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.