Dwal's Blog

This week

2008-09-09T14:14:00.000-07:00

Haven't played a ton of poker last two weeks because the beginning of school is a clusterfuck. Just played a little LO8 and done ok but not enough volume to make considerable dough. But still managed to keep up the workouts and only about 4 weeks until the AC half marathon. Without further adieu (sp) this past weeks workout

Tues 9/2 Run 2 miles: 15:36
Wed 9/3 Gym, Chest workout, 10 minutes Abs 20 minutes cardio
Thurs 9/4 Run 3 miles 25:13
Fri 9/5 Bike 6 miles 26:28
Sat 9/6 Gym,, Back workout, 10 minutes abs, 30 minutes cardio
Sun 9/7 Run 11 miles 1:35:59
Mon 9/8 Gym, Arm workout, 20 minutes cardio

Back To Work

2008-09-02T16:54:00.000-07:00

So summer is over and I'm back to work. Fucking Bullshit

This week

2008-08-02T10:41:00.000-07:00

Haven't played much poker this week. Just a bit of 5/10 O8 and a few tournies with modest results. But I cashed out a nice chunk so I am up for the summer even after way too much drunk blackjack in Vegas. Since I know its hugely interesting I'll break down my workouts for the week. Monday I was at my country house so I did nothing but swim and hike.

Tues:
Morning, Gym:
Back Workout, 10 minutes Abs, 30 minutes Eliptical
Evening:
2 mile Run in 16:37

Wed
Morning, Gym:
Leg Workout, 10 minutes Abs, 20 minutes Eliptical
Evening:
6 mile bike ride 27:15

Thurs:
Morning, Gym:
Shoulder Workout, 10 min Abs, 30 minutes stairs
Evening:
5 Mile Run 44:32

Fri:
Morning, Gym
Chest Workout, 10 min Abs, 30 minutes Eliptical

Sat:
Morning, Gym
Arm Workout, 10 min Abs, 30 min Stationary Bike

Probably no gym tomorrow and 6 mile run. Peace,

Dwal

Good weekend

2008-07-20T17:54:00.000-07:00

Won about 2k playing mostly 8/16 Limit O8 on Full Tilt. Amazing how bad the play is and i wish it was that way all week. Played a few MTT's but couldnt get anything going. Still waiting for a nice cash which hasn't come recently but now that the roll is up a decent amount i will play more then 2 a week so i got that going for me.

On the jog/workout front, I have been pretty hardcore. I decided to run the Atlantic City half-marathon again in October so starting a 12 week training for that tomorrow. I have been pretty much going to the gym every morning and then running or biking every night. Dropped about 10 lbs in july and hoping for 10 more before school starts.

Live FT and 750k

2008-07-14T13:48:00.000-07:00

Was down at the Borgata last sunday and made the FT of the 100+20. We ended up chopping 8 ways and I got $1100 so not too bad. I wouldn't have chopped but I was the shorty after losing AT < KQ all in pre. No other particularly exciting hands that I can think of. Those things are pretty much a pushfest after 4 levels anyway. Probably be back there on Friday.

Also made it ~deep in the 750k yesterday. Ended up 173rd for like $580. I just e-mailed support for the HH and will try to post it on Pxf as soon as i get it. I think I played pretty well overall but passed on a few spots late that might have been bad.

Back From Vegas

2008-07-05T15:58:00.001-07:00

Had a really good time even though I only hung out with Todd a few times and Stoner once. Freerolled into the 2 events I wanted to play (1500 PLO8 and 1500 HORSE) in a $320 SNG but was all downhill from there. Played the Venetian deepstack 3 times (2 330's and a 550) the Caesars megastack once (225) and the two WSOP events and didnt cash once. I misplayed a few big hands so need to get my tourney game in better sorts these next few weeks to make it a profitable summer. still did ok at cash even though i didn't play a ton of it. Played mainly 4/8 omaha at venetian with a half kill and a little 1/3 NL at Caesars. Also, the IP hooked me up by upgrading me to the penthouse suite which was fucking awesome. SO thanks, IP, its kind of a dump but i will surely stay there again if they continue to hook me up.

