SpinaBifida Won't Stop Me!

This can be my blog for a minute.....think I'll just play all night and go to uncle jesses bombed to get a nice fade. Go to math half bombed. Pack and get on the plane bombed. Playing live makes me wanna never play online again. It also makes me never wanna do another speech. Leaving live poker during the week and a good chunk of weekends has been a nice cut outta my salary. Even on this dumb Wednesday it's still profitable as ever. Why's this old fuck trying to bluff me. Why does he think he can try. It's good/bad when a 70 year old grey hairs trying to put moves on you. If he only knew I was breakeven over like the last 75k hands and I'm liable to go crazy with a pair....deifinately not folding it. This dude keeps whining....noone has the heart to say your down cause your bad.....yet I just tell him he's unlucky right now and to maybe change seats. Being down the last week helps me think about how good I have it. I just need to pass school....and between school loans and playing cover my bills everythings legit. First thing after semester is out is paying off loans. I don't like debt like that and have never had it besides a car loan and that's cause I have a problem parting with large amounts of cash at one time. Only reason I took loans in the first place was just in case things went bad during semester. I wasn't sure of how difficult playing and shit would be while in school. Why's this idiot keep trying.....he's trying so hard to get me...to hard....it's obvious....I got this game under control. Just enough booze to get me talkin. Not like I do in speeches cause I don't have nearly the excitement the crowds looking for. This guy keeps making it $10 and 3 people call $10 so I male it $40 and they do a big sigh and fold and say shesh you get aces a lot. And I'm like dude you make it $10 a lot an he's like no kiddin. This hit isn't as hard as i can make it out to be sometimes. A little focus and a little respect for other players and their peabrains maybe I won't do so many dumb things. Back to basics....these fucks are so bad....3 way showdowns on a shit board can't believe it....one day I'll scoop it all....feelin a big rush coming on. A part of me wanted to stay in LV for my break....just to grind live again...one month though....I'll be able to run wild. My summer looks like 3 weeks LV and 1 week WI between weddings and shit. It's pretty nice as long as things don't shit the bed. I like having a break inbeteren the grind and being home in the summer couldn't be any better. Ummm 3betting KK and seeing a K in the door is heavenly an turning a fullhouse and having dude fold to same bet on the flop is gay as aids....2 hands later and being checkraised from 20 to 80 with KK on 665dd and being snap called when you shove uggh.....having the board run out with 2 shit diamonds and looking down at 2 black kings...horrifying....your opponent flipping over 2 black 9s.....priceless. A big lull in typing.....losing a $1k+ pot. Same dude that had 99 I beat. Thought he was spazzing and this time he had a set. Was 3 way all in and I was pretty much drawing to 4 cards....I made a flush but It made him a fullhouse. A 3rd player was all in to but only for $110. I really thought dude was spazzing....9102r and he limped the button. I raised....they called. $100 stackk bet $40 into $80 I made it $110 and dude shoved for $430.

2010-03-25T01:21:00.000-07:00

This can be my blog for a minute.....think I'll just play all night
and go to uncle jesses bombed to get a nice fade. Go to math half
bombed. Pack and get on the plane bombed. Playing live makes me wanna
never play online again. It also makes me never wanna do another
speech. Leaving live poker during the week and a good chunk of
weekends has been a nice cut outta my salary. Even on this dumb
Wednesday it's still profitable as ever. Why's this old fuck trying to
bluff me. Why does he think he can try. It's good/bad when a 70 year
old grey hairs trying to put moves on you. If he only knew I was
breakeven over like the last 75k hands and I'm liable to go crazy with
a pair....deifinately not folding it. This dude keeps
whining....noone has the heart to say your down cause your bad.....yet
I just tell him he's unlucky right now and to maybe change seats.
Being down the last week helps me think about how good I have it. I
just need to pass school....and between school loans and playing cover
my bills everythings legit. First thing after semester is out is
paying off loans. I don't like debt like that and have never had it
besides a car loan and that's cause I have a problem parting with
large amounts of cash at one time. Only reason I took loans in the
first place was just in case things went bad during semester. I wasn't
sure of how difficult playing and shit would be while in school.
Why's this idiot keep trying.....he's trying so hard to get me...to
hard....it's obvious....I got this game under control. Just enough
booze to get me talkin. Not like I do in speeches cause I don't have
nearly the excitement the crowds looking for. This guy keeps making it
$10 and 3 people call $10 so I male it $40 and they do a big sigh and
fold and say shesh you get aces a lot. And I'm like dude you make it
$10 a lot an he's like no kiddin. This hit isn't as hard as i can
make it out to be sometimes. A little focus and a little respect for
other players and their peabrains maybe I won't do so many dumb
things. Back to basics....these fucks are so bad....3 way showdowns
on a shit board can't believe it....one day I'll scoop it
all....feelin a big rush coming on. A part of me wanted to stay in LV
for my break....just to grind live again...one month though....I'll be
able to run wild. My summer looks like 3 weeks LV and 1 week WI
between weddings and shit. It's pretty nice as long as things don't
shit the bed. I like having a break inbeteren the grind and being home
in the summer couldn't be any better. Ummm 3betting KK and seeing a K
in the door is heavenly an turning a fullhouse and having dude fold to
same bet on the flop is gay as aids....2 hands later and being
checkraised from 20 to 80 with KK on 665dd and being snap called when
you shove uggh.....having the board run out with 2 shit diamonds and
looking down at 2 black kings...horrifying....your opponent flipping
over 2 black 9s.....priceless. A big lull in typing.....losing a $1k+
pot. Same dude that had 99 I beat. Thought he was spazzing and this
time he had a set. Was 3 way all in and I was pretty much drawing to 4
cards....I made a flush but It made him a fullhouse. A 3rd player was
all in to but only for $110. I really thought dude was spazzing....
9102r and he limped the button. I raised....they called. $100 stackk
bet $40 into $80 I made it $110 and dude shoved for $430.

At home now goodnight

CHECK YO SELF!!

2010-03-23T20:30:00.000-07:00

Ummm......I've lost like $2k in the last I don't know less than a week. This is my first little hiccup this year and it almost made me swan dive into the Motel 6 parking lot.....close but not quite. Things were going really good that it kind of took me by surprise. All of a sudden nothing worked or was going right. I tried to counter and recounter and triple super recounter and it ultimately left me with less money than I started with. No cause for alarm.....shits normal.....And $500 was live so that is what it is.....just another day at the office. I think the live part kind of bothered me since it was the first negative weekend I've had this year so far as far as playing live goes. I think I just got bothered that I had to stay in and study for school. I've only played like 2x hours live a month since school started and that's barely a good weekend full of hours. Along with that....I think I've been stubborn playing online....I was crushing RUSH Poker and it was evident that the game changed as it's been out 2 months now and everyone's adjusted. It's not the ATM it was....and I tried forcing it to be. 100NL and 50NL players aren't the brightest and sometimes I found myself losing discipline and spite calling $10, $15, $25 whatever cause it isn't a lot of money...and in order to win that money....I gotta pay to play....that's not really how I got to this point though and it ultimately showed throughout the weekend that I wasn't going about things right. And when it came to regulars I tried being over aggressive which led to me shipping in hundreds left and right when I had literally had no chance. Every so often I have this brief blackout in poker and reassessing like so helps a lot. I gotta grind online the rest of the month and hopefully make enough to cover the bills.....as during school goal is just to cover the bills....and so far I've had a nice chunk of profit over that each month, so don't want to end that streak now. Basically I plan to return to basics for a bit and reup on discipline because I've literally blown online computer money for the last 2 weeks in meaningless spots and did it even when I knew the outcome wasn't going to be positive for me. I'm looking forward to playing live all summer as grinding online is becoming a fucking grind again. I also found myself spacing out playing live this weekend and I really want to figure out where I'm at after paying taxes and shit and possibly just make myself to playing higher......I really think I just need to put myself in an unfamiliar and maybe uncomfortable spot to regain some focus.....and also load up on hundos for the summer while schools out.

Speeches.......fuck'em.......one more left......on a charity. I picked Children's Miracle Network....I figured I could slap some Childrens Hospital/Spinabifida/half foot and get some sympathy claps. I'm not sure how this past online poker speech went. I had to memorize parts of it cause max 2 page speaking outline wasn't going to cut it. This made me spend more time trying to remember and speechify my thoughts since it wasn't on paper and I may have taken up to much time. I was about to have a heart attack before the speech too. I have no idea what the dillyo is. I feel pretty good about it before I enter that dam room and then I feel like I'm about to blackout. I just am thinking about remembering shit and the scoring criteria and trying to fill it all out and I guess my voice sucks and I'm not exciting enough. Basically I'd rather lose another $2k this month then give another speech. Pretty sick.

Bout it.......Be in WI Friday.....Don't really have any plans.....Grind online and do some online math homework while on break and just relax and hang out.

YO! YO! YO! YO! YO! YO! YO! YO!

