The other day I was rooting on my boy Elky to win the World Poker Tour Championship and he finished a disappointing 3rd. Although it is hard to grasp somebody upset over winning $775k it happens all the time. I can remember when my good friend Dave Baker got 5th at the Bellagio like it was yesterday. We had started off the day having lunch with Ray, Dave's brother Seth and Dave and Seth's parents. We ended the night off at Stack at The Mirage and in between Joe Pelton managed to fit a horseshoe insided his Ass and screw over Dave in the process and leaving Dave $120k day instead of much much more.
Anyway, Elky played unbelievably well and got his $ in as roughly a 60% favorite preflop which is hard to do in a 3 way preflop pot 4 handed. After the final table we all went to Picasso in the Bellagio and had a great meal, great wine, and great conversation. At one point at dinner we were talking about a poker player named prince who wears jewelry and is a gambling degenerate. Someone asked where PRince got all his $ and Eric Liu in his non americanized voice said "I would imagine from record sales" which I will never forget. We all cracked up and Eric had no clue why.
You might have thought that was a great day but the day I am remembering is today. I picked up Austin from after school day care and took him to the movies and we started talking baseball and I remembered I needed to get his basball stuff from his mother's house. Since I lost my phone 3 days ago I couldn' t call her so I decided to stop by (side note I still don't have a phone and really don't want one). My little honey Ashley was so happy to see me and my ex let me play with her for a long time. I helped Austin with his homework with Ashley on my lap and then Kathleen asked me if I wanted to put her to bed which I haven't gotten to do in over 2 years. I am crying while typing this because I miss my baby girl so much. I read her book after book after book and sang to her as I did when she was a baby girl. I really miss those days and am ecstatic I got to enjoy that again. Ashley told me she wishes that I were her Daddy and asked if she could come live with me and I just shed a tear and she says, "ahh, don't cry daddy" and don't tell Mommy I called you Daddy. She is truly the sweetest little girl in the whole world & I hope Kathleen and I continue to get along so I can see her more and more.
Ok back to Poker so I can quit crying. Here is a hand from a 10-20 plo game tonight on Stars. I just chopped a plo tourney in Caesars with xxsteinxx and no for a fact that he is done on the river if I fire and I have no info on the other villain. I decided to not raise the flop b/c my hand has no showdown value obv. In this instance I played the hand perfectly b/c I had 100% correct read on 1 of 2 opponents and that is sometimes all u need. I am 100% sure the other guy had AA and was about 70% sure he would fold to a big bet on the end. It's nice when a plan comes together. Enjoy and gla
** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Sooners [9d Jd Kh Qh]
yuanyuan: folds
yuanyuan is sitting out
xthesteinx: raises $40 to $60
damiancho2: folds
ScoopIdo: raises $150 to $210
flaneur: folds
ervinprifti: folds
Sooners: calls $210
Lt.McLuckbox: folds
EDWARDHOPPER: folds
xthesteinx: calls $150
*** FLOP *** [Ts 8d 8h]
xthesteinx: checks
ScoopIdo: checks
Sooners: checks
*** TURN *** [Ts 8d 8h] [5c]
xthesteinx: bets $280
ScoopIdo: calls $280
Sooners: calls $280
*** RIVER *** [Ts 8d 8h 5c] [2c]
xthesteinx: checks
ScoopIdo: checks
Sooners: bets $1400
xthesteinx: folds
ScoopIdo: folds
Uncalled bet ($1400) returned to Sooners
Sooners collected $1497 from pot
Sooners: doesn't show hand
xthesteinx said, "shooow"
xthesteinx said, "booooo"
Sooners said, "i cant"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1500 | Rake $3
Board [Ts 8d 8h 5c 2c]
Seat 1: flaneur folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ervinprifti folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Sooners (button) collected ($1497)
Seat 4: Lt.McLuckbox (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: EDWARDHOPPER (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: yuanyuan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: xthesteinx folded on the River
Seat 8: damiancho2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: ScoopIdo folded on the River
Russ
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Go Elky Go
Quick post b/c I 've been up way too long. Going to watch WPT Championship tomorrow where my good friend and backer Elky is going to take it down and $2.1 Mil in the process. I have been in Vegas for 3 weeks and I am in my 4th hotel and damn it's getting old. I used to love to come out here but I really don't like the town that much anymore. I did see a friend I haven't seen in 20 yrs today so that was nice. I will write more when I can think straight. Go Elky go!!!!