My most eventful run was in the Event 51, 1500 HORSE. I always feel like mixed games are usually my best bet, because i feel i play all games very well and am very good at adjusting to the switch in games. In the early levels I did best in the razz levels but never chipped up big until a sick hand came up in the Stud Hi round. I have about 8k in chips and the level is 100 ante, 200 bring-in, 500/1000

I was dealt (KK)4 in seat 5. seat one brought in 2 folds, seat 4 (station that likes to play a lot of hands and talk a lot) calls with (xx)T. I complete to 500. Seat 7 (big stack, new to the table, but had shown the wish to push us around) calls, seat 4 calls. 4th street seat 4 (xx)T3, dwal (KK)4Q, seat 7 (xx)J4. I bet, seat 7 raises, seat 4 folds. I plan to c/r on 5th when the limits double.
5th street. dwal (KK)4QK. seat 7 (xx)J4T bingo. looks pretty for me now. i check, he bets I raise he calls. 6th street. dwal (KK)4QK2. seat 7 (xx)J4T7 (3 diamonds) I figure he might have a flush now but i still have a ton of outs to fill up. dwal bets seat 7 calls. 7th street I look down at all 3 cards and see 3 kings in the hole. I quietly wet myself with excitement with my quad kings without a pair on the board and ~3600 left (KKK)4QK2. So I bet, he raises, I wet myself more and 3 bet and say "I only have 600 left". He says "how sick this is" and puts me all-in. I quickly say quad kings and quickly hear "you aren't going to believe this" and think can I seriously be beat by a straight flush? and he flips over quad 7's. with neither of us having a pair on the board. so sick and the whole table is amazed for about two levels and i am happy to be chipped up to about 18k and above average and thinking about coasting to Day 2.

We get to the last 8 hands on the night and I am holding onto about 17k and we are playing omaha. In the last 6 hands of the day I get aces twice and flop seats both times only to get called down and lose to flushes and then the last hand of the day I flop top set with QQ only to get beat by a runner runner flush and a runner runner low. sets suck in omaha. so I enter Day 2 with a measley 6500, half average with limits about to be 600/1200.

1st hand of Day 2, (LHE) it's folded to me OTB with KQc. I raise to 1200 and the BB calls. flop xxQ. I bet he calls. turn x. I bet he calls. river J, I bet he calls with QJ and rake the pot crippling me to about 2k. I fight to stay between 4k and 7k for about 2 hours but ultimately go out about 15-20 spots from the money when I lose a race with QQ < AK in the HE round. gg me. But had fun and am unfortunately back in jersey now. Peace out,

dwal

Vegas

2008-06-11T17:31:00.000-07:00

I leave for Vegas Monday 6/23 and staying likely until 7/1 or 7/2. Likely playing the 1500 PLO8 on tuesday 6/24 and the 1500 HORSE on that sunday. If anyone is going to be out there, feel free to let me know.

New Regimen

2008-06-03T17:37:00.000-07:00

So since the marathon I have slacked a bit, and May was pretty bad. Since the summer of dwal is quickly approaching, I have decided I must workout every day of June until Vegas (6/23) and the goal is lose 10 pounds by then. After being down to 185 at marathon-time, I am up now to between 200-205. A workout constitutes at least 5 exercises at the gym, 3 sets each, plus abs and >15 minutes of cardio, running at least 3 miles, or biking at least 8 miles. The first 3 days have so far been a success and i hope to keep it up and might even work out a few days while in vegas (doubtful).

As far as poker goes, my nights are free again with the BBT3 over. Didn't do as well as I would have liked, but I am in the ToC, and will be winning my Main Event seat on Saturday. Booked a $300 win at the hailme home game and probably heading to AC or a home game after the ToC win on sat to help expand the roll for Vegas. If I dont win my way into the ME, I will be playing at least Event 43 and Event 51. Peace out.

BBT/fishcakes

2008-05-25T06:14:00.000-07:00

Both are finishing up this week. Al did an amazing job so thank you for running this great series and thanks to Full Tilt for donating all the prizes. So I am currently sitting at 9th on the BBT leaderboard. I thought I would be better, and it will be tough to make it to the top 5 to get money, but I guess I can't complain about a free FT jersey. I hope I am able to play/run well in the TOC and hopefully procure my WSOP ME seat, or at least a 2k seat if I get 3rd or 4th.

But most importantly the fishcakes. After a nice 4th place finish in the Mookie on Thursday I put myself in decent shape to place in this thing. I am currently in 3rd place, 12 points behind the hated Lucko, and 2 points behind RecessRampage for 2nd. Should be an interesting final week and I am looking forward to the come from behind win!

On the working out front, after 3 weeks of slacking I finally had a good week. I guess playing less poker can be good for you. ran 3 miles tuesday and 4 thursday and went to the gym twice. I will probably sign up for the Atlantic City half marathon soon, because I always seem to do better when I am training for something.

Jogblog

2008-04-20T07:43:00.000-07:00

Ran 5 miles this morning, which is the most I have run since the marathon . Was pretty tired but ran it in 47:24 so about 9:20 miles, which isnt great, but better then I thought. Hopefully I get back into shape soon.

On the poker front, been in a rut lately. I havent been playing as much, because when I get in these I usually play my C game and even when I have played well the beats have come. So I'm going to lay back a bit, and just play in the BBT events and some of the steps on stars for the next few weeks.

