to 6k rather then the tiny 3k I used to use. Once I get my car all paid off (I got a 2006 Jaguar X-Type 3.0) I'm going to work on building my bankroll a little more to eventually become a more serious poker plays. Maybe I'll eventually put hours in rather then settling for minor profits daily. Anyways, hope everythings working out for everyone -Maxv2.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
6/18/08
So I might drive to California to see this movie called "The Go-Getter"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5rvx3JFJCU
It's only playing in Oregon and California, and I think it'd be a worth while trip to both clear my head and see a movie that looks really interesting.
And the Celtics won the championship tonight. I think that's pretty awesome. I really enjoyed watching them crush Kobe and Phil Jackson's spirit as well. Outplayed.
So I might drive to California to see this movie called "The Go-Getter"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5rvx3JFJCU
It's only playing in Oregon and California, and I think it'd be a worth while trip to both clear my head and see a movie that looks really interesting.
And the Celtics won the championship tonight. I think that's pretty awesome. I really enjoyed watching them crush Kobe and Phil Jackson's spirit as well. Outplayed.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
6/14/08 : Game 4 and 5
So I forgot to post my reaction to winning game four. I think you can understand why. I was excited; and watching Ray Allen burn Sasha for a back breaking lefty layup was a perfect ending. Anyways, I just hope we don't get lax and blow game 5. I know we have the comfort of two straight home court games coming, but I'm totally fine with ending it in LA.
So I picked up a new album, She and Him Volume 1. It's a duet of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. It has a poppy Norah Jones feel. I liked it, so I picked up tickets to the show in North Hampton, MA on the 24th. Should be fun, me Jay and possibly his girlfriend Alyssa are going. They've been friends of mine since freshman year of college. I recommend checking it out if you're running out of music, although it is summer so a new really good album should be released just about everyday starting soon. Have a good weekend -maxv2
So I forgot to post my reaction to winning game four. I think you can understand why. I was excited; and watching Ray Allen burn Sasha for a back breaking lefty layup was a perfect ending. Anyways, I just hope we don't get lax and blow game 5. I know we have the comfort of two straight home court games coming, but I'm totally fine with ending it in LA.
So I picked up a new album, She and Him Volume 1. It's a duet of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. It has a poppy Norah Jones feel. I liked it, so I picked up tickets to the show in North Hampton, MA on the 24th. Should be fun, me Jay and possibly his girlfriend Alyssa are going. They've been friends of mine since freshman year of college. I recommend checking it out if you're running out of music, although it is summer so a new really good album should be released just about everyday starting soon. Have a good weekend -maxv2
Thursday, June 12, 2008
6/12/08 : Back from Boston
So my friend Jay had a job interview down in Boston, so I decided to accompany him on his trip. We drove down to Portland then took the Downeaster into Boston. That thing is amazing, they even have free wifi on it now; highly recommended. Anyways, it was sad to see the Celtics lose...but it was relatively expected. However, we put up a serious fight. I thought we did a really good job showing them that the fourth quarter of game 2 was just us being retarded, they can't ACTUALLY put up 40 a quarter on us. So tonight's game 4, I really have no bold predictions or expectations. I'm really just hoping that we can steal one of the next two in LA to make lives easy on ourselves. If we go into game 6 with a 3-2 lead I think there will just be too much confidence going into home court for LA to handle. So lets hope KG actually slept last night, and we can make something special happen tonight.
Here's a random hand from a $345 that really made today an easy day after coming out flat and dropping two $115's then rebounding with this and a $230 to end up +295 for now.