2010-03-10T22:24:00.000-08:00

YO!....It's 1030PM and I made enough money for today and I ain't got shit to do for school and I figure it's about due to do a 7 month catch up blog haha. This is going to be the most random collection of shit ever.

First and foremost....A 12 pack of high life doesn't last nearly as long as I wish it would.

Secondly....I haven't had a cigarette in just over 9 months.

Ummm......anyways.......

School......I have 4 classes COM101-Public Speaking, IS101- Word/Excel for Dummies, ECON 102- Microeconomics, and MATH132- Finite Mathematics aka Can't wait till I'm finished. Everything's going pretty good. COM101....is whatever. I don't enjoy public speaking in this format....I never have and probably never will. I've given a speech on Lambeau Field(A), Michael Jordan(B) and soon will be doing one on Legalizing Online Poker and then one on a charity?!?! I believe I will be doing a sympathetic rendition of a story about a unlucky kid w/ a small foot. I will urge the audience to donate to Spinabifida.org. They will cry and I will bow and then go to the bar. I got a C on midterm exam because I got like 15 bubbles wrong I guess. IS101.....just went to class for the first time since first day to take midterm. The whole things done online......It's quite ridiculous. I probably got a C on the midterm because of filling in the wrong bubbles. I'm sitting here and the thing I'm most pissed about today is saying CTRL P selects a paragraph after erasing the bubble for triple clicking first word. I do this shit every day but put it into words and make me think I'll serve up a poopoo platter. ECON102- Meh....professor is hilarious. Older dude....wears goofy sweaters everyday and just does obnoxious stuff during class but it's all good. C on midterm.....dam bubbles. Math.......glad it's the last math I ever have to take. Before school I was admitted for Engineering and let's just say....I'm glad I realized I don't enjoy math the way I always thought I did. I like multipying.....#'s no bigger than 10. I don't like.....whatever the hell I'm doing now. I've gotten ummm.......2 C's on 2 tests. Inclass homework pretty sure i got 100%.....online homework is gaggy.....so gagggy......should probably knock a few out this weekend. Nothing like entering (X)#*S*#@*(CS)8238* and then have it wrong because of one to many symbols and you gotta figure out where it's messed up. Now multiply that by 20 questions along with 8 parts to each one. F THAT! that ain't math......that makes people drink. I said this whole clump of shit w/o taking a breath........

Schools cool though.....I enjoy it. It's not hard to get up and go everyday. I'm glad I started again. It does seem a bit strange when I sit down and think that I'm about to shit myself during a speech when its filled with like 18+ kids. I guess I'm a 26 yo kid......proud of it. I really just want to get into the meaty part of whatever...I got a few more requirements after this semester but may do 1 a semester so I don't lose interest in all of it. Ummm.....not sure what else I have or want to say about school. I just got to figure out how it all works. I sometimes get critical...like when I get these C's......I come home and read the shit....and do whatever. I read/study whatever and go do it. I don't know.....I'd love to get A's....I don't know if I need to memorize more shit. I get a blacked out feeling. I'll read something and go in on the test and just blank. I can envision the page in the book or my notes but can't spit it onto my paper. Maybe my bubblefilling game is off and I'm just warming up....These periods.............if used the right way are called leaders.....tks Word for Dummies. Requirements that I still have to do .......US/Nevada Constitution, Lab Science.....and ummm (-1 COM101 for ummm)...PHIL102 Critical thinking/analyzing or something...Stay in School and Be Cool.....School's delightful....I have no pressure.....no job to run to....don't need to fight for my next meal.....it's all working out the way I had it planned.

Ummm Online Poker....aka "work"....aka......it is what it is. On January 18th I woke up and Full Tilt released Rush Poker. It's like crack. Google Full Tilt and Rush poker if you really care. I can fold and get a new hand every .3 seconds. Up until this....You folded and waited for 8 other people to finish the hand......not no more. I fold an have a new card in a second. and then again and again and again. It's unreal. It's crazy. It's changed everything. And I have profited. Same game.....new strategy. Noone knew what to do the first few days and it was unreal. In the first week I put in 50k hands......that's more than I think I may have ever put in within a month in my life and I did it in a week. Total I've put in 110k hands so far. Huh?!? 50k in one week and only 60k in 2 months since then........well.....between school and not being greedy....yeah. The game changed after the first week. The pro's and fish alike adapted as they always do. Now it's all about doing what I need to do to survive. I put in my 1-3 hours a day and the results are what they are. That first week was like $$$ falling from the sky.....and it's almost the same except now there's a few land mines. I'll post a graph of my results......w/o the #'s......I'm up between $100-$100k.

Live Poker.......with school I've only gone pretty much Thur-Saturday. In the first week or two of school I went and played 5 hours on a Tuesday and lost $500 and realized.....although $500 isn't the end of the world....COM101 sucks the next morning. I made myself quit when I didn't want to.....I was good.....table was good, but I made a point to make school top priority and I didn't want to fuck it up in the first few days so I made myself take the shameless walk home at 2AM so I could sleep and get to class at 2PM. Haven't played during the week since besides online. Games the same....but its different. It's so much slower in the casino and you only get so many chances and it's new for me to be limited by time at the table so I'd rather not even start. Luckily....after putting in so many hands at Rush......I realized my hourly at it and I don't need to rush to the casino at any point. 13 wins 8 losses in the casino so far this year.......Biggest win $825....Biggest loss......$487.........How much am I up?!? ha Stacks $100's is the name of the game.

Sports Betting....I was done betting sports since Gregg left in November and his dumbass made me go like 2-28. Last time I try to entertain that turd. 3 weeks ago my buddy Jason came from Ohio and his $100 parlay inspired me and after a few months off I'm back on it. Think of it as a $5 lottery ticket but 8 teams need to win so I can win. So far......I haven't hit one. Still in profit from 2 12 team parlays that netted $5k back in 2006. It may appear to be bad......but it's not......despite what Betz may try and tell you.......I've lost more than a tree in tickets.

Shoes.......ha.....I'm unsure of why I buy shoes. Some find it really dumb. It's just something I've always liked or had interest in. Gambling/Poker only makes it worse cause I feel I can treat myself to a new pair after a significant score or if their are profits at the end of the month. I kinda kept it in the background.....I always read and kept up to date but wouldn't leap at each new release....lately I've said fuck it and am gonna buy whatever I want as I come across it. A huge score would be sweet so I could just stock up on OG Jordans that I've trashed throughout my childhood. A lot of them are rereleasing this year and the dates are imprinted within my brain.

TShirts..........I hate buying Tshirts......Biggest waste of money......I don't like skulls or stars......I always think this Nike or Jordan shirt is cool for 15 mins....and then I get home and am like what the fuck. I get more pissed off by looking for tshirts then anything......I hate looking at peoples tshirts.....I try to figure out why they chose it and I didn't. Shits dumb. Just bought 4 new white and 2 new black blank t shirts. I thought they were american apparel brand that I got for cheap wholesale last time......but apparently not. This made me upset. Shit came way to big and the neck hole is made for a fuckin moose. Now I sit staring at the dryer trying to shrink the shit so I can wear'em before I bring'em home to dad's to use as oil rags.

A/C........shit's on for the next few months. Electric bill will hit $200 soon enough. Seriously think that shits rigged. No way can one small place like this be charged that much.

Golf......need to do this soon. Betz won't go cause I kill'em......Been working out......got 15 mins on elliptical other day. Fuckin left calf is fucked from it. Ummm....bout it.

Go Bucks.......so pumped......about time we get to the playoffs. Pumped for Brewers to start also.

Music.......ummm I don't know....Wale.....Kid Cudi.....along with everything else

Movies.....seen a lot.....need a new pack of 100 DVD's actually.....Last movie I watched was Michael Moore's Capitalism.......yip.....Not one that I could really use my new surround sound with.

My place....I realized.....I've had my own place since 2004ish......I've yet to have a picture/poster/anything ever on my wall. I'm not sure what this says. Sometimes I look at art or print sites .....and think awww yeah thats the one.......and I don't order it knowing.....why would I put that there or here.

Spending.....In January I spent $2,321.....Feb...$3,101.........?!?! I've made profit each month after spending and bills so that's good at least!?!

Running out of info..............Ummmm

Sooo

2009-08-23T13:34:00.000-07:00

I suppose this is my obligatory clean slate post for September. I haven't played yet since getting back into LV besides one small 5 hour session where I made $50. I fly back to WI September 30th for my cousins wedding. Last month was probably my best month in almost 3 years when it comes to just poker profits. I put in just around 150 hours in the casino which is a lot since I didn't put that much time in combined the 3 previous months. I'm withdrawing most of my money from the internet as I'd like to concentrate on live play for the rest of the year and only keep enough to play whenever I find myself doing nothing while being at home. Ummm....I'm not sure I really have much to say. I want to put in at least 150 hours by time I fly back which I think is a little low as long as I don't get sick or go out to much and continue to get my ass up and go play. I also intend on moving up and playing 2/5 consistently once I get my roll to $X haha. I got a little work to do but it'll be a fun challenge to get there and start playing the game I used to always play. I'm not sure there's much else to say.....