Foxwoods/BBT

2008-04-02T16:01:00.001-07:00

Went Foxwoods this past weekend for the WPT prelim events and hung with lucko and Lj. Fun times. got there Thurs night and wasnt sure if I wanted to play the 1k friday. Sat in 2/5 and was up exactly 1k in about 5 hours of play so figured what the hell and signed up.

1k was decent structure. 50 min blinds, starting stacks of 6k. ~Doubled semi early with a flopped set of 2's against JJ. Then didn't have to show down another hand until Level 4 (25 ante 100/200) and I had 15k in chips, which was the most at my table. I get KK in EP and raise to 700, get 3 callers MP, CO, BB.

Flop K Q T rainbow. I dont like it, but i'm not getting away. I bet out 2k, CO shoves for about 9k. I call, he tables A6d (no diamnd on board) and i am very happy, thinking he had AJ. Of course J comes on river and i am crippled. I fight around for about another level and then lose JJ < AQ. I then start drinking pretty heavily and end up later at a drunk 1/2 table with sucko and LJ. I play awfully and have some pretty sick suckouts. Still only end up about +100 at the table. We grab some food and more booze and I go to bed. I wake up and hang in the room for a few hours and head over to the casino at 11ish. I am hungry and text sucko and he says he will be over at noonish so I hang and play blackjack for a bit. Lose about 600. We grab some food and get back and realize the wait for most things is 100 people deep. We catch a 1/2 PLO/PLO8 game with a seat open and sucko sits and get next. Short while later I get my seat. I get nothing and go down to about 200. Then all of a sudden the table agrees to up to 2/5. Shortly after I go on a sick rush and get up to 1600 or so when this hand happens. Button is the only one at the table who has me covered

So I get AKQQds(no spades)
2 limpers to me and i go to 25 in MP. Button calls, both limpers call

Flop: T J Q (wow dreamy). limper 1 bets 60 L2 folds, I raise to 200, button pots, I repot and it gets in. obv spade hits turn I dont fill up and I lose a 3600 pot. He had AK with nut spade redraw so cant blame him either.

So lose the biggest cash pot I have ever played and dont tilt too badly and buy back in. Game breaks shortly after and I head over to 2/5 NL. 3rd hand I win a big pot with set over set and end up up 1k. So all in all I leave Foxwoods about even.

BBT: Been donking a bit lately. Made an awful AI call with A7 in B v B when I guy had 3 bet me a bunch of time in a row. Also lost with middle set to top set in O8 last night when i should have been able to slow down. my bad.

Been running a bit lately. Sucks that I ran 26.2 miles 4 months ago and now get winded running 3. Oh well, i'll be back in shape in a few months i hope

Peace out yo

Freeroll

2008-03-23T20:30:00.001-07:00

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Easter Extravaganza

2008-03-23T14:54:00.000-07:00

Since my family isn't big into Easter, decided to head to Borgata for the Easter Extravangaza. $300 + 40, 30 minute levels, 10k chips to start. (110 entered, about 10k 1st) I play very tight the first few levels and never have to show down and get my stack up to about 14k. Table full of absolute stations like your typical Borg Tourney. Blinds are 100/200 and I am in the BB. UTG + 1 (has me covered) raises to 800 and 2 callers in MP and LP, I look down and see KdKh. I pop to 3100, and UTG + 1 shoves. 2 folds, I call. He shows JJ and flop comes 9TJ. No help and I am out after about 2 hours which sucks. Would have had a nice stack too.

I take a quick walk to compose myself and go over to 2/5 NL. They seat me between two friends, to my left has about 3k, to my right has about 4500 (500 max buy-in). To my right is raising every hand (thats my job asshole!) and I get nothing to play back at and they leave after about 20 hands and I haven't played a single hand yet. About 1 round later, I pick up AJh in MP. I raise to 25, new guy to my immediate left goes to 55, CO calls, rest fold. I call the small raise, and the flop comes QcThKh. Wow broadway with nut flush draw, not a bad flop. I have about 470, to my left has about $300, CO has me covered. CO donk bets 200 into the 180 or so pot and i get mad i have to shove and cant get some of 3 betters money as well. He flips AK! Way to play awful buddy!

No more major hands, I start to raise 50% or so, and often get 4 callers who all fold to my cbets with nothing. I leave with about $1700 for about a 1200 profit in only about 3 hours. so up a little more then 800 for the trip. Cant complain.

Happy Easter!

BOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!

