Saturday, February 26, 2011

Guest Post on Doublefly's blog

I wrote a post for Doublefly's blog that is appearing in 2 parts; today and next Saturday. Here is the crosslink http://doubleflypoker.blogspot.com/. It is about taxes and the common myths and misconceptions I read spread across on the internet poker forums.

Doublefly's blog is one of the more widely read with a poker theme on the internet. He is a successful mid stakes player who has transitioned from a Wall Street job to professional on the virtual felt. I guess you could say he is living my dream?? But seriously sitting at my office 7 days a week grinding out tax returns for the next 7 weeks really is rewarding!


Anyway, go check it out.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Is it over yet?


Pretty sure this will be my first losing month since last July and possibly my worst losing month since I started playing seriously. No mater what I do or what game I play I get crushed. Played a full schedule of MTT on Sunday and saw hands like this over and over:

Poker Stars $15.00+$1.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 9 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter By DeucesCracked Poker Videos

skinno (MP2): t2520 84 BBs
sowhatnow (CO): t3090 103 BBs
Hero (BTN): t2930 97.67 BBs
selmersuper (SB): t4205 140.17 BBs
herefishy459 (BB): t3650 121.67 BBs
goza1978 (UTG): t3350 111.67 BBs
zaboday (UTG+1): t1535 51.17 BBs
TTheo_ (UTG+2): t2950 98.33 BBs
shumik-ua (MP1): t2780 92.67 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BTN with Q Q J 7
1 fold, zaboday raises to t90, TTheo_ calls t90, shumik-ua calls t90, 2 folds, Hero calls t90, selmersuper calls t75, herefishy459 calls t60

Flop: (t540) Q J 2 (6 players)
selmersuper checks, herefishy459 checks, zaboday bets t430, TTheo_ folds, shumik-ua folds, Hero raises to t1830, selmersuper folds, herefishy459 folds, zaboday calls t1015 all in

Turn: (t3430) 4 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t3430) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t3430
Hero shows Q Q J 7 (three of a kind, Queens)
zaboday shows 5 K A K (three of a kind, Kings)
zaboday wins t3430

and then this little gem in a satellite...nice call down sir!

Full Tilt Poker Satellite to FTOPS Event #39 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Tournament - t120/t240 Limit - 8 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter By DeucesCracked Poker Videos

GANGSTER--RABBI (UTG+1): t2600 21.67 BBs
danish01 (MP1): t1270 10.58 BBs
adofpoker67 (MP2): t1830 15.25 BBs
exclaim (CO): t2610 21.75 BBs
MuthaFlower (BTN): t1657 13.81 BBs
Token320 (SB): t1880 15.67 BBs
Private ATM (BB): t2000 16.67 BBs
Hero (UTG): t1875 15.62 BBs

Pre Flop: (1.5 SB) Hero is UTG with 2 3 8 A
Hero raises, 4 folds, MuthaFlower calls, 2 folds

Flop: (5.5 SB) A 6 8 (2 players)
Hero bets, MuthaFlower calls

Turn: (3.75 BB) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets, MuthaFlower calls

River: (5.75 BB) 2 (2 players) (I'm scooping until the moron binks a 2 for 1/2 the pot)
Hero bets, MuthaFlower calls

Final Pot: 7.75 BB
MuthaFlower shows 5 K 4 K (HI: two pair, Kings and Sixes; LO: 6,5,4,2,A)
Hero shows 2 3 8 A (HI: two pair, Aces and Eights; LO: 8,6,3,2,A)
Hero wins 3.875 BB
MuthaFlower wins 3.875 BB

and obv the ever popular runner runner...

Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo - 6 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter By DeucesCracked Poker Videos

daying (CO): $17.50
Hero (BTN): $51.35
PROlthof (SB): $17.25
GateauOrMort (BB): $28.25
Frank2ky (UTG): $21.35
jakedog65 (MP): $19.45

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with J 3 A 9
3 folds, Hero raises to $1.75, PROlthof calls $1.50, 1 fold

Flop: ($4.00) 9 9 6 (2 players)
PROlthof checks, Hero bets $4, PROlthof calls $4

Turn: ($12.00) T (2 players)
PROlthof bets $11.50 all in, Hero calls $11.50

River: ($35.00) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $35.00
Hero shows J 3 A 9 (HI: three of a kind, Nines)
PROlthof shows 5 7 T A (HI: three of a kind, Tens)
PROlthof wins $33.25
(Rake: $1.75)

F-it...March will be here soon I guess??

I did have a pretty good trip to DE Park last Sat. night for some live PLO which I will recount later. For now just make it stop.