This was my third Vegas trip of the year, and by far the most fun. I met so many cool people, at the poker table and away. All I did was play poker and party. The perfect Vegas trip.
The first night I played way too long. I was playing at Hooters and wanted to catch the monorail back to my hotel before it closed, which I thought was 4am. I wanted to stop playing at 3:30am. By 3:30am I was tired, but didn't leave. I was up a couple of hundred and proceeded to donk off my chips until I was behind in chips. I ended up having to catch a cab back to my hotel at 5am.
All night I dreamt poker. I kept waking up and seeing what time it was. I forced myself to stay in bed until 9am so I could make it through the entire day without getting too tired. I got ready and went downstairs and played some PaiGow until I woke up enough, then headed back to Hooters for their noon holdem tournament.
I was the last person to sign up before they closed the tournament signup. 20 players, $35 buyin, unlimited $15 rebuys, and a $5 addon. I had to rebuy once and used my addon, so I spent $50. I sat next to this very attractive girl named Lindsey. She was a good player and had a lot of attitude. She had some crazy tattoos and lots of ear piercings. She got a bad beat early and was cursing under her breath for a long time. I stopped talking to her while she was steaming. We both made it to the final table, where again I was seated next to her, but this time I acted before her. I was low on chips the whole time but have learned patience and waited. Only 2 placed paid, so I knew I had to make a move to double or triple up. When we were down to 5 players, I made my move with JJ against A5o. My jacks held up and was able to be patient again for a few more blinds. The blinds doubled every 15 minutes, so things were getting expensive. When we got down to 3 players, I was low stack and suggested a deal so that third place got $100. They both accepted. I then won a hand on the button and was second in chips. The next hand the button, who was now low chip stack, goes allin. I call heads up with KK (lucky me). Her QK didn't improve and now I was chip stack leader. I made a deal with other player and we ended the tournament.
I think I am getting better at small tournaments. Need to work on my big tournaments now. Not that many opportunities to do that without spending alot of money, or playing online, which is not the same to me.
One thing that peeved me was after the tournament, I was going through my money to tip the dealer. I was planning on giving him $10 which would be $15 total since I gave the dealer from my first table $5. Since I an fairly new to winning tournaments, I have no idea how much to tip. While going through my money, I came across a $5 bill. I dropped it in front of the dealer and kept searching through my bills for another $5 bill. The other player, very loudly, said 'Is that all you are going to tip?' I told him I needed change and was planning on tipping more. He gave me a look of disgust. What really upset me, was it turned out he was a off-duty dealer at this casino and all dealers split tips, so he might be getting a portion of my tip. I thought it was very wrong of him to comment on my tip since he worked there, even if my tip was low.
I would love to get feedback as to what others tip, or what the norm is.
That night I met four college girls from Los Angeles and we went club hopping. We started at Coyote Ugly, where they danced on the bar, and ended up at Studio 54 where we stayed until about 5am. We all got loaded and danced until we were falling down, which some of them did. I got an invite to visit them in LA. Since LA has poker and some of my best friends, I told them I would take them up on their offer.
I may skip my next trip to Vegas, and go to LA instead. Still have not made up my mind. Until I do, I will be busting fools in the local scene and online.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Tournament winner
I am on a roll with my tournament play. I won a small tournament in Vegas this weekend, which I will tell you about in a later post, and I just won the PokerPlasm League Night Game 7 Omaha PL tournament. The playes were tough, and I had lowest chip stack at one point at the bubble. Here are the significant hands.
There are 10 players left in the tournament, 9 positions pay. I have only $305 left, lowest chip stack of tournament. The blinds were $75/$150. I was dealt As 10s 10c 5h. Two folds before my action, I move allin on the button. SB folds. Huff3 in the BB calls for $155 more. Flop brought Jh Js 9h. Huff3 had a 9, but my tens held up bringing me to $685.