Seat 1: dannyp1988 (1720 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1280 in chips)
dannyp1988: posts small blind 10
maxv2: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [9s 9d]
dannyp1988: raises 60 to 80
maxv2: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [8c 3h 6s]
maxv2: checks
dannyp1988: bets 100
maxv2: raises 300 to 400
dannyp1988: raises 300 to 700
maxv2: raises 500 to 1200 and is all-in
dannyp1988: calls 500
*** TURN *** [8c 3h 6s] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [8c 3h 6s Ac] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [9s 9d] (a pair of Nines)
dannyp1988: shows [Qh Th] (high card Ace)
maxv2 collected 2560 from pot
I mean, at the point where he had committed 700 chips, you have to realize that he's getting decent money on the 23% chance that he has as long as I don't have a monster. For all he knew I could've had 45 or 57 and he'd just have to hold a coin flip. Although in reality he could've easily minimized this to a -180 chip drop...instead of 1280. Anyways gl everyone -maxv2
So my friend Jay had a job interview down in Boston, so I decided to accompany him on his trip. We drove down to Portland then took the Downeaster into Boston. That thing is amazing, they even have free wifi on it now; highly recommended. Anyways, it was sad to see the Celtics lose...but it was relatively expected. However, we put up a serious fight. I thought we did a really good job showing them that the fourth quarter of game 2 was just us being retarded, they can't ACTUALLY put up 40 a quarter on us. So tonight's game 4, I really have no bold predictions or expectations. I'm really just hoping that we can steal one of the next two in LA to make lives easy on ourselves. If we go into game 6 with a 3-2 lead I think there will just be too much confidence going into home court for LA to handle. So lets hope KG actually slept last night, and we can make something special happen tonight.
Here's a random hand from a $345 that really made today an easy day after coming out flat and dropping two $115's then rebounding with this and a $230 to end up +295 for now.
Seat 1: dannyp1988 (1720 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1280 in chips)
dannyp1988: posts small blind 10
maxv2: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [9s 9d]
dannyp1988: raises 60 to 80
maxv2: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [8c 3h 6s]
maxv2: checks
dannyp1988: bets 100
maxv2: raises 300 to 400
dannyp1988: raises 300 to 700
maxv2: raises 500 to 1200 and is all-in
dannyp1988: calls 500
*** TURN *** [8c 3h 6s] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [8c 3h 6s Ac] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maxv2: shows [9s 9d] (a pair of Nines)
dannyp1988: shows [Qh Th] (high card Ace)
maxv2 collected 2560 from pot
I mean, at the point where he had committed 700 chips, you have to realize that he's getting decent money on the 23% chance that he has as long as I don't have a monster. For all he knew I could've had 45 or 57 and he'd just have to hold a coin flip. Although in reality he could've easily minimized this to a -180 chip drop...instead of 1280. Anyways gl everyone -maxv2
Sunday, June 08, 2008
6/8/08 : Good Day
First off I'd like to say that people are making more and more ridiculous calls. It's refreshing to get caught bluffing by a guy who calls off with K6 on a 69JQ8 board then spinning it for 3 straight wins after that. I mean honestly, I'm not one to talk. I make some far out calls, it's one of my strengths (or weaknesses on some days). But I fail to see the logic behind some of these calls. I usually have a thought process behind my calls atleast.
Anyways, tonight's game 2. All of this talk about the Lakers not being able to rebound being down 0-2 is crap. That's a reasonable comeback to make, but it wouldn't be easy. So it'd be REALLLLY nice to put the pressure on them. I applaude Doc for his coaching in game one (except for leaving Cassell in too long). And I hope the focus is on the same areas in this game. Aggressive drives to the hoop to put LA in the penalty, and REBOUNDING. We dominated the glass, let's do it again. -maxv2
First off I'd like to say that people are making more and more ridiculous calls. It's refreshing to get caught bluffing by a guy who calls off with K6 on a 69JQ8 board then spinning it for 3 straight wins after that. I mean honestly, I'm not one to talk. I make some far out calls, it's one of my strengths (or weaknesses on some days). But I fail to see the logic behind some of these calls. I usually have a thought process behind my calls atleast.
Anyways, tonight's game 2. All of this talk about the Lakers not being able to rebound being down 0-2 is crap. That's a reasonable comeback to make, but it wouldn't be easy. So it'd be REALLLLY nice to put the pressure on them. I applaude Doc for his coaching in game one (except for leaving Cassell in too long). And I hope the focus is on the same areas in this game. Aggressive drives to the hoop to put LA in the penalty, and REBOUNDING. We dominated the glass, let's do it again. -maxv2
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