2008-03-17T22:33:00.000-07:00

Won the hoy or whatever its called today. Get a entry into the TOC and some much needed TLB and sidebet points. Got heads up with Loretta and got QQ to his A something. played pretty aggro throughout, got lucky once or twice, standard tourney win. Well I'm pretty awesome, goodnight. I wish I knew how to take screenshots but I'm a retard

NCAA Tournament Pool

2008-03-16T17:53:00.001-07:00

Hey all in bloggersville, just wanted to announce to my 6 readers that I run an NCAA Tournament Pool. Its $25 to enter and you can pay me on stars (d_waldstein), Full Tilt (dwal78) or paypal (d_waldstein@hotmail.com) If you pay on paypal make sure to add an extra $1 for paypal fees. Or if you want to pay in another manner, feel free to e-mail me at the address above or just comment here.

ESPN Mens Tournament Challenge
group: waldstein
password: dwal

Try to get me money before first game (Thursday) if you are interested. If I dont know you personally make sure to let me know your entry name so I know who all the participants are. Usually get 40-50 entries but hoping for more this year.

As far as poker goes, havent been playing too much lately. Final Tables a PLO and got 7th on FT for like $200 after having a huge chip lead. Then was chip leader for 2 hours in the 10k guaranteed and ended up bubbling after losing most of my stack with KK vs AA. Had I won that hand I would have had double anyone else with like 50 left. In the Blogger Tourney's I got 16th on Thurs which really sucked for side bets sake. I shoved a huge draw with AQc into TT on a TK2 board with two clubs. Oh well, sucks to me me like always.

Peace out yo

SHIT!

2008-03-07T13:32:00.000-08:00

I just made a post on my blog about how bloggers suck at poker in blogger tournaments. Is this really what my life has become? Not sure what is sadder,

a) that I have a blog
b) that people are reading/have read my blog
c) that people commented about my blog post in my blog about bloggers playing badly in blogger tourneys

Bloggers?

2008-03-07T08:18:00.000-08:00

I'm amazed that the play is so bad in these tourneys. Does everyone who plays have a blog about poker? I would assume that at the worst everyone in these has to at least read about poker right? How can anyone be open limping on the button if they know anything about poker? How can anyone call bets ~late in the tourney with 2 BB behind if they know anything about poker? I have seen both these things happen multiple times in the 4 tourneys I played that I wanted to play in and I just dont get it.

It doesn't seem to be the people who know everyone who suck the most, so i guess that makes sense but as an "up and coming" blogger i felt it needed to be said. But I hope the poeple that suck continue to suck. Ans side note, I hear that all the cool bloggers link to a lot of blogs so if you want me to link to your blog, let me know. God, this blogging shit is dumb and i barely know how to form a sentence but anyway, fun stuff. Peace out.

Bubble Master

2008-03-04T16:41:00.000-08:00

First two Blogger tourney I got LB points but bubbled just out of the money. Sunday got 20th and top 18 paid. Shoved with AQ, ran into KK, nothing I could have done.

And then last night (Monday) in the 6-max I overplayed an OESD with only one card to play because a big stack who was playing very unorthodox looked weak to me with a turn lead on a 567J rainbow board and i thought he would fold to my shove. He had a set so I guess it was a mistake, but not sure if thats ROT though.

Been a fun few tourneys so far, I wish they started earlier because I wake up at 5 for work and all. Tonight is stud and I assume my edge will be greater in the non NLHE games being the master HORSE player I am. LOL

Blogger Tourneys

2008-02-29T16:34:00.000-08:00

Obviously no one reads my blog, but I think I'm going to play in this on FT. Could be a sweet way to win some WSOP seats and shit. Go me! If anyone sees me on IM or anything and i forget to play in any please remind me to play because i can be dumb sometimes

Bubble in Borgata Presidents Day 1k

2008-02-18T18:17:00.000-08:00

So had off today and decided to hit up the Borgata for the 1k + 100 at 11 a.m. Get down there just in time for the first hand. The start is not kind to me as I don't get a playable hand until the last hand before the end of level 2 (40 minute levels). About midway through level 3 I win a few nice pots with my only showdown being Jacks vs. tens and I am up to about 26k. Then there are about 5 minutes left before the first break when I get TT in MP. Blinds 100/200 and I raise a limper to 800. Limper calls and we get a flop of JQ4 with 2 clubs. I c-bet 1300 and he calls. The turn brings a red ten to give me the set. I bet 2600 and he calls. River is a sick K and he open shoves for about 9k. I have about 10k behind and tank pretty badly. I have him on a busted club draw but did it include an A. I really dont think so but dont think I can call more then pot and lay down. He shows 9T of hearts so good laydown dwal. Should have been easy fold but i just didnt think he had the A.

