tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28116688706923862862012-02-16T14:42:11.767-05:00Going to class, finding a job, and playing some cards...otbdavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046379629129515434noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811668870692386286.post-84388576559320491742010-09-20T16:49:00.001-04:002010-09-20T16:49:48.086-04:00

(the following is an excerpt from response to Vestvik at www.badbeatspoker.net)http://www.badbeatspoker.net/forum/lounge/9611-playing-poker-then-what.html Personally, I feel that most of the characteristics that make someone a successful, long term poker player are the same characteristics that make someone successful in just about any other career. Any successful poker is going to have to play

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I found it ironic how much this article may apply to my situation...Moving Without a Job?Try These 5 StrategiesBy Allan Hoffman, Monster Tech Jobs ExpertWhen looking for a position in a new location, job seekers typically look for work sooner rather than later. By the time you pack up to move, you want to know your salary, your new boss and even the date you'll be returning.But not everyone is

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Two go busto so seven left. I am at 1,125,000 chips. A little below average but not the short stack either. Guaranteed $97,000 at this point. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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What a roller coater. First hand I sit down I jam ATs from the button and get blinds. Very next hand I pick up JJ and cram again for blinds. Then we hit 27 left for the redraw and I got Alex Jacobs table. I made one steal one resteal and then lost when I pushed A6 from the big blind in to 66 in the small. About five hands later Alex jams about eight big blinds from under the gun and I reship over

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After buffet and a chair massage I am ready for what will hopefully be one last twelve hour day. Time to do the double up dance. Ship the bracelet. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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Well I will be making the third and final day. That's the good news. The bad news is I am hurting. There are 30 pepole left and the average is 417,000. I have 211,000.Blinds will be 16000/8000/1000 in the morning. Basically I will be in need of a double up pretty early in the day. The final table for event 51 will be a tv table so if I make top 9 its ESPN time. Run good one more session please!

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50 left and the average stack is 251,000. I have just a touch over 300,000 so still looking well. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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Good two levels but should have been better. I stacked QQ with my AA but then I doubled up a 40,000 guy when he shoved A9 and I reship AK. Flopped a 9. I have 185,000 the average is 130,000. 82 players remain. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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133 people left average stack is 94,000. I had a little bit of a slow session chipped up to 150,000. I think I am chip leader at my table but there is a 140,000 stack the seat on my right and a 130,000 three seats to my right. Let's keep running good. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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PS: No matter how this ends up this is the most fun I have had in my life. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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Chipped up to a little north of 130,000. The AA hand have me a lot of respect and my table is letting me chip up the blinds a lot. A 140,000 stack sat the seat to my right but he is playing pretty tight ABC. The board says 250 remain with a 52,000 average stack but the payout queue is building and I think we are probably more like 225. The next ten hours is where the real money is decided. -----

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AA hold against AQ. North of 100,000 currently hand for hand. 5 until money. No electronic devices allowed once in the money. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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Fifteen minutes until cards are in the air for day two and I am very happy with my table draw. I found the table online and the closest stack to me has only 41,000 at my table. This is a huge win and means I can apply pressure on the bubble. Most of these guys almost surely went to bed thinking they are about to cash and don't want to ruin that. I looked up the online guy from my table yesterday

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357 left pays top 297. 2900 entered. Chip count 72,900. Average is 30,900. Ran like god one time! Flopped trips got some chips in on flop and then all in on turn against a flush. I quaded out on him on the river. Gotta win one your behind I guess, I did have some outs and he wouldn't have come close to stacking me but its still huge. Then I got moved to a new table with an internet pro with

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Oh, also. Sickest thing I have ever seen in my poker career. A guy was left with 50 chips at 200/400 with a 75 ante. He went from two thirds of one ante to 15,000! That was my old table and we just broke up but he now has a good chance from going 50 chips to $2000 or more. Oh and he was the worst player at the table. Lost his stack calling a raise with A8s and calling the cram on the flop with

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Chipped up a little to 40,000 at the last break of day 1. Made a couple 3bet resteals and stacked off a couple shorties. Just sat down at new table only played four hands there but it looks pretty standard/easy. I am a little bit abov average, 600 of the 2900 field remain I think it pays top 297. I am really going for the big money though so I can't be upset if I bubble. Two more hours of poker

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I lost a race for 14k a guy decides to limp KK and I join with J8s from the button. Flop give me top pair with a flush draw and he gladly in with me on the flop I miss everything. What I had was the only thing I can show up there with that doesn't crush him to two outs. I stacked two shorties getting in way ahead and head to dinner at about 28,000. Above average and definitely happy although the

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40% of day one complete at 17,000. If I make it ten more hands I beat last weeks performance. :)I feel a lot more confident and calm this time so I don't think I will spew off an above average stack again. Won a lot of hands without showdown this session and had AA hold against QQ to send one packing. Two hours til dinner break. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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First of all lol wtf I should be out. I raise with AA and guy calls preflop. Flop T82 I lead he minraises, I call. Turn is K no flush draws. I check he bets I make a committing raise and he shows me his T8 hero fold.Start at 4500 at 5900 now so about average I would assume. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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Taking seat for Event 51 now. It was sold out when I got here an hour ago so good thing I preregistered. Maybe I can make something happen. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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Instant bust after break. Raise from the button and both blinds call. I end up folding they get all in set versus top pair gutshot straight flush draw. Next hand I raise AT from cutoff and big blind 3bets. He knew. What he was doing so I figured there was a great chance he was on resteal. I made a committing four bet and he goes all in so I know I have three out now. He shows KK I miss gg. ------

