February

Haven't been real good with updating, but I've been trying to play more since returning from vacation. We took a cruise to Cozumel, Costa Rica and Panama. It was nice husband/wife time... and we met some nice people on board as well. We visited the Mayan Ruins of Tulum in Mexico and went white water rafting in Costa Rica which was awesome. We had a Panama Canal trip booked, but unfortunately my wife was really sick so we had to cancel it. We did get off the boat to get some magnets and shirts and stuff though so it wasn't a lost cause. We get refrigerator magnets from all the cities and countries we visit. We've accumulated quite a collection!

I've been taking more shots at 10.20 and 25/50 lately some good some bad. The flips are more expensive and hurt pretty bad when you lose like this:

Stage #1924692426: Holdem No Limit $20 - 2010-02-25 11:42:29 (ET)
Table: KENDALL (Real Money) Seat #2 is the dealer
Seat 2 - TOMLUEC ($4,287 in chips)
Seat 3 - HERETOOPLAY ($8,048.95 in chips)
Seat 4 - PEOPLEMOVER ($6,459 in chips)
Seat 5 - I_ONLY_WIN ($3,970 in chips)
Seat 6 - KAHD ($2,521 in chips)
Seat 1 - FARHADR ($2,267.06 in chips)
HERETOOPLAY - Posts small blind $10
PEOPLEMOVER - Posts big blind $20
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to PEOPLEMOVER [6d 6h]
I_ONLY_WIN - Raises $60 to $60
KAHD - Folds
FARHADR - Folds
TOMLUEC - Folds
HERETOOPLAY - Folds
PEOPLEMOVER - Calls $40
*** FLOP *** [6s Qd 9d]
PEOPLEMOVER - Checks
I_ONLY_WIN - Bets $100
PEOPLEMOVER - Raises $310 to $310
I_ONLY_WIN - Raises $545 to $645
PEOPLEMOVER - All-In(Raise) $6,089 to $6,399
I_ONLY_WIN - All-In $3,265
PEOPLEMOVER - returned ($2,489) : not called
*** TURN *** [6s Qd 9d] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [6s Qd 9d 5h] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PEOPLEMOVER - Shows [6d 6h] (Three of a kind, sixes)
I_ONLY_WIN - Shows [8d 7d] (Straight, five to nine)
I_ONLY_WIN Collects $7,947 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($7,950) | Rake ($3)
Board [6s Qd 9d 5h Ah]
Seat 1: FARHADR Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: TOMLUEC (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: HERETOOPLAY (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: PEOPLEMOVER (big blind) HI:lost with Three of a kind, sixes [6d 6h - B:6s,P:6h,P:6d,B:Ah,B:Qd]
Seat 5: I_ONLY_WIN won Total ($7,947) All-In HI:($7,947) with Straight, five to nine [8d 7d - B:9d,P:8d,P:7d,B:6s,B:5h]
Seat 6: KAHD Folded on the POCKET CARDS

Where's the pair the board one time?!?!? Oh well, but I stacked a few other guys later in the day so all in all a good day.

My birthday is coming up next week. I can't believe I'll be 29. What an old fart I am in the poker community.

Vacation Time

Off for a much needed vacation for both the wife and I. We are headed on a cruise to Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama Canal. Super excited to see new parts of this big world we live in.... Having a pretty good month so far swinging big and took some successful shots at 10/20 and 25/50 mainly because I was stuck at smaller levels... Happy Valentines to all you love birds. Go buy your companion a snuggie.

Back from Borgata

I'm back from Borgata. I bubbled the 560 deep stacks, did ok in 2k HU matches, but lost to a calling station..... boo And in the 3500, blind vs blind, i raised 10 4 he called, flop 10 4 2 and he has 22, gg me. Tourneys are dumb.

So I'm back home and grinding online. Doing ok my first 2 days back, but this pot really hurt...

Stage #1889898356: Holdem No Limit $10 - 2010-02-04 15:25:00 (ET)
Table: DURHAM (Real Money) Seat #4 is the dealer
Seat 4 - INNOMBRABLE ($2,452 in chips)
Seat 5 - SSSPLENDID ($975 in chips)
Seat 6 - JILL_RAMSEY ($2,940.75 in chips)
Seat 2 - PEOPLEMOVER ($3,720.50 in chips)
Seat 3 - BMW_GOLFPRO2 ($1,065.84 in chips)
SSSPLENDID - Posts small blind $5
JILL_RAMSEY - Posts big blind $10
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to PEOPLEMOVER [Qs Qd]
PEOPLEMOVER - Raises $35 to $35
BMW_GOLFPRO2 - Folds
INNOMBRABLE - Folds
SSSPLENDID - Folds
JILL_RAMSEY - Calls $25
*** FLOP *** [Qc Js Jd]
JILL_RAMSEY - Checks
PEOPLEMOVER - Bets $55
JILL_RAMSEY - Raises $165 to $165
PEOPLEMOVER - Calls $110
*** TURN *** [Qc Js Jd] [Jc]
JILL_RAMSEY - Checks
PEOPLEMOVER - Bets $240
JILL_RAMSEY - Calls $240
*** RIVER *** [Qc Js Jd Jc] [9c]
JILL_RAMSEY - Checks
PEOPLEMOVER - Bets $555
JILL_RAMSEY - Raises $1,520 to $1,520
PEOPLEMOVER - Calls $965
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JILL_RAMSEY - Shows [Qh Jh] (Four of a kind, jacks)
PEOPLEMOVER - Shows [Qs Qd] (Full house, queens full of jacks)
JILL_RAMSEY Collects $3,922 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($3,925) | Rake ($3)
Board [Qc Js Jd Jc 9c]
Seat 2: PEOPLEMOVER HI:lost with Full house, queens full of jacks [Qs Qd - P:Qs,P:Qd,B:Qc,B:Js,B:Jd]
Seat 3: BMW_GOLFPRO2 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: INNOMBRABLE (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: SSSPLENDID (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: JILL_RAMSEY (big blind) won Total ($3,922) HI:($3,922) with Four of a kind, jacks [Qh Jh - B:Js,P:Jh,B:Jd,B:Jc,P:Qh]

A nice one outer and I almost checked behind on the river too FML.