Friday, April 17, 2009
What is Pressure?
Lee Trevino was asked if he thinks Tiger is the best pressure player ever to which he quipped, 'Pressure? Are u joking? He has hundreds of millions whether he makes a putt or not. Pressure is playing for $25 a hole when u have $5 in your pocket, that's pressure'.
I have always been a pressure player. From as far back as I can remember I always had my best games whether it be Football, Basketball, or Baseball when I needed to perform the most. Well, it's not supposed to be the same in the poker world because there is an adherent amount of luck that is involved in a game of chance like Poker. That being said I feel I always play my best when the pressure is on. I remember needing a $30 k retainer to go to court to try to get visitation to my son's sister who I view as my baby girl and I took $1000 and drove 8 hrs to New Orleans for 2 $500 tourneys.
The 1st tourney I was so choked up I could barely play but I righted myself for the 2nd tourney and shipped it for exactly $30k which I took back and gave to my lawyer. Well my backer Elky is on a huge downswing but I told him I had to play the $550 tourney today at Caesars and he told me to pick up a $1000 from his girlfriend Cathy who was over there so I did. I always get excited about live Pot Limit Omaha tourneys because it is my best game and Holdem players for the most part play PLO very poorly. I didn't have any luck for the 1st 2 hours and got unlucky several times but I stole enough chips to stay afloat & then got my $ in really good for a key pot with about 30 players left. When dinner break rolled around 6 hrs into the tournament we were down to 23 players and I had an avg stack and knew I 'd be fine unless I got very unlucky. To make a long story short I ended up 3 handed with 2 very good players and they asked for a chop. 1st place was 11.5 k and 3rd was 4500 so we agreed to take the $ and chop it evenly giving each of us $7700 for 10 hrs work.
I went to the Bellagio next door and there was a gr8 25-50 game that I got talked into playing by a couple of good friends who put up half the $ so I did and although I lost a little in the game I played fine but just got unlucky which is just how it goes sometimes. I do not know what I am going to play next but it feels good to have a little money in my pocket and have options.
Russ
I have always been a pressure player. From as far back as I can remember I always had my best games whether it be Football, Basketball, or Baseball when I needed to perform the most. Well, it's not supposed to be the same in the poker world because there is an adherent amount of luck that is involved in a game of chance like Poker. That being said I feel I always play my best when the pressure is on. I remember needing a $30 k retainer to go to court to try to get visitation to my son's sister who I view as my baby girl and I took $1000 and drove 8 hrs to New Orleans for 2 $500 tourneys.
The 1st tourney I was so choked up I could barely play but I righted myself for the 2nd tourney and shipped it for exactly $30k which I took back and gave to my lawyer. Well my backer Elky is on a huge downswing but I told him I had to play the $550 tourney today at Caesars and he told me to pick up a $1000 from his girlfriend Cathy who was over there so I did. I always get excited about live Pot Limit Omaha tourneys because it is my best game and Holdem players for the most part play PLO very poorly. I didn't have any luck for the 1st 2 hours and got unlucky several times but I stole enough chips to stay afloat & then got my $ in really good for a key pot with about 30 players left. When dinner break rolled around 6 hrs into the tournament we were down to 23 players and I had an avg stack and knew I 'd be fine unless I got very unlucky. To make a long story short I ended up 3 handed with 2 very good players and they asked for a chop. 1st place was 11.5 k and 3rd was 4500 so we agreed to take the $ and chop it evenly giving each of us $7700 for 10 hrs work.
I went to the Bellagio next door and there was a gr8 25-50 game that I got talked into playing by a couple of good friends who put up half the $ so I did and although I lost a little in the game I played fine but just got unlucky which is just how it goes sometimes. I do not know what I am going to play next but it feels good to have a little money in my pocket and have options.
Russ
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Of Course I Believe In Luck
How else can I describe the successes of those who play far worse than I? I haven't been playing hardly at all which is why I have not been updating lately. My backer Elky (who coincidentally is on the cover of Cardplayer Magazine) is on a 7 figure downswing and as such hasn't been in the best of moods. I had a schedule to play 20 events this month and I am not going to come close to that number if I don't get some funds from him quick. I am totally bored out of my mind sittin in my buddies apartment in Vegas watchin movie after movie but it is what it is.
