Such Sundays

Had decent score in the f.tilt 100r 1a, coming 2nd for just over $6k which was pretty good form leaving me optimistic of the weekend tournaments ahead. Well a near miss the stars Saturday $300 gave me $1100 and that was about it for Saturday, fired blanks for the rest of the session.

I didn't play a full Sunday schedule due to being in Australia and the warm up starts at 2.45am here, sigh. My first tournament of the day was the UB 200k which had a nice overlay but that didn't affect me as i was out 10 before the money, lol. I made the cash in the F.tilt 750k before being on the wrong end of a Ak vs QQ coup, moments later I was on the losing end of the same coup to bubble the mulligan, sigh.

Coming to the end of my session I was going well in the 100r stars, and the 30r on full tilt. Stars ended like this, instant life tilt:

PokerStars Game #17211228504: Tournament #86967639, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (2000/4000) - 2008/05/05 - 00:04:26 (ET)
Table '86967639 26' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: nofingclue11 (61078 in chips)
Seat 2: AaronBeen (49602 in chips)
Seat 3: uclabruinz (111253 in chips)
Seat 4: loluno123 (99535 in chips)
Seat 5: bluffdeez503 (64946 in chips)
Seat 7: bigegypt (82345 in chips)
Seat 8: Paolo69 (69475 in chips)
Seat 9: bigtruck4w (113921 in chips)
nofingclue11: posts the ante 400
AaronBeen: posts the ante 400
uclabruinz: posts the ante 400
loluno123: posts the ante 400
bluffdeez503: posts the ante 400
bigegypt: posts the ante 400
Paolo69: posts the ante 400
bigtruck4w: posts the ante 400
Paolo69: posts small blind 2000
bigtruck4w: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Paolo69 [As ]
nofingclue11: folds
AaronBeen: folds
uclabruinz: folds
loluno123: folds
bluffdeez503: raises 60546 to 64546 and is all-in
bigegypt: folds
Paolo69: calls 62546
bigtruck4w: folds
*** FLOP *** [ ]
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Paolo69: shows [As ] (a flush, King high)
bluffdeez503: shows [ ] (a flush, Ace high)
bluffdeez503 collected 136292 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 136292 | Rake 0
Board [ ]
Seat 1: nofingclue11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: AaronBeen folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: uclabruinz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: loluno123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: bluffdeez503 showed [ ] and won (136292) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 7: bigegypt (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Paolo69 (small blind) showed [As ] and lost with a flush, King high
Seat 9: bigtruck4w (big blind) folded before Flop

This was for 4th place chips and 30 players left with $48k FTW, :-( I regained my composure to make the final of the f.tilt 30r but that euphoria was to be short lived as I was on the wrong end of this hand. This didn't hurt as much as the 100r as I would have played his hand the same in his shoes, just compounded the misery from the earlier 100r beat.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6293320519: $22,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (47210787), Table 7 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:16:57 ET - 2008/05/05
Seat 1: rdjbluf (78,430)
Seat 2: winston621 (126,052)
Seat 3: DWCFLORIDA36 (284,578)
Seat 4: double6 lounge (119,500)
Seat 6: Belabacsi (227,114)
Seat 7: daisyxoxo (185,780)
Seat 8: pbdrunks (83,742)
Seat 9: LEADBOOTS (164,804)
rdjbluf antes 500
winston621 antes 500
DWCFLORIDA36 antes 500
double6 lounge antes 500
Belabacsi antes 500
daisyxoxo antes 500
pbdrunks antes 500
LEADBOOTS antes 500
pbdrunks posts the small blind of 2,000
LEADBOOTS posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LEADBOOTS [ ]
rdjbluf folds
winston621 folds
DWCFLORIDA36 folds
double6 lounge folds
Belabacsi raises to 10,500
daisyxoxo folds
pbdrunks folds
LEADBOOTS calls 6,500
*** FLOP *** [ ]
LEADBOOTS checks
Belabacsi bets 16,000
LEADBOOTS has 15 seconds left to act
LEADBOOTS raises to 40,000
Belabacsi raises to 216,114, and is all in
LEADBOOTS calls 113,804, and is all in
Belabacsi shows [ ]
LEADBOOTS shows [ ]
Uncalled bet of 62,310 returned to Belabacsi
*** TURN *** [ ] []
*** RIVER *** [ ] []
Belabacsi shows a flush, Ace high
LEADBOOTS shows two pair, Queens and Tens
Belabacsi wins the pot (334,608) with a flush, Ace high
LEADBOOTS stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 334,608 | Rake 0
Board: [ ]
Seat 1: rdjbluf folded before the Flop
Seat 2: winston621 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: DWCFLORIDA36 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: double6 lounge folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Belabacsi showed [ ] and won (334,608) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 7: daisyxoxo (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: pbdrunks (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: LEADBOOTS (big blind) showed [ ] and lost with two pair, Queens and Tens