9 players left, final table. I only have $535 in the SB. I had Qc 5d Jc 2c. 3 callers before my action. I wasn't crazy about this hand, but new if I got lucky, I would be in better shape for only half price. I call, BB thankfully checked. Flop was 8h Qs 8c. First to act, I take a chance and go all-in with my two pair. No one folds quickly. It was very scary. one by one they folded until the button, who calls with Ks 10c Kh 5s. I got extremely lucky with a Q on the turn giving me a boat and I a total of $1520.
Two hands later I get 3s 7h As Ah and raise. BB, Huff3, calls. The flop was 3h Kh Jd giving me an over pair and the nut flush draw. Huff bets the minimum, $150, and I move all-in with my last $995. He cals and shows Kd 7d 2c 7s. My aces beat his kings and I am up to $3115.
Later, in the BB, I get Kc 10s 7s 9h. Huff3 limps as well as the SB. I check and the flop comes 4h Jc 10d. SB checks, Huff3 bets the minimum, $200. I call with second pair. The turn was a Qd giving me the second nut straight. I check and Huff3 moves in for his last $605. I call and he shows a pair of jacks giving me $4120 and Huff3 out in 8th place.
I do not win a hand for some time, until I get a pair of aces twice in a row. The first time I raise max and get no callers. The next hand I do the same after one caller, and the caller, Jade0511 calls all-in. He shows 6c Jh 10c Kh and with an A on the flop, I bust another player out.
Five handed, I get Kd 5h 2h 6s in the BB with the blinds at $250/$500 and me with $4040. Only the SB limps and I get to see the flop, which was 6c 6h Kc, the perfect flop. Shamanalixx bets the min, $500 and I just call. The river was a 9d, and with another flush draw on the board, I hope he is makes his flush and I just call his min bet again. The river was a Qs. No flush on the board. I can only hope he has a 6 or maybe a K. He again bets the min. I try to figure how much I can get out of him. I only raise to $1500. He called quickly and showed Kh 2c Ac 5s. I win the $6000 pot, my biggest pot to this point.
When I got heads up with RTR528, I got 3c 7d Ad 4d and raised my $900 SB another $1200. He reraises me to $2400. I reluctantly call. The flop comes Kd 8s Kc. I bet trying to slow him down, but it doesnt work. He raises me and I muck. I am down to $5700 to his $15360 way too quickly.
The very next hand I lose a $6000 pot with my straight on the river to his nut flush on the river. I am now down to just $2700 to his $18360.
I smarten up my play and win a few smaller pots until I get dealt 10d 8c Ah 4h. I just call from the SB and he checks. Flop comes 8s Kh 10c and he checks. I bet with two pair and he calls. A Jc on the turns brings another check from RTR528, in which I try to get him out with a $1800 bet. He goes over the top with a raise to $3600. I feal good that I have the better hand, but if I am wrong, I have 8 outs. I reraise all-in for my last $1200 and he calls. The river brings one of my outs, the Qc. He showed 9c 5h Qs 10h for a straight to the king. I had the straight to the ace giving me the $12000 pot. I was ahead preflop and post flop, but he got lucky on the turn. Luckily the luck came back my way with the river card.
I have $9600 to his $11460. The hand that pushed it my way was when was dealt Kc 3s 6s Ac. I like AK heads up, and the double flush draw was a bonus. I raise to $1800 and RTR calls. A beatiful flop of 5s 6d 3h gives me two pair. RTR checks and I try to collect the pot right here with a $3600 bet. RTR raises to $7200 and reraies all-in, which RTR calls. He shows 2s 5d Ad Qd for second pair and an inside straight draw. I was ahead preflop again, and ahead post flop. The turn brought a 3d giving me the full house. The river was another 5, but that only gave him three of a kind. For a moment I thought he pulled a higher boat out of his butt. Luckily I was wrong and he was down to $1860.
RTR asked me how I could have called with raise. I told him I flopped two pair, why wouldn't I. He argued with me that I did not flop two pair. I kept to my guns that I did, and he got quiet fast.
I finished him off with Ks 8d Js 3h in the SB which I get to see the flop of 6c 8h 3d for half price only. He checks, I bet, he raises all-in with 6d 5s 10c 9h. I won the hand and the tournament for cash and a UPC entry fee.