Friday......I went to Ditch Fridays at the Palms. Brian found a radio station that gets you in free and gets you a wristband for 4 free Miller Lites. It was a good time and we realized we only used his name since it's good for you and a guest and I went back out and cut off my wristbands and reentered with my name to get another wristband for 4 more Miller Lites. It was pretty hard to scam the free beer from other people but we found 2 older ladies that helped us out a bit. We are planning on going to the same type of deal at the M Casino on Monday.

Friday night I met up with Jim to go out for a bit. I was only intending on having a beer or two since I realized once I left the house how tired and beat up I was from being at the pool all day. Good intentions gone bad......We went to Rain for a bit and then headed to the Playboy Club/Moon. At some point in the night our friend Bruce introduced us to his boss who owns a hot sauce company that Bruce is selling at a kiosk in some of the casinos. Later on I noticed him walking back to his table with a briefcase type of thing and I was thinking wow what a weirdo. I had no idea what it was or anything but I thought he was crazy for bringing it into a club no matter what it was. A bit later I noticed it was sitting at his table he had reserved for the night by itself and said something to Jim. Jim talked to security and next thing you know Jim and I are returning it to the guy we just met cause we're pretty nice people. On the way up Jim and I were trying to figure out what's in it and we both figured we shouldn't look. Well we found the guy and it looked like he was going to have a heart attack and was like hugging us and shit. He instantly handed us a cigar and asked the bartender for a bottle of champagne. He introduced us to the owner of the Station casinos who I guess is a hot sauce partner and it went on from there. He said we have no idea what was in the dam thing but by this time I think I did. I figured it was either a lot of money or the solution to cancer and aids or maybe even SARS. He left like 10 mins later and Jim and I were left to polish off a bottle of champagne the guy just spent $650 on when it was closing time. All in all it was a good night although a bit crazy coming across a briefcase full of money. I should get up and do something.....maybe go get my car from Friday night yet.

Wiiii

2009-08-06T15:02:00.000-07:00

One caramel frappucino at the airport....

Frozen Funds whatever yada dada

2009-06-10T23:13:00.000-07:00

I wish to receive no more questions about the issue. You can google and watch the news until your hearts content. Sure this isn't the best news but it's not like it's the end of the world because shit happens all the time that puts a hiccup in the way we get our money.

Here's the big website that can prolly answer every question about online poker.
http://theppa.org/

Here's one decent video link I've seen posted....
http://www.foxbusiness.com/video/index.html?playerId=videolandingpage&streamingFormat=FLASH&referralObject=5885742&referralPlaylistId=undefined

I'm on a plane

2009-06-09T17:02:00.001-07:00

And I'm tired and beat.

Im on a boat!

2009-06-04T23:49:00.001-07:00

I played in the WSOP....

2009-05-31T02:28:00.000-07:00

And all I got was this......

Anyways..In all seriousness.....It was great. I'm not sure what to all say without mumbling on though. It seemed like something that was long overdue since I've been at this for a few years now and it pretty much is the Super Bowl of Poker. I just spent over 13 hours at the Rio for the WSOP today....that's more than I spent when I lived here in 2006 haha. I'm not sure what it is....what it was...It felt great to finally play in an event. I played great all day. Some may not comprehend this but in the 12+ hours I played I feel like I made the correct decision at any given time. I never passed up a spot to pick up chips in my situation.....just little stuff that comes natural for some after awhile. At one point I moved in blind.....cards don't matter in certain chip situations and that's there all is to it. I should've possibly been out that hand but whatever he folded and it still blows my mind. I never got my money all in the pot behind. I felt comfortable the whole day....I folded AA early on....many would've said fuck it why do I want a short stack but I kinda pride myself in the ability to play a short stack. In no way is that why I had one all day but I never got something built up. I've never left the poker table after "losing" being as happy as I was because I had no regrets and honestly knew I would have no regrets about the way I played. I can't believe the guy called w/ AQo in my last hand...I was so fuckin pumped. Let me tell you.....It's not the first or last time I'll lose being a 73%ish favorite. It just sucks that it happened with 38 minutes of the day left. I just read on the one website that they played down to 376 players of roughly 3k entrants for today....almost 90% of the people from today are out haha.....I'm one of them but its so ridiculous as making it through today almost guarantees your in the money. Another thing.....Well...I'm glad I busted w/ AK so I don't have to try and explain why I busted out of everything with J8o haha. I wasn't playing in this to limp into the money. You don't ever play in tournaments to just make the money.....if you are.....your doing it wrong I'm sorry. If I had any thought that I was ahead w/ AA early on I could've justified going broke because I wouldn't have been stuck there for 10+ hours more. To much to say....I'm tired, I'm exhausted...I need to be up in 8 hours for a tournament online. I'll try to pass out here and maybe gather some more thoughts. Today was a good day.....could've been better but that was out of my control.

Wiiii

2009-05-30T10:58:00.001-07:00

WSOP/Random

2009-05-29T23:06:00.001-07:00

I went ahead and registered for the WSOP Event #4 $1,000 last night. It's 11pm and I'm thinking I'm going to try and start falling asleep hopefully. The tournament will start at noon tomorrow so I'll probably try to show up a bit early to get situated. I also need to pay my rent in the morning. I'm pretty excited/nervous/neither I don't know how to describe it. It's weird in a way that this is my first WSOP event after doing this for a few years now. It's hilarious to me that after all this time I still have people asking me when I'll be on TV and that they still haven't seen me and are always watching this and that. To this day I have never once really put forth any effort into getting into a big tournament or on TV. This reason alone may be why noone has seen me haha. I think I'd have felt dumb if I hadn't signed up and took a shot. I think the only reason I questioned it was that I haven't really done much as far as profits for the last 2 months. So....either I'll make little blogs throughout the day updating my situation or maybe use my Twitter account for once. Anyways......

Randomness.....

1) I haven't had shit to write about. Live Poker has been a rollercoaster....just kind of blah about it. Online....I freaked out like 2 weeks ago after I had a huge swing after moving up. I cashed out all my money from the internet for the most part. Ace sent me $500 to Full Tilt. I've been grinding on that for the last week and can't be happier with how I'm playing. I'd gotten very ....complacent with my play online due to trying to play so many tables at a time. I've only been playing 6 tables on Full Tilt and have really been able to track the gameflow and take advantage of things I didn't have a chance of seeing when I was playing 12-18 tables. Why the site change.....I have no idea...most likely clean slatish. I just felt like if I kept playing on Pokerstars I'd ultimately end up adding more and more tables cause that's what I was used to and I wanted to play somewhere where all the competition was new to me so I wasn't making "reads" from previous sessions. I guess I'm giving up my Supernova Status on Stars for a bit but I don't think it's that big of a deal. I currently have a bonus at Full Tilt and I get 27% of my rakeback at FT. Supernova on Stars when all added up was like 30% but usually I didn't even play in the freerolls and stuff so I never was really getting 30%.

2)..Nothing I guess.....We really haven't been doing much of anything. I think the WSOP is going to wake us all up a bit as it just seems lately we've all gotten comfortable and maybe a bit burned out and bored playing so much.

I'm gonna watch Jay Leno and then try to sleep. I only feel half tired so who knows how this is going to go. If I can't sleep I guess I'll try and grind on FT for awhile. So....we'll see what happens wiiiiiii

The Orleans

2009-05-27T00:55:00.000-07:00

Badbeat Jackpot is almost at 100k and all the old people are out to
win their share. I'm also trying to figure out how to play poker and
figure maybe I can get some free money if someone else gets lucky.

Bored/Maserati

2009-05-23T06:04:00.000-07:00

Hole #12

2009-05-22T18:01:00.000-07:00

Hole#7

2009-05-22T16:49:00.000-07:00

Hole #2

2009-05-22T15:35:00.000-07:00

Primm Gold

2009-05-22T15:12:00.000-07:00

Delayed Flights

2009-05-19T17:55:00.001-07:00

All the planes are broken.

Eat It!

2009-05-15T22:37:00.001-07:00

Bad Joke

2009-05-09T23:29:00.001-07:00

He just made a gay joke about someone cause he's drinking Captain, I
didn't hesistate to let him know that he's drinking a Bud Light Lime
and probably shouldn't talk.

Holy Shit

2009-05-09T07:53:00.001-07:00

I can win a pot. One of five left in the poker room. I'm the only
sober one trying to kill the game.

FML

2009-05-09T04:41:00.000-07:00

I came to the Hard Rock at 3:30am cause my schedule is messed up. The
whole table has shook hands and introduced themselves to everyone else
except me. I hate all of them and wish I was drunk like them but only
so I could tolerate this bullshit. I also hate sitting with Spencer
Pratt lookalike idiot that took my money the other week.