The worst thing about this is that I have been playing so damn well I didn't want to take a break. I would rather be home with my kid if I am not going to be playing so this really sucks but hopefully we can get to work soon. I'll update more when I start playing again.
Russ
The worst thing about this is that I have been playing so damn well I didn't want to take a break. I would rather be home with my kid if I am not going to be playing so this really sucks but hopefully we can get to work soon. I'll update more when I start playing again.
Russ
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Vegas & Da Scoop
I got to Sin City on Saturday and am here for a few weeks and haven't blogged for a few days and have had a few people get onto me about it. I don't know what it is but I never seem to do well in Las Vegas whether I am playing online or not. I mean I have some successes (sunday million win) & won a few tourneys but overall I just do not do well here.
The playboy party the other night was a lot of fun. My buddies Ray and Taylor were there as well as a beautiful girl Shanna who I really pissed off by not paying enough attn to her apparently but w/e, if I was good with relationships I would still be married. Eric Mizrachi and Homeless showed up as well as a few other pals and we had a good time. I do not remember much of the night because I don't normally drink like that but everyone said I had a good time (lol)
The scoop stud h/l was brutal the other night. I cashed in both the $22 and the $215 and the $215 had over 3000 players and I was in 12th when this hand came up.
Seat 1: z32fanatic (78250 in chips)
Seat 2: BigOrange44 (403115 in chips)
Seat 3: Beat By Rags (111179 in chips)
Seat 4: icefloe (374336 in chips)
Seat 5: krookedDJ (12089 in chips)
Seat 7: Sooners (256358 in chips)
Seat 8: P0KERDUUDE (621709 in chips)
z32fanatic: posts the ante 2400
BigOrange44: posts the ante 2400
Beat By Rags: posts the ante 2400
icefloe: posts the ante 2400
krookedDJ: posts the ante 2400
Sooners: posts the ante 2400
P0KERDUUDE: posts the ante 2400
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to z32fanatic [5s]
Dealt to BigOrange44 [3h]
Dealt to Beat By Rags [7d]
Dealt to icefloe [9c]
Dealt to krookedDJ [8c]
Dealt to Sooners [Ad 3c 3d]
Dealt to P0KERDUUDE [5h]
Sooners: brings in for 3600
P0KERDUUDE: folds
z32fanatic: folds
Beat By Rags said, "so lucky u are"
BigOrange44: raises 8400 to 12000
P0KERDUUDE said, "lol close one"
Sooners said, "yeah ur funny"
Beat By Rags: folds
icefloe: folds
krookedDJ: folds
Sooners: calls 8400
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to BigOrange44 [3h] [Qd]
Dealt to Sooners [Ad 3c 3d] [As]
Sooners: checks
BigOrange44: bets 12000
_cardy_ is connected
Beat By Rags said, "a pair and the nut low draw on 5th id say u got lucky"
Sooners: raises 12000 to 24000
BigOrange44: raises 12000 to 36000
Sooners said, " that hand i was lucky yes"
Sooners said, "not overall"
Sooners: raises 12000 to 48000
Betting is capped
BigOrange44: calls 12000
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to BigOrange44 [3h Qd] [Qc]
Dealt to Sooners [Ad 3c 3d As] [Td]
BigOrange44: bets 24000
Sooners: calls 24000
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to BigOrange44 [3h Qd Qc] [8d]
Dealt to Sooners [Ad 3c 3d As Td] [Ac]
Sooners: bets 24000
BigOrange44: raises 24000 to 48000
Sooners: raises 24000 to 72000
BigOrange44: raises 24000 to 96000
Betting is capped
Sooners: calls 24000
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to Sooners [Ad 3c 3d As Td Ac] [7h]
Sooners: bets 24000
BigOrange44: raises 24000 to 48000
Sooners: raises 24000 to 72000
BigOrange44: raises 24000 to 96000
Betting is capped
Sooners: calls 1958 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (22042) returned to BigOrange44
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BigOrange44: shows [Qh Qs 3h Qd Qc 8d 3s] (HI: four of a kind, Queens)
Sooners: shows [Ad 3c 3d As Td Ac 7h] (HI: a full house, Aces full of Threes)
Sooners said, "yep im lucky"
BigOrange44 collected 524716 from pot
No low hand qualified
icefloe said, "ROTFL!"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 524716 | Rake 0
Seat 1: z32fanatic folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BigOrange44 showed [Qh Qs 3h Qd Qc 8d 3s] and won (524716) with HI: four of a kind, Queens
Seat 3: Beat By Rags folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 4: icefloe folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 5: krookedDJ folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Sooners showed [Ad 3c 3d As Td Ac 7h] and lost with HI: a full house, Aces full of Threes
Seat 8: P0KERDUUDE folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Now to get bounced by Aces full to quads always sucks, it is even moreso after beating 3000 players (many have no clue & are even harder to beat) so instead of being the chip leader and a good shot at $26k I end up with shit ($400 or w/e it was)
Later that night this happened in cash game between about 6 more hands just like them.