There are 10 players left in the tournament, 9 positions pay. I have only $305 left, lowest chip stack of tournament. The blinds were $75/$150. I was dealt As 10s 10c 5h. Two folds before my action, I move allin on the button. SB folds. Huff3 in the BB calls for $155 more. Flop brought Jh Js 9h. Huff3 had a 9, but my tens held up bringing me to $685.
9 players left, final table. I only have $535 in the SB. I had Qc 5d Jc 2c. 3 callers before my action. I wasn't crazy about this hand, but new if I got lucky, I would be in better shape for only half price. I call, BB thankfully checked. Flop was 8h Qs 8c. First to act, I take a chance and go all-in with my two pair. No one folds quickly. It was very scary. one by one they folded until the button, who calls with Ks 10c Kh 5s. I got extremely lucky with a Q on the turn giving me a boat and I a total of $1520.
Two hands later I get 3s 7h As Ah and raise. BB, Huff3, calls. The flop was 3h Kh Jd giving me an over pair and the nut flush draw. Huff bets the minimum, $150, and I move all-in with my last $995. He cals and shows Kd 7d 2c 7s. My aces beat his kings and I am up to $3115.
Later, in the BB, I get Kc 10s 7s 9h. Huff3 limps as well as the SB. I check and the flop comes 4h Jc 10d. SB checks, Huff3 bets the minimum, $200. I call with second pair. The turn was a Qd giving me the second nut straight. I check and Huff3 moves in for his last $605. I call and he shows a pair of jacks giving me $4120 and Huff3 out in 8th place.
I do not win a hand for some time, until I get a pair of aces twice in a row. The first time I raise max and get no callers. The next hand I do the same after one caller, and the caller, Jade0511 calls all-in. He shows 6c Jh 10c Kh and with an A on the flop, I bust another player out.
Five handed, I get Kd 5h 2h 6s in the BB with the blinds at $250/$500 and me with $4040. Only the SB limps and I get to see the flop, which was 6c 6h Kc, the perfect flop. Shamanalixx bets the min, $500 and I just call. The river was a 9d, and with another flush draw on the board, I hope he is makes his flush and I just call his min bet again. The river was a Qs. No flush on the board. I can only hope he has a 6 or maybe a K. He again bets the min. I try to figure how much I can get out of him. I only raise to $1500. He called quickly and showed Kh 2c Ac 5s. I win the $6000 pot, my biggest pot to this point.
When I got heads up with RTR528, I got 3c 7d Ad 4d and raised my $900 SB another $1200. He reraises me to $2400. I reluctantly call. The flop comes Kd 8s Kc. I bet trying to slow him down, but it doesnt work. He raises me and I muck. I am down to $5700 to his $15360 way too quickly.
The very next hand I lose a $6000 pot with my straight on the river to his nut flush on the river. I am now down to just $2700 to his $18360.
I smarten up my play and win a few smaller pots until I get dealt 10d 8c Ah 4h. I just call from the SB and he checks. Flop comes 8s Kh 10c and he checks. I bet with two pair and he calls. A Jc on the turns brings another check from RTR528, in which I try to get him out with a $1800 bet. He goes over the top with a raise to $3600. I feal good that I have the better hand, but if I am wrong, I have 8 outs. I reraise all-in for my last $1200 and he calls. The river brings one of my outs, the Qc. He showed 9c 5h Qs 10h for a straight to the king. I had the straight to the ace giving me the $12000 pot. I was ahead preflop and post flop, but he got lucky on the turn. Luckily the luck came back my way with the river card.
I have $9600 to his $11460. The hand that pushed it my way was when was dealt Kc 3s 6s Ac. I like AK heads up, and the double flush draw was a bonus. I raise to $1800 and RTR calls. A beatiful flop of 5s 6d 3h gives me two pair. RTR checks and I try to collect the pot right here with a $3600 bet. RTR raises to $7200 and reraies all-in, which RTR calls. He shows 2s 5d Ad Qd for second pair and an inside straight draw. I was ahead preflop again, and ahead post flop. The turn brought a 3d giving me the full house. The river was another 5, but that only gave him three of a kind. For a moment I thought he pulled a higher boat out of his butt. Luckily I was wrong and he was down to $1860.