Cinco De Mayo

2009-05-07T03:11:00.001-07:00

Brian came over and we played online for awhile and then decided to walk the strip and see what kind of stuff was going on for Cinco De Mayo. The answer is nothing at all. We thought that there had to be some kind of shenanigans going on but our idea was way off for the most part. So we decided to create our own. At some point Brian said how one day he's going to walk from the Mandalay Bay to the Stratosphere since he's never walked the whole strip or been to the Stratosphere end of it. Well I had never walked the whole thing either cause I'm not an idiot but we decided tonight was the night. The walk seemed fine and really wasn't bad as long as we kept our eye on the prize. It's definitely not something I'd like to do during the hot summer days but whatever. It was a pretty fun night and it ended up with us playing poker at the Luxor til noon. Towards the end of the poker session I realized I could barely walk when I got out of the chair and this would prove to be disastrous for the rest of my day and even now as I lay here typing this. I've never had such a problem lifting my legs into bed in my whole entire life. I almost feel like somethings disconnected and my leg just won't work. I couldn't pick up over a curb on the walk home from playing poker either and there was no way I was calling a cab and not finishing the whole complete journey. Sooo....I'm staying home and letting this shit go away. It actually feels a little better right now so whatever. Here's a mapquest of the route. It says like 11-12ish miles but that doesn't include our journeys into the casinos to pee or us getting randomly lost in parking lots and having to jump fences or leaving casinos on the backside instead of the stripside and having to walk all the way around a bunch of bullshit or the final walk back home from Mandalay/Luxor....20 miles at least.

Done

2009-05-06T12:46:00.001-07:00

Home?!??!

2009-05-06T11:51:00.000-07:00

Table Sleeper

2009-05-06T10:55:00.000-07:00

Brians tired.......

Doctor?!?

2009-05-06T09:25:00.000-07:00

This guys convinced I'm a doctor of some sorts?!? One good story gone
bad after a few hours. Not sure what his deal is.

Clown

2009-05-06T05:25:00.000-07:00

This guy callers me a clown for talking to much I guess. Meanwhile
he's in an orange getup full of Baltimore orioles shit when he's a
Yankee fan and he won't quit trying to razz me when it's obvious on
fucking with him,

Not Happy

2009-05-06T04:50:00.001-07:00

Meh

2009-05-06T01:26:00.000-07:00

No Idea

2009-05-06T00:46:00.000-07:00

Mason?!?

2009-05-06T00:43:00.001-07:00

Circus Circus

2009-05-06T00:13:00.001-07:00

Long walk with Brian for Cinco De Mayo.

Nothing

2009-05-05T17:53:00.000-07:00

1. I didn't really make shit this weekend when it was so busy. Kinda upsetting, but really nothing I can do.

2. Haven't played much online yet this month.

3. Been dabbling in some tournaments the last few days. I've played pretty well but felt like I've ran kind of bad in big spots at crucial parts of the tournament.

4. Nothing, I don't know. Kinda bleh.

5. Maybe my next post will be better......maybe....maybe not.

Porcupine

2009-05-02T17:55:00.000-07:00

With a bad attitude.

Da Bulls

2009-05-02T17:11:00.001-07:00

+3.5 1st half & +6 for the game

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7 Teamer

2009-05-02T16:18:00.001-07:00

One time

2009-05-02T15:29:00.000-07:00

You dam horses.

MGM Sportsbook

2009-05-02T14:47:00.000-07:00

Is packed. Derby, Boxing Match and obviously the Bulls game is making
for a crowded day. I walked over already since my fire alarms were
going off and they were loud as he'll. So far I got Bulls +6 and all
the baseball home teams. Prolly bet on Hatton closer to the fight. May
go home and steal the payperview we will see how this goes.

Dude Aint Shiny

2009-05-01T02:56:00.001-07:00

But it his hair is. He brings his wife and they wear their shiny D&G
belt buckles and make stupid faces like theyknow what's going on.

Best Brit

2009-05-01T01:18:00.000-07:00

This guy likes/dislikes me very much. I hope to have all his chips
very soon.

Shiny

2009-05-01T01:16:00.000-07:00

Lots of sparkles and shit. I imagine the gold chain is pure gold.

4 Locals

2009-04-30T02:24:00.001-07:00

At my table and I haven't left yet. It's pretty possible only one can
beat 25NL online. I flopped 77 on A67 against 66 to double up foe what
feels like my first double up live in a year.

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Fanny Packs

2009-04-30T01:24:00.001-07:00

If they are wearing one they are prolly British and here for the fight

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MGM

2009-04-30T00:58:00.000-07:00

Just walked over here figures I could find some drunk Brits here for
the boxing match this weekend.

Yikes

2009-04-29T21:53:00.000-07:00

I don't really keep up with all that much of the politics having to do with playing online but it seems some of the states are putting stuff into place. Kinda crazy cause MN and WI basically have the same "laws" concerning all of it and it may be getting worse.

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) today announced that it has served written notice to 11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers (ISPs) instructing them to prohibit access of all Minnesota-based computers to nearly 200 online gambling websites. Online gambling is illegal in all U.S. states.

Written notice was served to AT&T Internet Services, San Antonio; Charter Communications, St. Louis; Comcast Cable, Moorestown, N.J.; Direct TV, Los Angeles; Dish Network, Englewood., Colo.; Embarq and Sprint/Nextel, both of Overland Park, Kan.; Frontier Communications, Stamford, Conn.; Qwest, Denver; Verizon Wireless, Bedminster, N.J.; and Wildblue Communications, Greenwood Village, Colo.

“We are putting site operators and Minnesota online gamblers on notice and in advance,” says John Willems, director of AGED. “Disruption of these sites’ cash flow will negatively impact their business models. State residents with online escrow accounts should be aware that access to their accounts may be jeopardized and their funds in peril.”

Believed the first attempt by a state to employ this federal statute to restrict access to online gambling sites, the letters cites U.S. Code, Title 18, Section 1084, (d); notices were delivered Mon., April 27. Congress enacted the statute in 1961 in recognition of the need for states to control illegal gambling activities and granted authority for use of the statue to state law enforcement agencies.

Response from the notified ISPs is expected within two to three weeks, at which time issues of non-compliance will be referred to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Acknowledging the effort as an initial sample, Willems anticipates the program expanding to address thousands of sites, depending on compliance. He notes that the required technology to restrict geographic access to particular sites is a relatively straightforward procedure on the part of service providers.

In the written notices, AGED also provided the sites’ telephone numbers and requested access to those numbers by Minnesotans to be prohibited. For more than two decades, telecoms have shut down telephone numbers at the request of law enforcement agencies when believed to be involved in illegal activities, such as sports book-making telephone numbers.

“In Minnesota, and for Minnesotans, the primary issues are legality, state self-governance and accountability,” says Willems. “In broader context, the long-running debate on online gambling continues to raise significant issues, including absence of policy and regulation, individual rights, societal impact, international fair-trade practices, and funding for criminal and terrorist organizations.”

5AM Wings

2009-04-28T04:43:00.000-07:00

Smoking/Equity/Poker

2009-04-27T12:43:00.001-07:00

So yesterday Brian and Ace came over around like 5pm. Brian didn't end up leaving until about 3AM and Ace an hour or two before that. I was playing in satellites for the WSOP most of the afternoon until like midnight for some reason and those were going fairly well. I ran pretty bad in as a whole but definitely played good in them. So I started to play 100NL again the other night as I'm just sick of the 50NL. I'm sick of playing a limit I've crushed before. I'm sick of the smaller bets/losses/profits. It's hard to take it all seriously when I'd continually be up or down $37 or something like that. Anyways....here's my graph from last night on my laptop obviously.

Now....The top line is "All In EV" while the lower bottom line is my overall profits. Basically the top line is my equity aka how good/bad I run when all of our money gets all in before the river. So....Last night was basically ridiculous. I was down like $450 in 800 hands when I basically should have been even. This line is probably what can be referred to the most when you hear people saying they're running bad or good if they actually understand. I guess running good can mean catching good cards but that doesn't matter so much when you put in so many hands and are a good player. I don't pay much attention to this line however because I pretty much like to live by "unlucky" and "it is what it is" and there's no reason to add another "line" into the equation to be pissed about when the line which means the most is still in the red regardless of how well you ran. I guess I'll start to include this other line in future graphs just to give some indication of how things are going along with the swings.

Graphs like that lead me to run to the gas station to get cigarettes.....my bad. I also pretty much did the opposite concerning live/online poker and kept at it online. I guess it's more of a challenge for me right now and I'd really like to breakthrough this streak and get to where I need to be.

I don't have anything going on this week so maybe I'll add in some live play although I might as well try and get as many hands in for the rest of the month since it's my biggest volume month ever and points are really starting to rack up.

Epicurean Affair/Stoneys/Golf/Poker

2009-04-25T00:24:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Brian, his friend Mike, and I went golfing. It wasn't as hot as I thought it was going to be since we had one huge cloud over us the whole day but I did get a little burnt. It also was pretty windy and today I can just feel my face dried out from it. I shot a 93 which is really good considering the wind and all. I had one 9 on one of the last wholes which was a par 5 straight into the wind and it was ridiculous. Brian's friend Mike is the director of food and beverage at Four Seasons in LA and had an extra ticket to the Epicurean Affair that Brian and him were going to so I joined in the festivities. Umm....I'll just post a link to what it is.

http://www.nvrestaurants.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=5

It was pretty good....I basically ran around and ate whatever was placed in front of me. Lamb chops were probably the best thing I came across and I think I actually had 3 of them. It was a pretty good time but it didn't last half as long as I thought it was going to. We also didn't discover the third level of it until most of the stuff was closed down...although I was stuffed by time we got that far. I'd go again, I would never pay $150 for a ticket though.