Dealt to Sooners [Tc 9d Kh Ks]
bruce18lee: folds
jaymac111: folds
cane3418: folds
Gladys67: folds
flabbygaby: raises $20 to $40
Choron: calls $40
hamsa: folds
ktrieu: folds
Sooners: calls $20
*** FLOP *** [8h Kc Qh]
Sooners: bets $120
flabbygaby: calls $120
Choron: calls $120
*** TURN *** [8h Kc Qh] [7c]
Sooners: bets $487
flabbygaby: raises $530 to $1017 and is all-in
Choron: folds
Sooners: calls $530
*** RIVER *** [8h Kc Qh 7c] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sooners: shows [Tc 9d Kh Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
flabbygaby: shows [Qc Kd 2c 7d] (a flush, King high)
Sooners said, "omg"
flabbygaby collected $2521 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2524 | Rake $3
Board [8h Kc Qh 7c 3c]
Seat 1: Sooners (big blind) showed [Tc 9d Kh Ks] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 2: bruce18lee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: jaymac111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: cane3418 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Gladys67 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: flabbygaby showed [Qc Kd 2c 7d] and won ($2521) with a flush, King high
Seat 7: Choron folded on the Turn
Seat 8: hamsa (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: ktrieu (small blind) folded before Flop
Not really into posting bad beats but my boy Shaniac said people like to read HH and I ve been asked to post some hands. Hopefully next time I will be posting a hand that I actually win :) Going to Venetian tomorrow and plan on winning it so I will post more soon. GL
Russ
The playboy party the other night was a lot of fun. My buddies Ray and Taylor were there as well as a beautiful girl Shanna who I really pissed off by not paying enough attn to her apparently but w/e, if I was good with relationships I would still be married. Eric Mizrachi and Homeless showed up as well as a few other pals and we had a good time. I do not remember much of the night because I don't normally drink like that but everyone said I had a good time (lol)
The scoop stud h/l was brutal the other night. I cashed in both the $22 and the $215 and the $215 had over 3000 players and I was in 12th when this hand came up.
Seat 1: z32fanatic (78250 in chips)
Seat 2: BigOrange44 (403115 in chips)
Seat 3: Beat By Rags (111179 in chips)
Seat 4: icefloe (374336 in chips)
Seat 5: krookedDJ (12089 in chips)
Seat 7: Sooners (256358 in chips)
Seat 8: P0KERDUUDE (621709 in chips)
z32fanatic: posts the ante 2400
BigOrange44: posts the ante 2400
Beat By Rags: posts the ante 2400
icefloe: posts the ante 2400
krookedDJ: posts the ante 2400
Sooners: posts the ante 2400
P0KERDUUDE: posts the ante 2400
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to z32fanatic [5s]
Dealt to BigOrange44 [3h]
Dealt to Beat By Rags [7d]
Dealt to icefloe [9c]
Dealt to krookedDJ [8c]
Dealt to Sooners [Ad 3c 3d]
Dealt to P0KERDUUDE [5h]
Sooners: brings in for 3600
P0KERDUUDE: folds
z32fanatic: folds
Beat By Rags said, "so lucky u are"
BigOrange44: raises 8400 to 12000
P0KERDUUDE said, "lol close one"
Sooners said, "yeah ur funny"
Beat By Rags: folds
icefloe: folds
krookedDJ: folds
Sooners: calls 8400
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to BigOrange44 [3h] [Qd]
Dealt to Sooners [Ad 3c 3d] [As]
Sooners: checks
BigOrange44: bets 12000
_cardy_ is connected
Beat By Rags said, "a pair and the nut low draw on 5th id say u got lucky"
Sooners: raises 12000 to 24000
BigOrange44: raises 12000 to 36000
Sooners said, " that hand i was lucky yes"
Sooners said, "not overall"
Sooners: raises 12000 to 48000
Betting is capped
BigOrange44: calls 12000
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to BigOrange44 [3h Qd] [Qc]
Dealt to Sooners [Ad 3c 3d As] [Td]
BigOrange44: bets 24000
Sooners: calls 24000
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to BigOrange44 [3h Qd Qc] [8d]
Dealt to Sooners [Ad 3c 3d As Td] [Ac]
Sooners: bets 24000
BigOrange44: raises 24000 to 48000
Sooners: raises 24000 to 72000