RTR asked me how I could have called with raise. I told him I flopped two pair, why wouldn't I. He argued with me that I did not flop two pair. I kept to my guns that I did, and he got quiet fast.
I finished him off with Ks 8d Js 3h in the SB which I get to see the flop of 6c 8h 3d for half price only. He checks, I bet, he raises all-in with 6d 5s 10c 9h. I won the hand and the tournament for cash and a UPC entry fee.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
I am joining the fight
I am sick of all of the poker sites changing their policy and not allowing US players to play on their sites. Just the other day, Doyle's Room switched to being non-US. For god sake, Doyle is the American of Americans. How can he do this. Are they that afraid of the government? Everyone knows we have a right to do with what we want with our hard earned dough. They should stand up and fight for our rights. Even Hollywood Poker doesn't accept United Stated players. It is called Hollywood Poker! How could they not accept us?
I am going to do my part for the fight for our rights, and focus all of my Bust Some Fools poker tournaments to poker sites that accept United States players. I am already a PPA member, but I am going to make a donation to the cause. I love playing poker. I do not bet any money that would go towards necessities. I think I should be able to play poker online.
I am a Republican. I have been all of my life. I will never vote Republican until Americans are allowed to play poker online. I will vote for a party that is for the people, that believes in the rights of the people, and knows that we are adults and do not need to be told what we can and can't do if it doesn't effect anyone else.
Ok, that was enough of a rampage. I need to go withdraw all of my money from non-US player accepting poker sites. If you are a government employee reading this, I do not play poker online. I never have. I always wait for the green hand before I cross the street. I never speed. I even eat my vegetables. ;) Lets all go to the US player accepting poker sites and Bust Some Fools.
I am going to do my part for the fight for our rights, and focus all of my Bust Some Fools poker tournaments to poker sites that accept United States players. I am already a PPA member, but I am going to make a donation to the cause. I love playing poker. I do not bet any money that would go towards necessities. I think I should be able to play poker online.
I am a Republican. I have been all of my life. I will never vote Republican until Americans are allowed to play poker online. I will vote for a party that is for the people, that believes in the rights of the people, and knows that we are adults and do not need to be told what we can and can't do if it doesn't effect anyone else.
Ok, that was enough of a rampage. I need to go withdraw all of my money from non-US player accepting poker sites. If you are a government employee reading this, I do not play poker online. I never have. I always wait for the green hand before I cross the street. I never speed. I even eat my vegetables. ;) Lets all go to the US player accepting poker sites and Bust Some Fools.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Resizable Windows at Full Tilt FINALLY!
I hate to copy from another blog, but this is too awesome to not share it. Thank you Bill for the info.
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"Some notes:
THIS IS A BETA. Use it at your own risk. Read the beta page thoroughly before downloading so you know what to expect. Post your thoughts and general feedback in this thread, but if you find a real bug that isn’t on the “known bugs” list, please write in to beta@fulltiltpoker.com and include as much information as you can (how to reproduce, exactly what is wrong, screenshots, etc).
This beta will install in a new directory. To have your preferences and player notes in the beta client, you need to move your username.dat file from your current FTP directory
(default C:\Program Files\Full Tilt Poker) to the beta FTP directory
(default C:\Program Files\Full Tilt Poker Beta)
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Our Prayers Have Been Answered
So long Neteller, Hello YouTeller. Next month we will have an even better way to fund out accounts, and its name is YouTeller. Check it out at http://www.youteller.com/index2.php.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Absolute Poker Upping their fee
Effective: Thursday, February 22nd
Absolute Poker is still holding a strong position in the U.S. market providing poker players from around the world with the very best online poker experience. We are 100% committed to staying in the U.S. and provide your players with the easiest, fastest, secure deposit and cashout options. However, in light of Neteller and other popular ewallets leaving the U.S. ,our processing fees have increased upwards of 5 times. These costs are higher due to the new and only deposit options available to U.S. customers, some of these deposit options also require Absolute Poker to cash guarantee all funds - please note we keep a cash reserve to cover all of our player balances. Due to this increase in costs, Absolute Poker has ammended its terms and conditions so we can stay in business to enable you and Absolute Poker to keep making money and not be forced to leave the US market.