After this we went to Stoney's which is pretty much a big western type of bar. It was the 3 of us and 2 girls that Mike worked with at the LA Four Seasons. I've been told about this place for awhile but we never actually had gone before. I'm pretty sure I discovered where all the regular people from Las Vegas go and hang out. I also saw more people line dancing at one time in my whole life. It's kind of weird cause I couldn't hear shit besides the next honky tonk song and my throats fucked up from screaming at Brian trying to have a conversation....not sure how it is earlier in the night.

I've been laying around all day since I took Brian and Mike back to Brians car since we cabbed it from honky tonk central last night. I decided to put some hands in online since I said I was taking the whole weekend off haha. Tomorrow I'm waking up halfway early to play in my VIP tournaments and Ace is planning on coming over at the same time to get in a bunch of hands so who knows maybe I'll keep trucking since it's the weekend and maybe I can get out of this dumb stretch like I started to tonight.....that's it for now.

6/5 Stars

2009-04-23T22:59:00.000-07:00

Strawberry Shortcake for the win. Red Velvet close second at 5.5 Stars.

Bunnies

2009-04-23T18:05:00.000-07:00

All over the golf course

Hooters/Poker....

2009-04-23T02:03:00.000-07:00

I went to Hooters cause I wasn't up for anything in the house and figured it's the closest thing to me. Umm...first they asked me how old I was after I asked to put in a to go order at the bar?!? I mean.....really? I mean maybe I look like I'm just trying to go into the place to oogle at the girls but whatever. I ordered 10 mild wings and a mushroom swiss burger. I give this meal .7 stars out of 10. For some reason my wings were breaded and I'm pretty sure they were plain and the burger was pretty much overcooked.

Poker.....I'm ready to stick nails into my eyeballs. I can't wait for a heater and go on another run cause this is absolutely ridiculous. This weekend I have the weekend tournaments to play and I think that's about all I'm going to try and play online. It's a good thought but at the same time I know it's just a matter of time before things turn around which keeps me plugging away. I'm not sure I've ever had such a long stretch of breakeven poker. So....I may try to just sit in the casino for the next few days and not try to overcompensate there for how online play has been going but who knows. Here's my graph for today...It is what it is.

Soooo

2009-04-22T00:36:00.001-07:00

I've played more hands of online poker in April than any other month I ever have in my whole entire life. This is pretty crazy considering I didn't really play the first 6 days all that much. The bad part of all of this is I'm running ridiculous breakeven. I'm pretty sure my laptop is rigged. I'm making like $8/hr on my laptop haha. I think I've started getting a little to....something. I'm leaking money in certain spots and I kind of want to blame it on doing so well before this stretch started to happened. I feel like I kind of went on auto pilot and figured that since I'm king of the castle they will just lay down and not give me problems. Well....that plan usually fails pretty quickly and it's becoming pretty evident I need to make a few adjustments. For one I should probably quit playing on my laptop. I think I need to pay more attention and maybe cut down on tables...so that's the plan. The good thing is I've made over $1k just in points alone which is why either way it's always a good thing to put the time in because it helps having that kick back when the normal part of my playing is going the greatest. Besides that I have this really bad itch to get back in the casinos and start putting in hours there. I think I just got caught up in playing online since it was going so well, so now maybe it's time for a break and built up the cashroll.

Ummmmm......Some randomness

1. Golfing on Thursday w/ Brian and his buddy that's driving in from LA. It's supposed to be 92 degrees I'm told. Hopefully everyone makes it through the round and noone faints in the desert.

2. I just paid my car insurance. My insurance went down like $140 due to turning 25. I paid it online and had to change my address through the site and it went down like another $60 I guess cause I moved out of the ghetto?!?

3. I'm finally not sore. We decided to pass on raquetball until we are finished with our golf outting so I'd be able to function.

4. I guess I don't have much.....I hope they cash my checks for taxes soon so I can situate my accounts and get my money straight.

5. That's it.....shit I'm boring I should go run around the strip and find some craziness.

4th Meal

2009-04-20T21:54:00.000-07:00

Grindhouse 3.5

Dinner

2009-04-20T20:50:00.000-07:00

First crock pot episode. Brian gives rave reviews.

Last Night/Break

2009-04-19T14:26:00.000-07:00

Last night I stayed in all night after getting some groceries in the morning. There wasn't any promotion announced so who knows what the chatter was all about. Here's my graph from last night since I passed out. It was a fun time obviously.

Here's my graph from today so far....

I'm going to go walk over to the MGM and play for awhile. Just to get out of the house and I need to take out the trash. Gotta figure out away to find an updip somehow. I promise not to try and bluff any chicks this session. shesh

Loooong Day

2009-04-18T13:38:00.000-07:00

So, Brian ended up coming over at 10PM Thursday night....I lost money. Brian and I finally went bowling for a little bit. We picked up some beer and came back to my house to keep grinding away................Ummm somehow 9-10AM rolled around and Ace came by to play.......Then 3PM rolled around and we went to Happy Hour.....Then we came home and I guess I passed out while they kept playing. I woke up at 7PM and Brian was still playing and was about to leave. I'm sore as hell right now from bowling I guess. I slept till like 9AM after I woke up at 11PM and watched some TV in bed. I may have indulged in a few to many high lifes but whatever at least they made me sleep good. I think today I'm going to be sitting around and resting. Like I said I'm pretty sore and don't feel like doing much. I'm going to start putting in hands. There's some chatter in the poker forums that there may be a double points coming up tonight so I'm pretty pumped about that. It'd be crazy if it was for a whole week again. Anyways......here's my graph from the time Brian stopped by until I eventually passed out.

Not Happy

2009-04-17T06:26:00.001-07:00

I assume the pizza didn't change his luck. Lots of negative thoughts
and feelings spewing from the recliner.

5:47AM

2009-04-17T05:48:00.001-07:00

A snack for Brian and I as we continue to figure out how to win money
online.

Sooo

2009-04-17T00:09:00.000-07:00

Ummm.....Yeah so I had a whole thing typed and accidentally clicked on a link and it vanished. This pretty much sums up my last few days haha. Anyways....here's the short version.

1. Hit 90 golf balls....pretty windy out. I forgot you have to hit off mats unless you wanna pay $4 to hit off the grass. I don't like mats but I also don't like paying for the use of grass.

2. Went to Venetian. Got cute against a chick. Lost $198. I hate playing against chicks. I especially hate playing against ones that aren't nervous or timid. I hate when they act or even know what's going on. I got owned, I hit the top of her range, she encountered the bottom of mine haha.

3. Walked to Caesars. I found a good game but couldn't get into any of the action. I won $38.

4. Walked back to Venetian and picked up some dinner to bring home.

5. Brian came over and we're both playing online. I'm running bad. I don't want to complain about it, hopefully it just seems super bad due to expecting to win and never really running all that bad. Sticking it out at 50NL until I'm out of this funk. Hopefully it's done soon so I can get back to winning.....

6.

7. I think I'm going to go bowling. I haven't done that for awhile. Doesn't seem like a much better time to go do it then now.

Dinner

2009-04-17T00:07:00.000-07:00

Chicken parmesean from Grand Lux at the Venetian. The best ever and
enough for 4 meals, can't beat it for being comped.

Nice Ring

2009-04-16T19:24:00.000-07:00

Wouldn't mind telling her that her ring is ugly and she should get
some more money.

Men

2009-04-16T18:38:00.000-07:00

The Master....what a creepy old Asian man. I've seen him do a farmer
blow underneath a poker table before.

Break Time

2009-04-16T14:42:00.001-07:00

I can't win 2 hands in a row it seems like. I can feel 2 leaks floating around in the back of my mind. First I need to quit fucking around on paired boards and the other is fucking around with someone when they show aggression when I'm either stuck making a hero call or am crushed. I've been getting myself in a dumb spot where I get raised on the flop and call with an overpair and then call on the turn and fold to a shove on the river. I should be folding earlier or at least raise somewhere myself. It seems like after I have a good run for days/weeks in a row I get a little high on myself and start thinking there's no way I could possibly be beat. I gotta start folding in dumb spots a little more and feel good about it instead of being curious just cause of a little downswing shesh. It don't take much for me to make a hero call especially when I move down to 50NL but I gotta stop for obvious reasons.....Ummm a little session here. I never completely stacked someone for a whole stack while I got stacked twice. Once when they turned a gutter on AA52 w/ 34 vs my AQ and I got it in allin on 8910cc w/ 89dd against AJcc and lost.

Gonna head to the driving range to get out of the house for a bit and probably go play live and get off of Pokerstars for a bit.

