Post Christmas

Well my holiday season mostly over (New Year's on Monday). Back to the daily grind.

The Blogger Poker Tour finished up it's second season this past weekend with the grand final. Since I was at home with the family I was unable to watch any of it. The results are as follows:

1	purechaos
2	Evil666
3	ZowieZ
4	Irongirl
5	freeroll26
6	imjusthere4thebeer
7	brodoughno
8	ViezeMan
9	JayNYC
10	natsdad
11	EgonOlsen
12	astinaguy
13	kufolem
14	cerberi
15	skinski
16	Hacksaw2000
17	DawgRoyal
18	OhioMike
19	PearlSnapMan
20	iyatoni

Congratulations to all involved. Also, imjusthere4thebeer of the Poker Pub will also be sent to the Aussie Millions to keep us all update via the Aussie Millions Blog.


I personally haven't played much poker lately. I've been beta testing the Poker.com version 4.0 software. I have to say that I am very excited about it. There are still a few bugs that need to be worked out, but the new games are very nice. I mean, they have 5 Card Draw w/ Jokers. How awesome is that?!. Anyways, I hope everyone has a nice New Year's. Have fun and be safe.

See you all on the felt.

Merry Christmas (or other assorted wintertime holidays)

Christmas is this Monday and oh boy..... I can't wait for it to be over. Forced gift giving makes me all warm and uncomfortable inside. At least my Christmas shopping is over and done with (I believe). I would not want to have to brave and big name stores this weekend. I'm sure they will be swamped with last-minute present buyers.

I am looking forward to seeing my family. It will be nice. I always like Christmas Eve. We have (for as long as I can remember) family and friends over on Christmas Eve. It is a holiday celebration that I actually enjoy.

I got an early present from one of my T.A.'s from this past semester. He miscalculated every one's grades and felt the need to correct his mistake. I went from a passing grade to a failing one. I get to take my software design class all over again.


Merry Christmas

Update on me

First poker related stuff.....

I was not able to play in the final BPT event of this season. I was at my girlfriend's uncle's house for their family Christmas celebration. I think (hope) they liked me. Anyways....

this is the result of the final event. The top 20 is as follows:

Skinski's Blog	1125
Irongirl01	1016
Scary Poker	871
Poker Pub	858
Peetscheet	830
Poker Athletes Blog	749
Flopilicious	734
astinaguys poker blog	712
Perfectly Beastly	711
Freerollcalendar Weblog	708
Alex	701
I hate money	681
Royal Poker	677
Gamingology	642
Evil666	631
EgonOlsenPoker	605
riverdemon	582
PearlSnapMan Plays Poker	560
5TH Street Forum	546
Life, The Universe and Poker	538

These people (blogs) will move on to the grand final on the 23rd of this month. You can check out up to the second chip counts here.


Played a few hours of poker today. I lost $10 pretty quickly on a .10/.25 table and then moved down to the .05/.10. I was doing fairly well (up to $20 or so from $5) when I lost $10 in one hand. Had 88 and (s)he hit a 6 on the river to make a set. I left the table a short while later with about $8.

I also dumped $20 into the $1,500 guaranteed(1R/A) this afternoon. Busted out pretty quickly and then used my 1 rebuy. I was short stacked near the first break and I picked up aces. I pushed (had little else I could do). Person thinks for a few seconds and calls. He then proceeds to crack my aces with ace-7. He picked up his final card for the straight on the river. The table then goes to break (without me).

Finally, I placed 6th in a $5+.50 shorthanded. I busted out with pocket sixes against ace king off suit. No bad beat (for me) or anything like that. I got lucky 2 times after the bubble burst when I made marginal calls. Other than that I think I played alright.



Non-poker news:

I passed all my classes. Go me!

No BPT for me

It looks like I will be unable to participate in the event tomorrow. I wish all of those participating the best of luck. I will be meeting (the rest of) the girlfriend's family.


I finished my finals today too. Hopefully I passed all my classes....we'll see.

Shorthanded Hold'em

Played a $5 NLHE shorthanded last night on Poker.com. I have to say that I'm not really a fan of shorthanded. Well I suppose thats a lie, I'm just not used to it. I haven't played much shorthanded poker except for home games (but that's a little different in my opinion). It was not too odd except for when it was nearing the final table. There were 28 people (I think) in the tourney and I ended up busting out 7th or 8th (top 5 got paid). It was odd playing with only 4 people on a non-final table. I was trying to stay alive for the FT but didn't want to get there with no chips. I usually play pretty tight near the bubble and loosen up when the FT get a little low on players. I just must have played loose to early and ended up trying to push someone out of a hand at a bad time. It's alright though, I made a little more than the entry fee back playing 5¢/10¢ at the same time as the tourney. Overall, I played well untill the last 10 or so hands where I went considerably downhill.


I've added a list of poker blogs to this site. They are blogs that fit in one (or more) of the following:

• I enjoy reading it
• it contains useful information
  
• I know/respect the blogger
• it's just sweet and deserves to be there for some other reason

The list will probably change from time to time so check it every so often. Click the links and read better blogs than this one.