BigOrange44: raises 24000 to 96000
Betting is capped
Sooners: calls 24000
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to Sooners [Ad 3c 3d As Td Ac] [7h]
Sooners: bets 24000
BigOrange44: raises 24000 to 48000
Sooners: raises 24000 to 72000
BigOrange44: raises 24000 to 96000
Betting is capped
Sooners: calls 1958 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (22042) returned to BigOrange44
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BigOrange44: shows [Qh Qs 3h Qd Qc 8d 3s] (HI: four of a kind, Queens)
Sooners: shows [Ad 3c 3d As Td Ac 7h] (HI: a full house, Aces full of Threes)
Sooners said, "yep im lucky"
BigOrange44 collected 524716 from pot
No low hand qualified
icefloe said, "ROTFL!"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 524716 | Rake 0
Seat 1: z32fanatic folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BigOrange44 showed [Qh Qs 3h Qd Qc 8d 3s] and won (524716) with HI: four of a kind, Queens
Seat 3: Beat By Rags folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 4: icefloe folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 5: krookedDJ folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Sooners showed [Ad 3c 3d As Td Ac 7h] and lost with HI: a full house, Aces full of Threes
Seat 8: P0KERDUUDE folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Now to get bounced by Aces full to quads always sucks, it is even moreso after beating 3000 players (many have no clue & are even harder to beat) so instead of being the chip leader and a good shot at $26k I end up with shit ($400 or w/e it was)
Later that night this happened in cash game between about 6 more hands just like them.
Dealt to Sooners [Tc 9d Kh Ks]
bruce18lee: folds
jaymac111: folds
cane3418: folds
Gladys67: folds
flabbygaby: raises $20 to $40
Choron: calls $40
hamsa: folds
ktrieu: folds
Sooners: calls $20
*** FLOP *** [8h Kc Qh]
Sooners: bets $120
flabbygaby: calls $120
Choron: calls $120
*** TURN *** [8h Kc Qh] [7c]
Sooners: bets $487
flabbygaby: raises $530 to $1017 and is all-in
Choron: folds
Sooners: calls $530
*** RIVER *** [8h Kc Qh 7c] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sooners: shows [Tc 9d Kh Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
flabbygaby: shows [Qc Kd 2c 7d] (a flush, King high)
Sooners said, "omg"
flabbygaby collected $2521 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2524 | Rake $3
Board [8h Kc Qh 7c 3c]
Seat 1: Sooners (big blind) showed [Tc 9d Kh Ks] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 2: bruce18lee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: jaymac111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: cane3418 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Gladys67 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: flabbygaby showed [Qc Kd 2c 7d] and won ($2521) with a flush, King high
Seat 7: Choron folded on the Turn
Seat 8: hamsa (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: ktrieu (small blind) folded before Flop
Not really into posting bad beats but my boy Shaniac said people like to read HH and I ve been asked to post some hands. Hopefully next time I will be posting a hand that I actually win :) Going to Venetian tomorrow and plan on winning it so I will post more soon. GL
Russ
Friday, April 3, 2009
3 weeks in Vegas & greatest slowroll ever
Tomorrow morning is my son's first baseball game ever and so I put off my trip from Monday until tomorrow b/c well he's more important than anything. My friend Taylor & I leave tomorrow through the 27th and are going to grind the tournaments @ the Venetian Best cardroom in Vegas) but tomorrow will be all partying!
After I check into my suite next to the Bunny Hut (top floor of Palms) we are headed to a table on the dance floor of Moon for Hefner's (yes that Hefner) playboy bday party. I wouldn't spring for a dance floor table which is 4 bottle minimum and about $2500 but luckily I have a few friends who don't mind. After we drink an insane amount of Vodka with friends we will work but first things first.