Absolute Poker is still holding a strong position in the U.S. market providing poker players from around the world with the very best online poker experience. We are 100% committed to staying in the U.S. and provide your players with the easiest, fastest, secure deposit and cashout options. However, in light of Neteller and other popular ewallets leaving the U.S. ,our processing fees have increased upwards of 5 times. These costs are higher due to the new and only deposit options available to U.S. customers, some of these deposit options also require Absolute Poker to cash guarantee all funds - please note we keep a cash reserve to cover all of our player balances. Due to this increase in costs, Absolute Poker has ammended its terms and conditions so we can stay in business to enable you and Absolute Poker to keep making money and not be forced to leave the US market.
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
Freeroll might be tricky to find
When you get into poker.com, choose real money, then go to Tournament, Private, Satellite. There you will find the Bust Some Fools freeroll. Check out www.bustsomefools.com for details.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Bus Some Fools Poker Tour
The Bust Some Fools Poker League has just started. Our first tournament will be a $60 freeroll at poker.com. Sign up for poker.com at the league's website, www.bustsomefools.com. This will make you eligible for all bounties that will be offered on my head in future poker.com tournaments we hold. The freeroll will be on the 16th of this month. Sign up for the tournament today. Check back with the site schedule often, and play in each tournament and win the league's championship. See you on the felt busting some fools.
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Awesome New Online Poker League
Bust Some Fools is starting a new poker league. Guess what it is called. BUST SOME FOOLS. Check it out at www.bustsomefools.com. We are starting off the league with a freeroll at Poker.com, a great poker site that stands out from the rest. We will be adding other sites, as well as other fun things, like bounties, and other poker games.
One of my favorite features is the rabbit hunt feature. You get to see what the next cards were going to be, but you have to show your cards. I love to raise with 27o, get everyone to fold, then rabbit hunt. Then I tighten up and get people to think I have crap when I raise. Of course later on, when my image has been figured out, I do it again.
The league is open to everyone, so come on and join up. It is absolutely free. If you use the links from this blog to download and install Poker.com, you will be eligable for all bounties we offer on that site. If we get too many players, we may limit the field to anyone that has already played in one of our tournaments.
Since I, like many of you, are in the United States, it can be hard to fund your poker accounts. I found an easy way to do this. Go to Walgreens or www.Gift2Go.net and buy the Gifts2Go visa cards. They come in various amounts. There is a small service fee, much like Neteller charged. I used one for Poker.com, and it worked perfectly. If you can't make it to Walgreens, I can transfer funds to your account in exchange for cash.
Looking forward to seeing you in the Bust Some Fools poker league busting some fools.
One of my favorite features is the rabbit hunt feature. You get to see what the next cards were going to be, but you have to show your cards. I love to raise with 27o, get everyone to fold, then rabbit hunt. Then I tighten up and get people to think I have crap when I raise. Of course later on, when my image has been figured out, I do it again.
The league is open to everyone, so come on and join up. It is absolutely free. If you use the links from this blog to download and install Poker.com, you will be eligable for all bounties we offer on that site. If we get too many players, we may limit the field to anyone that has already played in one of our tournaments.
Since I, like many of you, are in the United States, it can be hard to fund your poker accounts. I found an easy way to do this. Go to Walgreens or www.Gift2Go.net and buy the Gifts2Go visa cards. They come in various amounts. There is a small service fee, much like Neteller charged. I used one for Poker.com, and it worked perfectly. If you can't make it to Walgreens, I can transfer funds to your account in exchange for cash.
Looking forward to seeing you in the Bust Some Fools poker league busting some fools.
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