So I still am in good shape and we start losing people. (120 started, 18 pay, 1st 37k)

I start getting a lot more active and work up my stack to about 50k which is probably about average with 21 left with 3 tables of 7 (1k/2k blinds, 300 ante). I get 88 in MP and pop to 5k. CO calls, Button calls, BB calls. WTF. I mean the play was bad but this is ridiculous. flop comes Q94 rainbow. I am a puss and dont c-bet into 3 callers and it gets checked around. 8 peel on the turn to give me the set. BB bets 5k, I raise to 14k CO shoves (and has me covered) 2 folds, I instacall and he tables KTd which is a gutshot and a flush draw he picked up on the turn. The guttie hits and I am gone in 20th for a bubble that is hard to swallow. I probably should have cbet the flop there but didnt want to do it into 3 players. Cant believe this fucker flat calls a raise with KTs on the bubble.

Oh well so goes it. I win that pot I have over 100k and can bully the shit out of the table.

I suck at BR management!

2008-01-30T17:25:00.000-08:00

Ok I have no business having 11k online. Played some 100/200 O8b and did ok, but got killed in 10/20 PLO8 and lost about 3k the past 2 days. Took 70% of it offline because i have no BR management skills. So going to lay low for a few days and just play in the TPOAPC and maybe some small stakes NL cash. If you see me at FT playing dumb stakes, please yell at me.

Borgata Poker Open

2008-01-25T22:52:00.000-08:00

Ok all my faithful readers (both of them), I am back. So I went and met roddy and lucko at the Borgata last weekend and planned on playing some cash and maybe the $1500 event on sat. Got down there late Friday night and played a bit of 2/5 NL, ended up down about $600, when some crazy Norwegian guy sucked out on me twice. AA < K4s and another crappy hand i dont remember. I still play the event saturday anyway on no sleep.

I stay pretty much avergae stack throughout Day 1, and play really tight and pretty much double once an hour to stay alive. At about 1:00 a.m., we finally make the money after some very slow hand for hand play. We end Day 1 about 30 minutes later, and I bag 123k in chips, which is almost exactly average with 39 left. I go over and look at the payouts, and see that 1st is 207k, which would be nice. I rail LJ and have a few drinks, and bet every flop at a random table red/black with sucko for $100. I am up 200 but then we start flipping coins and a miraculous 7 tails in a row hit and i end up down $500. LJ chops the second chance with a monster stack for 12k.

I get a few hours sleep and come back around noon (play starts at 2:00) and grab some food. I start at table 1 with two small stacks behind me, and the big stack pretty far away.
I proceed to run over the table, and in the first level back, I go from 123k to about 320k without showing down a handand soon after we are down to 27 and redraw for new seats. I move to table 3 and my luck quickly changes. Every raise gets repopped, and quite quickly, I am back to under 200k. Card-deadness (yes its a word now) kicks in and i start to get blinded down. Luckily, we get down to 18 so we can re-draw for seats so hopefully i can get some cards. No such luck, I get blinded down to about 60k which is about 5 BB's and make a bad RR shove with no fold equity. I end up in 16th for about 5k. Pissed but still my first big cash in a big event like that.

To add to it, monday night I get 2nd in a 120+9 on Full Tilt for about 4700. I got into HU with a 3:1 chip lead but A7< K7 and then K8< Q7 and I get 2nd and yell at my computer.

On the running front, since the marathon, I have slacked, but have been lifting and hopefully will pick the running back up when the weather gets nicer. Peace out.

Marathon

2007-11-20T09:52:00.000-08:00

So its finally done. I am really proud of myself for finishing and it was probably the hardest thing I have ever done. Finished in around 4:18. It is really amazing how much I hurt right now, even two days later. Here is a mini breakdown for anyone interested.

Mile 2: Hasn't thinned out much yet, still moving pretty slow

Mile 5: Getting into a nice groove, still have the adrenaline pumping and dont feel at all tired yet.

Mile 6: See my friends wife and other friends gf, which is cool. They had a sign.

Mile 13: Halfway done and don't feel tired yet. I might actually be able to do this easier then I thought.

Mile 15: Uh oh, hit the first wall. Legs starting to get heavy and a cramp in the side doesn't help either

Mile 16: See a ridiculously hot girl on the side cheering. It helps for motivation. She was so fucking hot.

Mile 17: Fuck I have to piss but don't want to stop

Mile 18: Shit i really have to piss

Mile 19: It didn't go away

Mile 20: There's a port o potty, but there is a line, no way I'm waiting

Mile 21: I go in the woods. Once I stop running my legs instantly tighten up and i lose all momentum and the pain is intense.

Mile 22: I'm moving at a snails pace from the pee-stop. I want to stop and walk so bad but wont let myself do it.

Mile 23: Still cant get in a groove, shooting pains start going up my left leg in addition to my knee, ankle, and shins that are both killing me at this point.

Mile 24: Still coasting slowly, only 2 miles left.

Mile 25: Start to pick up the pace a little bit, see some friends and start moving really fast.