Now I have always been against slowrolling and would never do it to someone who didn't ask for it or who I didn't know but this was too good to pass up. I sat down with my good friend Chris Moneymaker in a 1-2 plo game & Chris and I play a lot together online and we get along great. He is definitely one of my good friends and is a stand up guy. I could care less about the fact that he is a world champion but I love the fact that he's just a grounded normal fellow.
Anyway, we always call each other names like fishcakes and donkapotamus when playing and this hand comes up.
After I check into my suite next to the Bunny Hut (top floor of Palms) we are headed to a table on the dance floor of Moon for Hefner's (yes that Hefner) playboy bday party. I wouldn't spring for a dance floor table which is 4 bottle minimum and about $2500 but luckily I have a few friends who don't mind. After we drink an insane amount of Vodka with friends we will work but first things first.
Now I have always been against slowrolling and would never do it to someone who didn't ask for it or who I didn't know but this was too good to pass up. I sat down with my good friend Chris Moneymaker in a 1-2 plo game & Chris and I play a lot together online and we get along great. He is definitely one of my good friends and is a stand up guy. I could care less about the fact that he is a world champion but I love the fact that he's just a grounded normal fellow.
Anyway, we always call each other names like fishcakes and donkapotamus when playing and this hand comes up.
*********** # 31 **************
PokerStars Game #26703636670: Omaha Pot Limit ($1/$2) - 2009/04/04 2:44:01 ET
Table 'Silvretta' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Money800 ($789.15 in chips)
Seat 2: Sooners ($200 in chips)
Sooners: posts small blind $1
Money800: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Sooners [Qh Jc Tc 2d]
Money800 said, "lo"
Money800 said, "l"
Sooners: calls $1
Sooners said, "l"
Money800: checks
*** FLOP *** [6h 9c 8c]
Sooners said, "o"
Sooners said, "l"
Money800: checks
Sooners said, "im drining too obv"
Sooners: bets $3.80
Money800: calls $3.80
*** TURN *** [6h 9c 8c] [Qc]
Money800: checks
greasetrucks [observer] said, "i'm a peaty scotch drinker"
Sooners: bets $10
Money800: calls $10
*** RIVER *** [6h 9c 8c Qc] [6c]
Money800: checks
Sooners: bets $31.10
Sooners said, "raise"
greasetrucks [observer] said, "18 yr glenlivet"
Money800 said, "play worse when you drink"
Money800: raises $93.30 to $124.40
slvalley [observer] said, "the entire planet is drunk or on their way"
newluckytaco [observer] said, "Sooner the more money you give him the more i can take from him"
Sooners said, "what do u have?"
slvalley [observer] said, "good q"
Sooners said, "i have a frush"
Money800 said, "6"
slvalley [observer] said, "lol"
Sooners said, "6 what?"
Money800 said, "fold"
slvalley [observer] said, "omfg"
Sooners: raises $59.80 to $184.20 and is all-in
Money800 said, "fishcake"
Money800: calls $59.80
pepe8505 [observer] said, "is full"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sooners: shows [Qh Jc Tc 2d] (a straight flush, Eight to Queen)
Money800: mucks hand
Sooners collected $399.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $400 | Rake $0.50
Board [6h 9c 8c Qc 6c]
Seat 1: Money800 (big blind) mucked [8s 2h 8d Qd]
Seat 2: Sooners (button) (small blind) showed [Qh Jc Tc 2d] and won ($399.50) with a straight flush, Eight to Queen
Omg I laughed so hard I could hardly breathe. The rail was blowing up as it always is when a top pro sits down
and that made it that much funnier. I guarantee you when he calls me tomorrow we are going to have some friendly banter.
Gl to everyone and I look fwd to this next few weeks. I am going to light it up, mark my words.
Russ
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Accountability
There is accountability in everyday life whether it be our personal life or business. Sometimes the two intertwine. I am watching Sportscenter at the moment and John Calipari's press conference and also awaiting any news on Oklahoma's Head Coach Jeff Capel who I really want to stay at OU.
Although I would love to see Capel stay I laugh at the people who ridicule anyone for taking better jobs for whatever reason. It is usually someone who is a working person who thinks coaches or players make too much money in the first place which may or may not be true. Others say that they have a contract and should honor it. Well let's imagine this. Let's say you work at Bank of America and have been there for 5 years and are making $50k. Now that's a lot of $ but here comes Wells Fargo offering you $75k. Do you pass it up b/c of loyalty? I mean seriously, is your loyalty to the companyu keep from 9-5 or your family you see the rest of the time? If you say the company I loathe you.