Personal notes:

• last final is on Friday morning (9:45 am)
• I will probably sell my textbooks back and then go to Riverside Casino and play poker with that money
• not sure if I will be able to play in the BPT event this Sat. (I may be going to my girlfriends family Christmas event)
  

Last Call has changed

It seems the due to unforeseen circumstances the final open event of the Blogger Poker Tour this season has changed format.

The following was posted by Shane B(Poker.com Media & Merchandise Manager) on the Poker.com forums and in the BPT blog:

With the release of the new games at Poker.com moved back a couple of days Omaha Hi/Lo wont be available so there has been a late game switch for the final event of the second season of the Blogger Poker Tour.

Now the name of the game is Deep stack poker, thats[sic] right, with everything on the line we are giving everyone a few extra chips, instead of the usual 2000 starting chips we are giving everyone 5000.

Now, this is a good thing for some people (me included) because some people (me included) don't really know how to play PLO8 very well (or at all really). I imagine people will be gunning for imhere4beer in order to get that host bonus bounty of his. I had best get lucky if I have any chance at all to be at that Grand Final.

So.....

Sign up for Poker.com here
Sign up for the Blogger Poker Tour here
and join in on the fun.



Also, you can check out up to the minute info on the tourney here(will be kinda boring until it starts though).

I've calmed down now

Last post I was quite steamed about poker. After not playing for almost a week I've calmed down. My bankroll diminished quite a bit these past few weeks. After I made my last withdrawal ($100 around Thanksgiving) I basically lost everything. I had about $80 on PitBullPoker and now I'm on empty. Until yesterday I was at $10 on Poker.com. I played some 5¢/10¢ no limit and I made about $8. I basically need to completely rebuild. I am trying to do it without putting any more money in. I miss playing the $10 NL tourneys, but I suppose I'll have to wait until I've got a little more scratch.

Poker.com is feeling a bit festive this holiday season and has a promotion just for that. On December 30 the Poker.com Holiday Tournament will occur. The way this tournament works is as such. Poker.com will put up $10k + $50 for every person in the tournament. In order to get into said tournament it is required to refer-a-friend or to be a referred friend. You simply need to deposit and acquire 300 comp points by December 29th (this is actually quite easy - can be done in 1-2 hours). Also, if you do this I get $50 credited to my account (which I certainly could use right about now) and you get all the other Poker.com bonuses.

• first deposit bonus (100% up to $200)
• free 1k freeroll coupon
• 7 days of new depositor freerolls ($500 prize pool each)
• 4 weeks of $50 new player freerolls (run every 3 hours)

In addition, you get access to Poker.com's many freerolls:

• $50 freeroll every 2 hours
• $1000 freeroll every day (M-F)*
• $10k freeroll every Sunday (except for below)*
• $50k freeroll the last Sunday of every month*
  

*comp point requirements

To get these things click here or on the pictures above and use promotion code 100FIRST1k with your first deposit. You may just go to www.poker.com if you don't want to use me as a referal (that's not very nice though).


This Saturday (Dec. 16th) is the final event of the second season of the Blogger Poker Tour season 2. The Poker Pub is hosting the last call Omaha Hi/Low event. I'm sitting at 79 points (had to work the day of my only event - blinded out) and most likely have no chance of getting in the top 20 for the Grand Final. However, Imjusthereforthebeer (the host) had decided to put up his host bonus as a bounty on his head. So basically, if I were to get lucky enough to have him at my table, and then get lucky enough to bust him out at a game I've played maybe twice in my life, and then place high enough to get some points on my own....... then I would be able to get into the top 20. It might help if I were to get some referrals (HINT: join Poker.com, then join the blogger poker tour from my link). Anyways, good luck to those who have a chance.

I am so tired

Was up all last night working on Java programs for my Intro to Software Design class. If anyone want to look at them they are here (username: swd, password: qwerty). More school stuff to do tonight after I get off work. Then more to do tomorrow... and the next day. I just want it to be next Friday so I can be done with this semester. Then maybe I can play some poker. I played some this past week and it has been all down hill. Finished 23rd in a $1,500 guaranteed on Poker.com (that $450 first prize would have been nice). I lost most of my money on Pitbull Poker at the .50/$1 tables. I am, however, up to 52 comp points there, halfway to being able to cash out any winnings from the free $10 I got. You just don't get pots big enough for points on the .10/.25 tables there. I'll just have to grind it out and work my way back up.

Also, when the semester is over I'll be able to head back out to the Riverside Casino. I'm yearning for some live play and if I have some money I'd like to be able to get in a good 8 hour session. I might be able to get some blackjack practice in too.

Anyways, I'm going to cut back on poker for a bit. I'm thinking about picking up a copy of Pokemon and playing that. It's much less irritating.

EDIT: Just lost my last pennies at PitbullPoker. Fucker calls an almost pot sized bet with an open-ended straight draw, hits on the river. I'll probably just play freerolls there and see if I can get some more free money.