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Got dinged pretty hard right before break. Got moved to a new table and it was looking pretty promising. Raised AQ early position and got called from the blind. We flop comes 443 and we both check. Turn is J he leads out 800 I make it 2000. River is a T he checks, I go 5000 leaving him 2000 or so if he wants to call. He contemplates a bit and calls with 77. He tells me you can't bluff a calling

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Previously ID'd donk raises early position I reraise Ak. Folds back to him he insta shoves 3500 more. I proclaim I guess we are off to the races and call. He tables 88 flop brings an A in the window to send him home. 20k and chip leader at table. Let's keep running well. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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Mostly a foldfest for the next hour or so. Only notable hand was I raised AK from late position and got three bet by a solid aggressive player from big blind. I asked to see his chips, shipped on him, and he paused for about ten seconds before mucking, visually frustrated. A hand reporter came up and asked me and the Asian lady to my left about a pot we played, so I think she might be important.

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So chip leader at my table with maniac image. Perfect start. Time to tighten up. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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Chip stack took small hit early on. Raised a flop bet with top pair and opponent open shoved the turn which completed a flush and straight. A few hands later I add 50% to stack with AA. I three bet per call flop ship turn he mucks. Then the sick bluff. I call a raise w QT and flop 9J4. He bet I call. Turn A he bet I call. River is A. He puts in 1500 with 1500 behind. I ship in, he mucks and I

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My first (of 2) WSOP Event is tomorrow, $1500 buyin, no limit holdem, Event #39. Should see about a 2500 person field. It will actually be the first poker I have played in Vegas fwiw. I was planning to get some warmup cash in, especially since haven't played any sort of live for a while now. I think it will be ok though, I am not really feeling much of anything right now, so I don't think the "

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Haven't really seen anything around in Vegas that was worth dropping dough on until I saw this... This was just absolutely wicked.There was a small crowd gathered around a tent so I walked over to see what was up. There is this dude dual wielding spray cans and just covering this paper in paint. On display in front of his little stand are just some insane works of art. Some are trippy outdoor

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Well I ended up getting to Harrahs at about 1am Pacific on Wednesday. I had a "Deluxe" room booked, and once we checked in we were sent to our room on the 5th floor. As soon as we walk in I check to make sure the room has "Dual Plasmas", and sure enough, no bathroom TV and a giant tube in the room. Instantly call front desk and find out they put me in a standard room. They said Expedia did not

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Well my connecting flight to Chicago is delayed at least one hour so I will miss my connecting flight to Vegas. 0/1 for on time flights in the last four years. Hope I run better the rest of the week. --------------------------Sent from my BlackBerry mobile device

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Here is my tournament schedule for my two weeks in Vegas so far. The two WSOP events are set in stone. I plan to play three deepstack Venetians, but the days may change and I may play more if I run well in anything.Saturday, 6/20: $1500 WSOP Event #39Tuesday, 6/23: $330 Deepstack Venetian IIIWednesday 6/24: $330 Deepstack Venetian IIISaturday: 6/27: $1500 WSOP Event #51Monday: 6/29: $330

otbdavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046379629129515434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2811668870692386286.post-13405270149031025322009-06-15T14:44:00.002-04:002009-06-15T14:51:16.406-04:00

I am selling action at par for the two WSOP events I am registered for, in case anyone is interested. I am limiting the total I sell to 15%, and I have sold 5% so far. Below are the details...- I am pre-registered for two WSOP events, #39 and #51. Both are $1500 buyin, full ring, no limit holdem tournaments.- I am selling 1% shares of my action for $30 each. The 1% action will be for exactly 1%

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Well... I kept with my plans and put in some serious applications over spring break.I applied to at least one opening that I felt qualified for at each of the following companies in Chicago: - Accenture - Aon Corporation - Chicago Mercantile Exchange - Exelon Corporation - GATX Corporation - Morton Salt - National Stock Exchange - NAVTEQ - Northern Trust - R.R. Donnelley & SonsIt took a lot of

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Been a while since this has happened... I decide to put in a "longer" session and play close to perfect for two hours or so and then this erases it.Full Tilt Poker$0.50/$1 NL Hold'em Cash Game6 PlayersLeggoPoker.com - Hand History ConverterDaSwoop (CO): $89.45Virt_23 (BTN): $105.50MasterS86 (SB): $113.90PokerPemil (BB): $119.10otbdave (UTG): $103.65ReelDeBil (MP): $73.20Pre-Flop: Q Q dealt to

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Well, I have everything purchased and confirmed now...I will be staying at:Harrah's Hotel & Casino Las VegasCheckin: June 17Checkout: July 1I am flying out of Columbus at 4:00PM June 17 and leaving Vegas at 8:30AM on July 1...Anyway, I decided to book at Harrah's because it ended up being a pretty cheap room and it is very close to the Rio where I will be spending a lot of my time. They have a

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Well I finally got a little better spot of blogging...I decided to go with this so that I can post updates from my phone when I am in Vegas. I figured this will be the easiest way to let everyone know what is going on. I plan to send updates here whenever I can use my phone during the events. I don't think I am actually allowed to have a phone at the table, but I will update on breaks or

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