Mile 26: One last push and start sprinting

Mile 26.2: Sprint over the line and am done. Muscles instantly tighten up and within a minute i realize that it is in fact freezing cold and notice all the runners are shivering. Grab a free poncho but it doesn't help too much. Grab a bunch of water and a banana that feels like it might come up at any time.

Vegas for New Years!!!!!

2007-11-03T15:04:00.000-07:00

Pretty psyched just booked a Vegas trip over New Years, from 12/28/07 to 1/2/08. Lucko will be out there and mackem coming from across the pond as well. Also, WC will be out there with a few friends. Its supposed to be sick for New Years, so I can only imagine. This will also be the first time I am out there for an NFL Sunday so i'm pretty pumped about that.

HAven't played much poker lately but heading to AC Thursday and Friday (11/8-9) so will get to sharpen up and looking like a mini +1 AC meet on Dec. 14-16 for lots of drunken debauchery.

On the running front, just ran 22 miles this morning is about 3 and a half hours. My legs are killing me but the marathon is in 2 weeks so all these ridiculously long runs will be over soon.

20 Miles

2007-10-06T11:03:00.000-07:00

So I just ran 20 miles this morning and I think my legs are going to fall off. Probably the hardest thing I've ever done physically in my life, including boxing 6 rounds, wrestling an OT match, Football games, etc. Pretty sick, and i can only imagine what the actual marathon will be like in 5 weeks. Took about 3 and a half hours. I'll probably sore for 3 days but I feel like I can finish the race when it comes.

Running the Atlantic City half marathon next weekend as a training race. Also, finally going to get in some hands of poker since I have barely played in the last 6 weeks because work is still crazy from the start of the year and adjusting to a new school district.

Sat AC trip

2007-09-01T23:31:00.000-07:00

Just got home. Did well again. Biggest hand came when I was on the button with blacks 7's. 5 limpers to me, I raise to 20, end up with 6 callers. Flop A 9 7, 2 diamonds. checked to me, i bet 85, guy pushes for about 400 total i call, he has A9. sweet. Ended up about 1200 for i believe my 9th winning 2/5 NL session in a row. Had a tough hand where I three barreled with KK with an A on board and he called me with A4. I really thought I could get him to lay down. Lost about 350 on that hand but recovered.

As for the running, ran 12 miles this morning in 2:06:12. A little slower pace then I would have liked but I didnt want to run ahead of my friend so just stayed with him. That makes for 20 miles even this week.

Also, I went back to work this past week. Just meetings and shit, but the students come back on Tuesday. I wish summer were longer. Oh well, back to fucking reality

Wed AC Trip

2007-08-23T05:29:00.000-07:00

Running still going well and this is an easy week with just 3 5 mile runs so not too bad.

Took another day trip to AC yesterday. Started off nice with me doubled within a few minutes against a guy who missed a draw to my 2 pair and still paid me off on the river when his A hit even though he had no kicker. Then a tough hand came up.

I am in the SB with A7. 3 limpers and I call BB checks. Flop Ah Qs 7h. Bingo. I lead out for 20, BB calls, 2 folds, button raises to 120. He has about 260 behind and I have him well covered. I tank for a bit then push him in and he calls and tables AQ. NH. Later on I take a sick beat.

I am the SB with 44. 3 limpers, button makes it 20, I call, BB folds, 2 calls, i fold (90 in pot). Dream flop of A K 4 rainbow. Check to the button who overbets 100, I smooth call, another overcall and a fold. Turn T. check, check, Button bets 250, I push for another 280, one fold (he says AJ) and button calls and tables AT. River T and I am stuck a buy-in early.

I took a few other less bad beats and was down about 950 at one point then i started hitting flops like a champ. I got up to about 2k in front of me and then just started raising about 70% of hands. No one played back at me and i took a lot of small pots and lost a couple small ones where I didn't commit much. Then I look to see AA in UTG + 1. I made it the standard of 20 and get 3 callers. Flop Q 9 2. I bet 50, player to my left min raises to 100, fold fold, I go to 300 he pushes, i call he tables Q 7. It holds and then the table breaks and I leave up close to 2k.

Good day.

10 Miles!

2007-08-16T07:45:00.000-07:00

Because of wrobo's wedding this weekend, I decided to do my long run this weekend and just got back from a 10 miler. Finished in 1:40:18 so not too bad and about the pace I am looking for. You know its a long fucking run when you go through 5 towns and pass a ~pro baseball stadium.

In poker news, I unbutso'd myself and deposited $100 on Full Tilt. The plan is to play $25 NL and hopefully get up to $500 and then move up. In 3 days I have doubled my $100 and think I am playing pretty well so hopefully it sticks.