4/15 Report

2009-04-16T11:59:00.001-07:00

Not much to report...I was kind of out of it all day and was going to take the day off from playing. I didn't go to bed until like 7am after a dozen of high life's and a badass hash and eggs breakfast from Blueberry Hill. I couldn't really sleep and just was meh all day. I eventually landed on the couch and found myself playing online. I grinded 50NL for about 2k hands. I still kind of ran poopy as I shoved into AA and KK a few times. I think I'm going to grind back that $700 at 50NL and get this "run like shit" mode done a level down. It's never a bad thing to get some confidence back beating up players that are that much worse one level down.

No Brewer game today so I'm not sure what I'll do. I think I'm going to put in a 50NL session here and have a pot of coffee. I may go hole up in a few casinos and try to get some cash in my pocket. It feels good having no pressure to play online since my points are all in so I may spend a lot of time playing live this weekend. There's rumors of a double point week coming up on Stars in the near future. This is probably the most ridiculous time of the year for me playing online because I'll pretty much be sitting here drinking coffee all week. The problem is they never announce when its going to be until like minutes before it starts, I just hope it doesn't happen when I'm back home.

Vomit

2009-04-15T04:37:00.000-07:00

Nothin to explain. Some spew.....not all that much. Some marginal spots against regulars due to dynamics and what not. Kick in the testicles. Kinda Gross. Can't wait to grind it back. Almost 12k points this month already when I only need 10k points. Going to try to keep up a pace in order to get 200k by end of the year for a free $2k at least.

This Guy

2009-04-14T17:19:00.000-07:00

Look out he means serious business. I'm not sure if it's the shades
that intimidate me or the shiny black shirt with a fake vest that has
shinier martini glasses all over. 10 to 1 he has a lisp!??!

4/13 Report

2009-04-14T02:04:00.000-07:00

I'm about to head to bed. I headed over to the MGM and booked a nice $285 win. It was pretty much the perfect session. I just picked off $100 stacks and it was just the most straightforward it can get. It's nice to be able to pay attention to the Brewer game on the TV more than the poker game that pays my rent. I left MGM and came home and made something to eat. I put in another session online and it went good. So.....all in all it was a really good day and I could come to enjoy more days like it. Tomorrow I'll clear my points for the month on Stars. It'll be the quickest I ever have gotten that out of the way plus the fact that I have only played in the last week for the most part. Here's the graph of the session I just finished up.

In 10 hours Brian and I are headed back to the raquetball court. I'm still sore from the last time but it's almost a good sore. Just feels like I've done something. A couple more days of this kicking my ass and I'll start working out. I haven't smoked for 3 days now so.....it is what it is.

Lunch Break

2009-04-13T15:32:00.001-07:00

I'm going to eat lunch and walk over to MGM and play while the Brewer game is on. Some swings so far today. I jammed 99 into AA once....but I've also gotten people to call off w/ AK when I've had KK twice. KK also dodged 67cc on J45cc. I got check raised by villain 3 way and decided today isn't the day I feel like folding.

Anywho......

Clean Slate/Comfortable/Taxes/Motivated/Gambling/New Year/Hair Cut/Hourly/GrindHouse/Session Length/Ummmm

2009-04-13T11:45:00.001-07:00

So I've had a lot of different crazy random things bouncing around in my head lately. I've been thinking a lot about everything and I think today's the day it all needs to be out because today is a clean slate.....soo..

1. Clean Slate - It may be Monday and in the middle of the month but today my taxes are in the mail. This is pretty much what's defined my New Year for the last few years. I don't get a bigger sense of relief then the day these are off in the mail and the checks are cut and out of the way. It's something that creeps in the back of my mind from the first time I realize it's a new year and it just kind of chills there until I get the checks made out. Some may say why not take care of it the first possible day.....well that sounds like a brilliant idea it's just not the way I operate. Also....think about the interest my money made the last 3 months...wiiii..maybe like $12. Another part of the clean slate is my haircut I got a week ago. Getting haircuts are probably the greatest part of my year besides getting my taxes out of the way so it's pretty much a good time right now.

2. Motivated - I've been thinking about the last few months I've been here and kind of realized I wasn't really putting forth much effort. I was finding a lot of time just to hang out on the couch or whatever. These days usually came from either having a really good day or a bad day. I have this sense of motivation and it feels good. I just feel like I re-realized I need to put in the time. I want to move up limits and what not and really get this shit going and there's only way to do that. I also get motivated each time I pay taxes because it usually results in me sending a chunk of money away. It's pretty much the worst part of my year in that regard. It's also motivating for me because I just want to get that money back as quick as possible and get back to where I was. I have this thing where I freak out if the total of all my money gets to a certain level. I've always had a "limit" to where if I fell below it, it pretty much means you need to get the fuck off the couch and make some money or you might as well go get a job. This "limit" isn't being broke....so no worries about that....and I'm not close to it so no worries there. Last year I dipped under it after paying taxes when I was in WI and it was a gross feeling. I was the least motivated I ever was while I lived in WI and the only thing that helped me get back to the grind was dipping under that level after paying taxes because I definitely didn't want to get stuck there working at some job. So...in summary....I feel motivated to get up and get shit done everyday.

3. Hourly/Graphs - I think some of the motivation has to do with realizing my hourly rate. I don't have this pegged exactly but I have a general idea of what it is. It's hard to have an exact since all my playing is across several computers and what not. I feel like when I post graphs especially losing ones they may be misinterpreted. Everyone needs to realizes there's good and bad days and then there will be realllly good and realllly bad days. None of it really phases me anymore...I mean sure losing $900 live at a $1/$2 game the other night made me feel like I got kicked in the crotch. It really don't affect me though. I think losing has more of an effect on me than winning does even after all this time because I've gotten to a place where I expect to win each and every time so when I walk out with 9 less $100 bills I feel pretty gross. At the same time walking out with 9 more $100 bills doesn't really do anything to me. I'm like cool a lot of my bills are paid....then I watch movies for a week haha. That's what needs to stop. I just don't want people thinking this or that whether I say I won or lost $x....cause that don't matter. I make $x an hour, that's what matters. So..I'm pretty motivated to keep looking at it like that and get up in put in the dam hours and not get comfortable.

4. Session Length - I'm not even sure how to talk about this. I have some grand master plan in my head where I need to start going to say Venetian for a bit and hopefully winning $X and then maybe going to HR and do the same and then maybe MGM and repeat it. Ace and I were talking about this and I think it'll work good for me. I think losing $900 the way I did the other night kind of makes me think this is a good idea too. Playing $1/$2 live....I'm not sure how to explain it. It should basically be like printing money. $1/$2 live is like the penny games online. I think I'm going to be trying to keep my sessions like maybe 3-4 hours. Go somewhere else...kind of refresh somewhere else. I'm pissed about the game the other night as far as sitting in it and playing BINGO. I was surrounded by dumb people and that sounds good in theory but...I couldn't do anything but try to make a hand and hope it was better than whatever shit they had. I wasn't in control of the game, I was sitting there feeling miserable. I realized how bad they were but there really was nothing I could do especially playing deep and it just adds variance which I don't need since I just wanna make some money and get out. So I think I'm going to be approaching live a bit differently and see how it goes. It felt good going to MGM for 2 hours and leaving +180. If I can do that and go to Venetian and do the same....don't matter to me. We will see..

5. Comfortable - Being comfortable is my biggest fault. It's both Ace's and mine biggest fault. We talked about this the other week and it's crazy how similar we look at this shit. Anytime I'm above said money "limit" I'm comfortable. This leads to me not putting in time or effort. I know I have my stuff taken care of and I don't need to stress about this or that. I don't know why I'm like this but I think that's a big part of what I want to change. If I'm doing this I might as well try to make the most of it and not be in the same situation year after year. You'd think Ace and I would motivate each other...I'm pretty sure over the years we've done the opposite and instead realized we both had good days within an hour so we'd play video games or drink beer and quit playing for the day. I have no idea if we could explain to anyone else but it seems perfectly normal to the both of us. So we try to change this by forming.....

6. GrindHouse - I guess this is the name of my place. Ace comes over with his lunch bucket and sits here for hours and grinds away. I guess it keeps us both playing and gets our hours in. It's hard for me to sit here and not play while he's sitting here bitching so I eventually realize I should probably start too. So far it's been really helpful in that I've played more hands in the last few weeks then I ever have ever in my whole entire life on this entire world. It's just nice having someone right there to answer questions or just to bitch about it. Once we get Brian over and all 3 of us are grinding who knows what'll happen.