Anti-climax to the big weekend tournaments, but there is always next week, lol

back to my first love, for now

Apologies for the time Ive taken to update, no excuses, just kept putting it off really. April has been a very up n down month for me poker wise, but ending on a high eventually. Its been a complete write off cash wise with me finishing $32k down, sigh. Quite a bit of running bad mixed in with some bad plays from me and that was the final result.

Since last week I decided to return to the mtt front in preperation for the WSOP and to get away from cash for a while. Well its gone pretty well so far, with me winning 3 tournaments so far and a scattering of final tables/deep runs. My wins were for $5400, $3600 and $11.5k :-) This coupled with my 3rd place in the stars 1k and my win in the 30r means its a pretty good month overall despite losing 30k on cash which is a bonus.

Tournaments were my first love at poker and am enjoying playing them again at the moment. However the long hours required to play as well as the frustration that comes along with tournaments I can always see myself returning to the cash game route after the WSOP, but we will see.


During the month of June, I will be sharing a house in Vegas with several other poker players including Moorman and we have decided to have a bet for the month. The winner will be the one who has the highest PLB score on pocket fives for the entire month. The loser has to pay $1k to the other guy, take the whole vegas house out for dinner and wear a t-shirt in the main event saying the other guy owned his soul, lol.

I think moorman definately has an edge in the bet, but should be fun, it isnt for a lot of money just pride and bragging rights and I relish the challenge. Congrats to moorman who cracked the top 5 of online rankings today

Just finished my tournaments for today with a few cashes including a 3rd place in the stars 50r for $4500 ish. I did blow a huge stack in the full tilt 100r 6 max though which I was pretty angry at myself about as I had played really well to accumulate a stack in the 1st place, but nevermind. Ill leave with you a hand from the 6 max tournament that won me a lot of chips with a soul read, lol

FullTiltPoker Game #6242663487: $100,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (46782014), Table 15 - 170/340 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:46:29 ET - 2008/04/30
Seat 1: JLew (11,116)
Seat 2: CravingChips (22,298)
Seat 3: onefreekingtime (8,883)
Seat 4: YoungSupremacy (13,593)
Seat 5: LEADBOOTS (27,622)
Seat 6: Bussa Buss (5,651)
JLew antes 25
CravingChips antes 25
onefreekingtime antes 25
YoungSupremacy antes 25
LEADBOOTS antes 25
Bussa Buss antes 25
YoungSupremacy posts the small blind of 170
LEADBOOTS posts the big blind of 340
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LEADBOOTS [9d Ah]
Bussa Buss folds
JLew folds
CravingChips raises to 880
onefreekingtime has 15 seconds left to act
onefreekingtime calls 880
YoungSupremacy folds
LEADBOOTS calls 540
*** FLOP *** [2s 5s 9h]
LEADBOOTS has 15 seconds left to act
LEADBOOTS bets 1,700
CravingChips raises to 3,400
onefreekingtime folds
LEADBOOTS calls 1,700
*** TURN *** [2s 5s 9h] [6h]
LEADBOOTS checks
CravingChips bets 3,640
LEADBOOTS calls 3,640
*** RIVER *** [2s 5s 9h 6h] [Td]
LEADBOOTS checks
CravingChips bets 14,353, and is all in
LEADBOOTS has 15 seconds left to act
LEADBOOTS has requested TIME
LEADBOOTS calls 14,353
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CravingChips shows [9c 7c] a pair of Nines
LEADBOOTS shows [9d Ah] a pair of Nines
LEADBOOTS wins the pot (45,746) with a pair of Nines
CravingChips stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 45,746 | Rake 0
Board: [2s 5s 9h 6h Td]
Seat 1: JLew folded before the Flop
Seat 2: CravingChips showed [9c 7c] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 3: onefreekingtime (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: YoungSupremacy (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: LEADBOOTS (big blind) showed [9d Ah] and won (45,746) with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: Bussa Buss folded before the Flop