I am so done with school

As of about 10pm May 14, 2008 I am done with college. I sent in my last bit of documentation for a final project and I am done with finals.

This is of course assuming that I passed. The graduation ceremony will be this Sunday. Fortunately there only 140 engineering students walking so it shouldn't take too long.

Now I need to find a job

No more money on Full Tilt

Well I suppose I still have like $4 on there. Maybe I'll play a tourney with it and hope for the best. Money is moved over to PokerStars (yay!) I now have $280 there and am properly rolled for 10NL.

Of course now I should get to studying for my test tomorrow. I won't be playing any of that 10NL until at least this weekend.

Welcome to May

Things went well in April (I suppose). My goals were a bit unorganized because of the desire to move my monies off of Full Tilt. I still have not done that by the way.

Current BR status:

Full Tilt: ~$150
PokerStars: ~$120
Bodog: ~$85
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Total: ~$350 yay!


Plans: Get that money off of Full Tilt over to PokerStars (should be able to transfer on/after the 3rd). I probably am going to transfer about $100 from FTP to Stars putting me over $200 on Stars. Then I should be rolled for 10NL. I might make a 10k (or so) hands stop at 5NL just to make sure I'm moving up properly. Not sure what to do with Bodog money, I never play on that site any more but have yet to withdraw it. I'm tempted to just buy in with it all at 100NL and see what happens....but I know that's not a good idea.

GOALS FOR MAY:

• Graduate from the University of Iowa with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
• everything else is secondary to that
• maybe find an engineering job
• play lots of poker now that I'm out of school
• finding a full time job would be useful
  

My hope is that by the end of summer I can be rolled for 50NL (~$1000). I'm not sure how possible this is, but it's my goal at the moment. If my movement up to 10NL goes well then it should be possible. I'm not going to make a "# of hands" goal for this month because I truly have no idea how many are possible. The first half of the month (up until I graduate) are going to be very hectic and probably involve very little in the ways of poker. The second half, however, will be very uneventful and I will probably be playing quite a bit. I wouldn't be surprised if I was able to put in 30k hands in the second half of the month but I'm not sure.

PLO is fun

and I am certainly no good at it. I've been playing it a bit on Full Tilt since I have $100 there that I want to transfer over to Pokerstars but my account isn't quite 90 days old yet. Well... now I have $150 there. I went on a $50 heater the other day in about 1 hour playing PLO10 6max. I aggravated a few people on my way when I caught cards on the river. I agreed with them when they called me a "fking donk". I certainly am not very good at Omaha.

It's fun though

EDIT: Oh and I made a few BI's at 2NL on Stars as well. Up to almost $90 there. $10 more to reach my goal.

Weekend poker

Played a bunch this weekend. I was up and down all weekend and ended up with a $5 profit. Lost my first quads over quads hand. It was not a pleasant experience.

Poker Stars $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Hold'em - 7 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

BTN: $5.16
SB: $14.12
Hero (BB): $6.01
UTG: $2.59
UTG+1: $1.05
MP: $2.71
CO: $5.02

Pre Flop: Hero is BB with 2c 7c
2 folds, MP calls $0.02, 2 folds, SB calls $0.01, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.06) 7h Js 7d (3 players)
SB bets $0.30, Hero calls $0.30, MP folds

Turn: ($0.66) 7s (2 players)
SB bets $0.66, Hero calls $0.66

River: ($1.98) Jh (2 players)
SB bets $0.30, Hero raises to $2, SB raises to $3.70, Hero raises to $5.03 all in, SB calls $1.33

Final Pot: $12.04
SB shows Jc Jd (four of a kind, Jacks)
Hero shows 2c 7c (four of a kind, Sevens)
SB wins $11.49
(Rake: $0.55)

I should have raised the pot on the turn because I know no one at 2NL is able to get away from a full house.


I have realized that my VP$IP from the small blind is way too high. It's just so hard to find a fold for most hands when 6 people limp and it's only 1¢ to call.

Tried to transfer the $100 I have remaining on Full Tilt over to Pokerstars but my transfers were declined. I guess my account is not 90 days old yet.

FTP: ~$100
Stars: $76
Bodog: $85 (I think, haven't logged on there for a while).