7. Gambling - Since I moved here I haven't gambled for shit. I think I can point out every dollar I've gambled. It's actually pretty amazing and good. Besides my little sports bets that I'll never quit doing I've actually haven't gambled much. I think I lost $100 shooting dice when the guys from Ohio were out here. I lost $200 when I was drunk on NYEVE betting black. Well I think I was down more than that than got even than lost some back so whatever. The first time I lived out here I may have been playing dice/blackjack/baccarat a little to much. I used to love to gamble, somehow it's kind of worn off. I don't think I get the rush from it that normal people do anymore. I guess if the amounts were higher than losing $200 or something than yeah I may get something from it. I'm glad I'm smart enough to not wanna lose $xxxx just so I can feel the rush. I'd like to thank flipping virtual coins on the Internet for $xxxxx. I can't even begin to describe how fuckin crazy and out of control some of the shit I did online was but if it felt right I didn't hesitate to flip that last coin. I wish I could find some screenshots of those moments. I'm just glad I ran well because I probably wouldn't be where I'm at now if the next card wasn't higher than a 4 or lower than a King haha....

8. Ummm - No idea....this has all been bouncing around in my head. I had to get it out. Clean Slates......New Year.....Haircut....Motivated....I have this feeling of being in a good place and realizing I can do things a little better if I just don't get lazy. I just need to put the time in and do what I do.

Now I'm going to go to work........

MGM/Brewers

2009-04-12T17:10:00.001-07:00

Would have just had Aces but the dealer flipped one over. Bet 45 on
Brewers at +125 and first pitch not so good.....

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Games Are Good

2009-04-12T13:53:00.000-07:00

Last night I put in like 2500 hands. I was up like $220 and ended up down the same. I felt pretty gross about it as the 2nd session was pretty much me overplaying in a marginal spot and then I found an idiot that had a horseshoe and I got KK vs AA for $150 against a regular. So I woke up half feeling like I needed a break, half feeling like I was due. I walked to MGM and put in 2 parlays and walked home since there were only 2 games that didn't look good. I came home and just grinded my ass off. So pumped right now. I also still have a live parlay ticket that pays out $630 for $5. I will hedge it on the Brewer game if things go the way I hope they do. Not sure how much to hedge it for though....always the hard thing.

Illegal

2009-04-12T10:12:00.000-07:00

I saw this walking to the MGM before. Usually I don't pay all that
much attention the hooker cards, but as I was waiting to cross the
street this was laying there. This chick is a playboy playmate and I'm
pretty sure she didn't agree to be handed out all day on the strip as
a business card. I'd be looking to sue somebody.

Hard Rock Disaster

2009-04-11T15:56:00.001-07:00

So I played at the HR from like 1045-515. I lost $900 and umm....yeah. I'm not really that upset since all of it came from big dumb pots.

1. KK vs A4 on J44cc....I lose
2. AJhh vs K10o on 1065hh....I check shoved this flop for $350ish after the raiser preflop bet $80 and got called $80. I lose.
3. 86 vs 97 on K865.....I lose
4. QQ vs AK...I win 300ish.
5. AJ vs AK...I win 100ish
6. K10ss vs 77 on K107hh......I lose lots.

So anyways there was a dumb kid that looked and reminded me of Spencer from MTV. I hated everything about this kid and I kept losing to him. The final hand listed I lost like $450 to him and it's just a cooler where I can do nothing about it but whatever. I didn't feel good about the game after some time because there was just to many idiots in the game and I had no control over it. I was in the game for $900 fairly quick from the first 2 hands listed. I basically had to start playing bingo when I got back to $600 and it really isn't how I like to play. The game was playing quite bigger than a normal $1/2 game and the bets on the flop and turn were getting obnoxious. Basically you make a hand and hope for the best....I didn't hope for much. I regret nothing I did last night as far as playing wise but I'm beginning to think playing long sessions and playing deep while having to play bingo isn't my forte. I'll make another post later about random stuff going on in my head.

I'm ridiculously sore today I just woke up at 3pm and am laying here all day/night, I know this already. I'm just gonna bomb away on the internet and watch the Brewer game. Let this $900 get out of my head throughout the day....blah. Oh....so for most of the night I sat next to Macy Gray. This was not something I wanted to do in my life but she was nice. It's amazing to me how many people don't think about randomly walking up and asking for autographs or pictures. One chick was dressed up in a decent shirt and had her sign it all over the back and it just doesn't make sense. Macy turned down a picture with one of the HR dealers but I couldn't quite hear the excuse as to why. She played for a long time and eventually just got up and left w/o saying anything. Drunk asses were reciting her lyrics and it made me feel bad for her.......onto the couch and the Brewer game.

Macy Gray

2009-04-10T22:06:00.000-07:00

Plating poker at the Hard Rock.

Raquetball/Poker

2009-04-10T21:01:00.000-07:00

I woke up at 11AM and went to some rec. center with Brian to play raquetball. I was winded by time we were done with the 8th point. We only played 2 games until we headed out. It felt good to be running around but I'm definitely out of shape. Hopefully over the next few weeks I start working out and keep at it.

I came home and played a session while I watched the Brewer game everything went pretty well. I took a nap after the Brewer game and just played another session. Pretty good day so far for only winning at showdown 45% of the time. I'm playing somewhat differently and I really like it. I'll address this one of these nights but for now I have nothing to complain about.

I'm going to eat a little something here and shower and head out to play live. I was planning on maybe going to Venetian/MGM/Hard Rock and trying to win like $200 at each. I may start that process another night as Ricks Cabaret(strip club) is holding a tournament at Hard Rock right now so the games are probably going to be pretty good. I was going to try to get to all 3 because of some thought I had the other day while I was playing but I'll address that soon too. Hopefully the night continues to go well.

4/9 Report

2009-04-10T01:24:00.000-07:00

I just finished up for the day....First graph is from my first morning session on my desktop and the second one is from when Ace was over and the one that just finished. Kind of funny that both end with losses, both were pretty standard normal, just sucks being ready to shut it down for a break and then BINK! there goes $100. Time for a nap and I guess I get to wake up to go play raquetball.

MGM/Target

2009-04-09T22:53:00.001-07:00

I finished up $162 after playing just over 2 hours. Pretty standard stuff all around and never really got into to big of pot, just made a few hands and bet enough for the idiots to call with their shit hands. I got them to turn Brewer game on the TV I was closest to again but that wasn't all to entertaining either. The last 2 nights I've probably missed an inning each night and it kinda irks me. I ask whoever looks to be the most competent and in charge to turn the game on as soon as I take my seat. This appears to be a huge hassle because they keep telling me when they have time or they need to make sure noone is watching whatever pointless shit is on currently. So while I miss the game I see them running around doing nothing and I've actually gone and asked the 2nd most competent person hoping they could indeed finish the job. Last night I even went into the sportsbook and asked what channel the game was on because the guy couldn't figure it out himself.

After I finished up I walked back and jumped straight into my car and headed to Target. I went over there and dropped $125. I pretty much got everything I said I needed earlier but I decided to get myself a crock pot too. I also got a bath rug for in front of my tub since my mom has told me to get one every other day since I moved into my new place. She has decided that her 25 year old son is not capable of getting in and out of the shower without slipping and cracking his head. I have not done this in 25 years but I figured I'd spend $12 and have that question removed from the daily questionaire. She also believes it'll make it more cozy and lessen the amount of echos. I have no fuckin idea.....

I just got done using the new Foreman for the first time. I think my old Hamilton Beach grill was far better, but that just may be me not wanting to stick money into Mr Foreman's pockets. I was kind of freaking out before because I tried starting the stove top to heat up some corn and potatoes and for some the burners wouldn't light. I had no idea what was going on but then I kind of got one to light and it went out. I then figured I needed to try it again after 3 minutes so I rinsed some dishes off and felt like the water wasn't getting warm?!? I figured I'd call manager in the morning to figure it out. I went and got the mail and figured maybe the time it took me to go downstairs would change everything and sure enough. Next time I tried everything lit up and then my water got hot in like seconds. Who the hell knows.....maybe I'm losing it.

I'm going to put in another session online while I lay on the couch here. I'll probably watch some Jay Leno and try to unwind before I try to pass out. Tomorrow Brian and I are playing raquetball at noon. We've talked about it for a bit and Brian went and reserved a court for us somewhere around his complex. I'm kind of nervous since I haven't done anything like this for awhile, but welcome the exercise as I'm going to start working out again. I'm pretty sure the activity will allow me to realize I haven't actually quit smoking. The day will be a success if I don't have a heart attack or puke on the court. I told Brian if I win he has to go to the Bellagio Buffet with me this weekend. This is a huge thing since Brian claims he hasn't been to a buffet in the 14 months he's lived here. I imagine Brian and I will cap off the raquetball session with some beer since the Brewers and Cubs play at 1PM. Hopefully I wake up early enough to go get in a parlay since there's 15 games.

Pool Boy

2009-04-09T18:32:00.001-07:00

He apparently had a great time at the pool today. Guess pool parties
aren't the same in Sweden.

Repeat

2009-04-09T17:37:00.001-07:00

Got 3k hands in online already today. Down like $200. Ace needed to go
run some errands so walked back to MGM foe Brewer game. Sit here for
awhile and probably run to Target and pick up some stuff. I want to
get another session in at least one more session online to get to 5k
points for the month. That's half of what I need to retain my status
on Stars, which is pretty good for only playing a few days so far or
re month.