Stupid summer almost over so work is looming over everything. Fuck work

AC Again

2007-08-11T07:07:00.000-07:00

Went to AC thursday/Friday with Ryan and JB. Played for about 25 hours straight and the 2/5 table I played at for about 9 hours straight was right out of a wet dream. After donking around with them at a 1/2 table for a few hours and raising every pot, everyone else went to sleep and i went back to 2/5. Preflop raises to 30 would get 6 callers and every pot for a few hours was at least $500. It was a value betters dream. Unfortunately I couldn't get a hand. I got a bunch of SC's and one gappers but never hit the flop and only won about 5-6 hands in 9 hours, and ended up about $150 at the table. Overall lost about $150-200 for the trip but was a good time and i felt i played well and adjusted to the different tables nicely.

On the running note, just ran 9 miles this morning and feel pretty good. Time was 1:28:36.

Running Well Again

2007-08-05T07:35:00.001-07:00

Went down to Borgata again last night. Absolutely wild and awesome 2/5 table.

I actually played really tight because in my first 6 hours I didn't get a single pocket pair and no AK or AQ either. luckily i got a lot of suited connectors and one gappers that i hit and got paid off by retards. I was up about 1k and finally looked down to see KK in the BB. A raise in EP to 20 and 5 callers (yeh awesome table) and i popped to 150. 2 callers including the shorty in the SB (about 350 behind). flop 6 6 9 rainbow. SB donk bets 100 and i put him all-in and he has Q6s.

so i'm down to about 1k in front of me when about 20 minutes later i got AA in the SB. UTG raises to 15, 3 callers, I go to 100, BB goes to 250, UTG pushes for about 400 total. I of course push behind and BB folds and shows queens. UTG has kings and the aces hold. got lucky there which is awesome. so shortly after i cash out and go home with about 2300 and gives me 5 straight winning sessions which I am happy about.

Also ran my first long run in my marathon program but unfortunately i ran it in Sparta, NJ with Robby G, and that town has ridiculous hills. I felt like I was running up Everest and am hurting today. Fuck you Rob

Moving, Training and AC!

2007-08-02T21:37:00.000-07:00

So I moved this past weekend to a nice house in Somerville. Very happy with the place and has a nice big backyard for the dog. Moving sucks, but luckily its done.

Also This week started my 16 week training for the marathon. Ran a 3 miler on Tuesday and 5 miler on Thursday. First long run is 8 miles on saturday. Exciting I know

Also just returned from AC. I think I played pretty well and was up about 450 playing 2/5 at the Borgata in about a 3 hour session. Then played the $100+20 tourney with a songle add-on. As with most tourneys in AC the play was atrocious. 5k starting stack, 4th hand, 25/50 blinds I riase from MP to 200 with JJ. 2 callers behind. Flop J 8 4 rainbow. I bet 400, gets raised to 1400, one fold, i call. turn K. I check he bets 1500, I c/r all-in he calls with AQ so I double early. I fold JJ the very next hand to an all-in 3 bet preflop.

I get card-dead for a bit and after the break with blinds at 200/400/50 ante, i get jacks again in UTG + 2. UTG limps (standard and stack of about 11k), UTG+1 (absolutely awful player stack 7k) raises to 1k. I RR to 5k, UTG folds, UTG+1 pushes i call. He tables QJo, yes QJo. of course queen on the turn and i am now very short. Later I push to same donks limp with 88 and he calls with KQs and turns a queen again and bye bye dwal. Good cash session and i feel i played pretty well overall and have 4 straight winning live 2/5 sessions so i am back on an upswing.

Good Day in AC

2007-07-26T07:02:00.001-07:00

So I finally had a nice day in AC. Sat at 2/5 NL for awhile and didn't play a hand for 2 orbits. A lot of people were limp-folding or calling raises then folding to a c-bet. so I got 95h OTB and raised 3 limpers to $30 (awful i know) BB calls, UTG calls 2 folds. flop came 5 5 4 rainbow which made me happy. BB donk bet $35 and UTG called. I went to $135 BB folds UTG calls. Turn 5. UTG checks, I bet 200 (he had about 260 in front, i had him covered) he tanks for a few minutes then pushes, i call. He tables 77 and i am a happy donk.

Then I proceeded to win a lot of small pots and cashed out for a profit of about 1100. Then I played the 7:15 tourney. This was the worst played tourney I have ever seen. I got no hands for the first 6 levels but played a lot of small pots early, hit a few flops and got a nice stack at the 2nd break of about 35k (10k to start). then I got some big hands and amassed a nice stack and then got card-dead but still came to the Final Table about an average stack. Well got down to 3 and i worked a very nice chop as the short stack and got just about 2nd place money for 2100. I'm an awesome negotiator. then went home and almost ran out of gas because i'm an idiot.

Also I'm moving on saturday which sucks. But its a sweet place with a nice backyard for the dog. Still coming along on the running thing and am going to do 9 miles tomorrow.