As it relates to sports the only people who are getting the shaft are the players. Once they commit to a university they have no recourse if the coach that recruited them and text msgd them every day leaves for another school. They either go play for a coach they don't know or they have to give up a year of playing and in some cases these high profile players are only going to school for 2 years or less to begin with. I hate to bitch w/o a solution but there is only one and that is to let the players out of their letter of intent in these instances but not allow them to follow the coach who just left. Here is a problem that noone ever talks about. What if the players are allowed out? Now the new coach wants them to come where he is going but there is a whole different set of players who are already signed to go to that school.
Now to the good stuff of the moment. The Scoop (Spring Championship of Online Poker) starts tomorrow and $30 million guaranteed. I think they put to big a guarantees on this series myself but that's fine by me obviously. With this and then the Ftops right after followed by the World Series of Poker there are going to be a few rich people and a lot of broke players by the end of July.
I leave Saturday for Las Vegas til the 27 and I heard from my close friend Ray Henson saying that he is out there as well for the Bellagio tournaments and he wants to join me (with his beautiful wife Rheanna) for Hefner's bday party and I am sure I can get him in so that will be fun. For those of you who don't know who Ray is you should. He got 12th in the main event the year Jerry Yang won and if not for a couple of hands things could have been so much different but that is poker at it's best. He and our friend David Baker have been close so many times for huge life changing $ only to let it escape yet our friend Cornel snaps off 1.7 mil the 1st time he goes deep in a huge tournament. That is just a small example of the bitch we refer to as variance. To Ray & Dave's credit they don't whine about their missed oppurtunities and just continue to play their best.
After we go to the party & do the show thing the next day I think maybe we'll get a few beers and watch the National Title game where I have UNC beating Uconn for the title. I will def not be blogging much from Sat thru weekend but I will get some pics from the party & post them.
Russ
Although I would love to see Capel stay I laugh at the people who ridicule anyone for taking better jobs for whatever reason. It is usually someone who is a working person who thinks coaches or players make too much money in the first place which may or may not be true. Others say that they have a contract and should honor it. Well let's imagine this. Let's say you work at Bank of America and have been there for 5 years and are making $50k. Now that's a lot of $ but here comes Wells Fargo offering you $75k. Do you pass it up b/c of loyalty? I mean seriously, is your loyalty to the companyu keep from 9-5 or your family you see the rest of the time? If you say the company I loathe you.
As it relates to sports the only people who are getting the shaft are the players. Once they commit to a university they have no recourse if the coach that recruited them and text msgd them every day leaves for another school. They either go play for a coach they don't know or they have to give up a year of playing and in some cases these high profile players are only going to school for 2 years or less to begin with. I hate to bitch w/o a solution but there is only one and that is to let the players out of their letter of intent in these instances but not allow them to follow the coach who just left. Here is a problem that noone ever talks about. What if the players are allowed out? Now the new coach wants them to come where he is going but there is a whole different set of players who are already signed to go to that school.
Now to the good stuff of the moment. The Scoop (Spring Championship of Online Poker) starts tomorrow and $30 million guaranteed. I think they put to big a guarantees on this series myself but that's fine by me obviously. With this and then the Ftops right after followed by the World Series of Poker there are going to be a few rich people and a lot of broke players by the end of July.
I leave Saturday for Las Vegas til the 27 and I heard from my close friend Ray Henson saying that he is out there as well for the Bellagio tournaments and he wants to join me (with his beautiful wife Rheanna) for Hefner's bday party and I am sure I can get him in so that will be fun. For those of you who don't know who Ray is you should. He got 12th in the main event the year Jerry Yang won and if not for a couple of hands things could have been so much different but that is poker at it's best. He and our friend David Baker have been close so many times for huge life changing $ only to let it escape yet our friend Cornel snaps off 1.7 mil the 1st time he goes deep in a huge tournament. That is just a small example of the bitch we refer to as variance. To Ray & Dave's credit they don't whine about their missed oppurtunities and just continue to play their best.
After we go to the party & do the show thing the next day I think maybe we'll get a few beers and watch the National Title game where I have UNC beating Uconn for the title. I will def not be blogging much from Sat thru weekend but I will get some pics from the party & post them.
Russ
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