Husband/wife combo......oh boy. She keeps saying she can get away with
so much cause she's a woman. I really hope she believes that she can
make me think she has AQ when she has 88, since that's one example
she's decided to let the table know about. Won't be long till I tell
her to quit talking about her home game and their 14g clay
chips......yawn.

4/8 Report

2009-04-09T10:41:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I woke up around 10AM and wanted to get everything in my place squared away. I ran to Walmart and spent $125 stocking up the fridge with some food. I need to buy a Foreman type of grill so I can cook some shit since I'm not allowed to have a regular one on my porch. After that I came back and did all my laundry and the dishes and just picked up around here. I then finished the paperwork part of my taxes and just need to mail them in after I get some envelopes big enough which will be a chore for today. I walked over to MGM and put in an 8 team parlay which was dead after the first game on the ticket. I put in my first session online after that was taken care of and it was pretty boring for the most part.

(You can click on graph picture to make it bigger/clearer)

I ate some food and then walked back over to the MGM to watch the Brewer game and decided to play since it'd be dumb not to make some cash while enjoying the game. I played 5 hours and won $326 and walked back home at about 12:30AM. The game was pretty good in a my-opponents-don't-have-a-clue standpoint, but it seemed after a few hours I just wasn't going to be getting the action I wanted and there were almost to many idiots surrounding me to the point it turned into a game of bingo.

Just woke up about 10AM again. I got a pot of coffee brewing as I didn't sleep the greatest. I'll be putting in a session online and then may go pick up Foreman grill, envelopes, maybe a scale, and some white out to clear up my one oops on my taxes. Brewers play at 4PM and I'll probably head back to MGM to watch that unless its on my TV. Brian found out that they are giving a MLB Package preview on our cable but the game may be blacked out since they are playing SanFran. We will see what comes of this day.

Go Brewers!

2009-04-08T20:53:00.000-07:00

Break/MGM/Brewers

2009-04-08T19:35:00.000-07:00

Just got done playing online for a bit. Decided to walk to MGM for
second time today so I could watch the Brewers. Figured I should play
while watching just on case there are idiots around and sure enough.
Nothing like someone talking about what Doyle recommends to do while
playing so noone can catch on to what you are doing. Also wants to
call all the old ladies raises cause he just needs to make a straight
or flush and he beats her JJ+.

Where Do I Sign Up

2009-04-08T12:17:00.000-07:00

Bar Louie

2009-04-07T23:31:00.000-07:00

Pot Roast Sliders for late dinner and $3 Sam Adams.

Much Success

2009-03-18T06:17:00.000-07:00

Neither of my flights crashed!

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Randomness

2009-03-18T04:21:00.000-07:00

1. I'm bored in Minnesota, glad to be leaving in a bit.
2. Never felt like such ass waking up on a plane ever before than I
just did. May have to do with drinking all afternoon, not eating much,
and being awake forever.
3. People that walk on moving walkways are dumb. If I wanted to walk
I'd be on the carpet idiot. Quit acting like your getting anywhere
that much faster walking on the moving walkway.
4. Why the hell are people bringing there cat on a plane. I can't
imagine how pissed I'd be if that thing would piss on the dam flight.
5. Made $180 at the Hard Rock before catching a cab to the airport.

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20 Minutes

2009-03-18T00:39:00.000-07:00

For her to get to 3rd row from entering plane. I was first in line
behind and the most patient. Numerous people behind mr don't have such
a good heart though.

Vikings4Life

2009-03-18T00:37:00.001-07:00

She may also be a bowler.

Bowling

2009-03-18T00:23:00.000-07:00

This guy was here for National Bowling Tournament. I guess that is
all, I'm bored, sleepy, and half drunk.

Phone Charger

2009-03-18T00:16:00.000-07:00

This dam dam thing reminded me that I forgot my charger. And how the
fuck is this contraption even possible wow.

Flight Home

2009-03-17T18:55:00.000-07:00

Hopefully I don't forget. 7 hours until take off. Brian and Ace woke
me up from my nap and we are far down the strip from my house. I
should be able to pack yet.

TV Delivery

2009-03-16T12:50:00.001-07:00

Honestly....WTF is wrong with March. I just got off the phone with the main station who said they've tried calling to setup delivery appointment, horseshit to that. I've been sitting here for a call and then I refreshed the tracking stuff and it says call placed today and this past Friday but I have never gotten a call. I just called the local station and they said it just came in off the truck 45 minutes ago and will be delivered tomorrow. Wow......Way To Go idiots...Also look at this clusterfuck of tracking, I mean is it that hard to put the shit in order.

AT AIT DESTINATION TERMINAL: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 / 11:29:00 AM
ARRIVED AT DESTINATION AIRPORT: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 / 8:17:00 AM
ARRIVED AT DESTINATION AIRPORT: Monday, March 09, 2009 / 5:25:00 AM
CALL PLACED TO CONSIGNEE: Monday, March 16, 2009 / 2:18:00 PM
CALL PLACED TO CONSIGNEE: Friday, March 13, 2009 / 2:39:00 PM
CONFIRMED ON BOARD/ IN TRANSIT: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 / 12:52:00 AM
CONFIRMED ON BOARD/ IN TRANSIT: Sunday, March 08, 2009 / 12:06:00 PM
PICKUP COMPLETE: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 / 9:59:00 AM
PICKUP COMPLETE: Monday, March 09, 2009 / 11:36:01 PM
SHIPMENT ACCEPTED BY AIT: Monday, March 09, 2009 / 1:17:00 PM

Objective: Win Money

2009-03-15T15:22:00.000-07:00

Mission Failed..I'm on crazy tilt from playing online. I'm just forcing way to much action. I'm not sure if it's from feeling like god my first few sessions at 100NL or what. I seem to be in a mode where I'm going to out think the opponent in every hand and it's ultimately backfiring in my face big time. At some points I'm like overfocusing/overthinking and I'm pretty sure that leads to disaster. I just dumped $350 in like 680 hands. My 3 biggest losses did however occur when I ran into sets. Once with an overpair, top pair, and a big draw. Maybe I'm running bad....but ultimately I think I may be trying to involve to much creativity which isn't the way to go about things at this level. The whole internet will laugh when I say I'm only down $800 in 8k hands...but I'm losing at the rate I expect to be winning at haha. I need to get 7k more points to retain my status on PokerStars and I really don't want to lose it. I'm breakeven at 100NL after 22k hands which....is neither good nor bad. People run breakeven for gazillions of hands and maybe it's my turn. I guess it's just something I'm not used to. Maybe I'm just freaking out because I'm only up a fraction of what I was this month. It's not really that bad once I realize I haven't put in any hours this month really due to moving and getting things squared away on the homefront. I think I'm going to go watch crazy people in the mall and pick a few things up just to get away from the computer for a bit. I'm going to move down to 50NL and grind away when I get back. I just need to get back to the basics and realize ummm that I do have a clue how to play this game haha.

Jibberish

2009-03-14T21:13:00.000-07:00

1. Got my curtains.....waiting for a drill to put'em up.
2. Got a TV stand......TV should be here Monday.
3. Exhausted...Felt like I was coming down with something on Thursday. I took Nyquil last few nights and went to bed early and feel pretty good today. I'm home at 9pm and plan on doing the same. I believe it's due to lack of sleep more than anything.
4. Poker....haven't played much. Made $1 Thursday/Friday finishing my hours for freeroll.
5. Just got home from freeroll and luckboxed my way into a chop that allowed me to receive $500. I literally had like one round of blinds left. I'm still quite amazed and how it happened but I'm pretty pumped about it.
6. Gonna crotch all night and try to get another good night of sleep.
7. Tired..
8. Nothin.....cause I haven't been doing anything.

Drunk

2009-03-12T00:00:00.000-07:00

These 2 are making out and letting me know what's bound to happen in
the hotel after poker. She's tried to show her boob region a few times
and has given me a $100 already. I hope it never ends but I can't take
it serious at all.

Tilting

2009-03-10T03:45:00.001-07:00

Dudes lost with AA 2x to 34 haha...He also likes to chop his cards
when they are dealt to him. I assume the chops are for good luck. He
also reminds me of napolean dynamite. He just asked me how often the
beer wench comes around. I politely said shed be back around sooner if
you tipped her.

Go To Your Room

2009-03-10T03:36:00.001-07:00

It's a good idea to go to your room when your so drunk you got sweat
on your forehead. Don't worry drunk idiots will play poker with you
tomorrow.

Shut It

2009-03-10T03:15:00.001-07:00

I just heard way to much about rivalry frats then I'd like to at 3am.
Honestly I figured these two would bond over Guitar Hero 12 than a
frat. Oh fuckin great next kid over is in a frat as well. Fuck my life
I'm down $130 yet and stuck in the worst conversation ever. Wish I
could just walk home.......bleh mizzle wait for the sun to come up now.

Serioz Biznazz

2009-03-10T02:35:00.001-07:00

Down $135 with QQ vs AA obviously it was limped on me preflop bleh
bleh....so time to get serioz. Jeeez