Borgata

2007-07-15T10:22:00.000-07:00

So made my first AC trip since vegas and wasn't in the mood to play cash games so decided to play the 50k guarantee at the Borgata. Pretty good structure and there were 45 tables, 45 spots paid, and 1st was 34k.

No really tricky hands. Was card dead most of the 5.5 hours I played and saw TT twice and no pair over that. Got down to last 8 tables but was riding a short stack most of the time and then ran TT into JJ when I pushed pre with about 5 BB. 34k would have been nice. Oh well. Good structure so that tourney will definitely be hearing from me again.

Had a nice run today. Did 5 miles then walked for about 5 minutes before doing some sprints. I did 15 second sprints followed by 45 seconds of walking. I did about 15 and then was dead from the combination of the 2. Starting to get mentally and physically back together from Vegas but still behind where I was when i left

Time Off

2007-07-12T07:37:00.000-07:00

So after getting beat up a bit in vegas, I took a few weeks off from poker and will get it back going again tomorrow. The tone was set about 3 hours into my trip. I had built my initial $500 stack to about 1450 playing 2/5 NL, when I saw 68 clubs on the button. 2 limpers to me, I raise to $25, BB calls UTG calls. BB is only player that has me covered. Flop is 4 7 9 all clubs. Bingo, flush with OESFD. checked to me, I bet $55, BB raises to 150, UTG folds, I raise to 450, BB calls. He bets $500, I push he calls with a set of 7's. River is a 9 and butso dwal.

So the carnage continues for the next fews days and I am down 4k, almost my whole vegas roll. I am leaving monday afternoon and checked out sunday morning to play a 30 hour session or so until my flight left. Played 2/5 and was close to even after a swingy session of about 16 hours. Then saw a 2/4 mixed game was opening up and figured I'd donk around for a few hours and have some fun. It turned out to be pretty much all dealers from the mgm and me. We played dealer calls for one round at a time, and pretty much all games were played. ALthough it was 2/4, most pots were capped (straddled and then 5 raises on top) preflop 7-8 ways. awesome. so much fun and the staff there was awesome and really cool to play with. I ended up playing this game for about 10 hours it was so much fun and won about $400. (100 BB) Then it was breaking and decided to play in there morning $65 tourney just to kill time before my flight.

It was a push anything awful structure and I got to the FT as the chip leader with less then 10 BB. Long story short, I end up taking it down for about 1700 to limit my losses a bit. All in all a fun trip, although did not compare to last year.

As for running been slacking a bit since I got back, but righted the ship the past 2 days and ran 5 miles and 3 miles respectively. Ran the 3 today in 26:36, so not too bad. Hope to run 9 on sunday and get myself back in full training mode.

ONE MORE DAY!!!!

2007-06-19T11:10:00.001-07:00

This title is twofold.
a) only one day left of school until I am free for the summer.

b) One more day until Vegas. Most who know me, are aware that vegas is my Mecca. Cant wait to get there, I havent been for 2 months and am jonesin

Almost Done!

2007-06-14T20:01:00.000-07:00

So the real last day of school was today. All I have left is 4 days of finals so I am pretty much done. The sports awards banquet was tonight as well so me and all my basketball players got our state championship jackets so everyone was really happy.

Also, 6 more days until Vegas! Very pumped to get out there and beat up on some of the cash games and possibly play some of the deep stack tourneys at Binions and Venetian.

First Post

2007-06-13T17:15:00.000-07:00

OK I'll start this off. I'm a teacher about to be off for the summer and figured I'd write about my exploits on here. It will mostly be about poker and running and about other things that happen in my life that are awesome. Since I'm off for the summer, i'll probably be in AC about 4-5 days a week so i'll have plenty to write about. I'll be more detailed in future posts so here is just an intro

I'll start with my session at the Trop yesterday in AC. Played 1/2 NL for about 4 hours and ended down about $100. I played a few hands awfully, picked off a few nice river bluffs and got sucked out on in a huge pot with a set of 6's to a flush draw. Overall not as awful as it could have been.

Then I decided to play the 7:15 $100 + 20 tourney (1 add-on) . 1st place was 10k. about 110 players. With about 60 players left Blinds were 200/400 with 50 ante. I had 7600 in the BB, villian had about 13k. Folded to button, who makes it 1200 and i look down to see AcKd. I push and get called after he thinks for about a minute. He shows QJ clubs. flop A K 6, turn T, bye-bye dwal. OK enough bad beats.

So I recently decided to run the Philadelphia marathon in November. I have never been much of a runner, but figured why the hell not. So today I ran 5 miles in just under 45 minutes. Not too bad and long run of 9 miles will come sunday morning.

Thats all i got for today.