where have you been?

I KNOW. I KNOW. ITS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE MY LAST POST BUT BETTER LATE THAN CANCELED RIGHT? WELL POKER AS A LIVING WASN'T AS EASY AS I FIGURED IT WOULD BE . THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR THIS AND NO ME BEING A BAD PLAYER IS NOT ONE OF THEM BECAUSE I'M OK AT IT . ONE FACTOR IS BANKROLL. I DIDN'T HAVE A VERY LARGE BANK ROLL SEEING I WAS LAYED OFF FROM WORK AND COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT WHEN I DECIDED TO GIVE IT THE OLE COLLEGE TRY. ANOTHER FACTOR IS WHEN YOU PLAY REASONS OTHER THAN FUN ITS NOT FUN I WAS SO PRESSURED TO TRY AND MAKE IT WORK TO PAY THE BILLS THAT I WASN'T PLAYING GOOD ENOUGH. WELL UNEMPLOYMENT RAN OUT AND SO DID MY ONLINE FUNDS AT THAT NOT TO MENTION THE DEMISE OF NET TELLER THANKS A WHOLE BUNCH CONGRESS. SO I ENDED UP FREE ROLLING AND DECIDED TO GO BACK TO WORK HMMMM OR WAS THAT MY WIFE'S IDEA GET A REAL JOB OR GET OUT LOL. SO I DID JUST THAT NOW I HAVE A REAL JOB THAT I ENJOY ALOT WITH A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE I INTERACT WITH ALONG WITH THE BEST BOSS EVER. SO DOES THAT MEAN I GAVE UP POKER OH HELL NO. NOW THAT ITS BACK TO BASICS AND FUN TO ME AGAIN I WENT ON A WINNING STREAK USING MONEY THAT MY FRIENDS AT ABSOLUTE POKER SO KINDLY PUT INTO MY ACCOUNT 10$ TO BE EXACT I TOOK THAT 10$ ENTERED A 10$ BUY IN TOURNEY AND TOOK 1ST PLACE NETTING 395.00$ NOT BAD HUH. SO NOW THAT I'M BACK ILL TRY TO UPDATE MORE AND I'M HOPING TO SAVE ENOUGH CASH TO ENTER A 1500.00 $ NO LIMIT HOLDEM EVENT AT THE 2008 WSOP NOT HOLDING MY BREATH BUT I'M HOPING NON THE LESS. WELL I HOPE EVERYONE HAS BEEN DOING WELL AND CATCHING MAD FLOPS AS FOR ME MY FREE ROLL STARTS IN 5 MINUTES SO TILL NEXT TIME I'M OUT.

WORST FLOP EVER

OK I WAS ALL IN WITH MY POCKET 9'S WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE CALLED PREFLOP. THE BIG STACK HAD JJ ANOTHER HAD K7 AND THE OTHER HAD JQ. I SAW THE JQ AND FIGURED OK THE GUY WITH THE JACKS HAS LESS OUTS THAN ME I SHOULD BE OK TO HIT MY 9 FOR A SET. WELL THE FLOP COMES 9 A J . UNBELIEVABLE ALL I COULD DO IS STARE IN DISBELIEF AND TAKE IT LIKE A MAN. GOOD THING IT WAS A FREEROLL AND I PLAYED IT AS SUCH BECAUSE PREFLOP I WOULDN'T HAVE GONE ALL IN WITH 99 NOT THAT EARLY AND NOT WITH MY TOURNEY LIFE ON THE LINE. SO BACK INTO THE FREEROLL POOL I SWIM LETS HOPE NEXT TIME I'M MORE SHARK THAN ASSTROUT LOL .

POKER ACHIEVER OF THE MONTH

IVE COME ACROSS MANY A GOOD INTERNET PLAYER AND LOST TOO A GOOD MANY OF THEM. BUT NONE AS GOOD AS HOLD EM RADIO'S OWN RESIDENT BAD ASS LADY PIRATE WAY2CUTE. EVERYONE THAT KNOWS HER NEEDS TO SALUTE HER AND HER GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS WEEK OR ANY DAY OF THE WEEK FOR THAT MATTER. SHE HAS TAKEN DOWN A CHEST FULL OF LOOT WITH 1ST PLACE FINISHES IN TWO TOURNEYS AT WINGO'S POKER. SO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TRISTATES POKER INC. HISTORY WE ARE CROWNING A POKER ACHIEVER OF THE MONTH. CONRATS CUTIE AND MAY YOUR SUCCESS CONTINUE ONLINE AND AT THE LIVE TABLE GAMES IN THE FUTURE.

QUADS A MILLION

WELL AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AND A BUNCH OF 5TH AND 3RD PLACE FINISHES IN THE POKER AFTER DARK QUALIFIER FREEROLLS AT FULL TILT POKER. I HAVE FINALLY FINISHED 1ST THIS GIVES ME A BIRTH IN THERE 2ND ROUND QUALIFIER. I WAS IN THE ZONE THIS TIME I TOOK THE LEAD IN CHIPS AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. TWICE I HAD POCKET 6'S THAT TURNED TO A SET ON THE FLOP WHICH CATAPULTED ME INTO THE CHIP LEAD. AFTER I KNOCKED OUT THE 3RD PLACE FINISHER IT WAS HEADS UP TIME I HAD ABOUT 350'000 IN CHIPS TO HIS 200'000. THE FIRST HAND IN HEADS UP I GET POCKET 4'S HE RAISES THE POT 12,000 PREFLOP I PUSH ALL IN. HE CALLS ME WITH A 10 . THE FLOP COMES AND I SHIT YOU NOT 4 4 Q . I WAS SCREAMING WHAT A HELL OF A WAY TO FINISH A TOURNEY WITH QUAD 4'S ON THE 1ST HAND IN HEADS UP TO WIN. THE POOR GUY WAS BESIDES HIMSELF. SO MY GOOD SOLID PLAY IS CONTINUING AND I HOPE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

MARATHON RUN

ANOTHER DAY AND YET ANOTHER MARATHON FREEROLL POKER SESSION. THIS TIME I PLAYED IN THE POKERSTARS FREEROLL WHICH STARTED WITH 10,000 PEOPLE. THIS ONE GIVES THE TOP 27 PLAYERS A ENTRY IN THE WEEKLY 1000 DOLOR FREEROLL. WELL AFTER 5 HRS OR SO I FINISHED 18TH THUS GIVING ME MT SPOT IN TOMORROWS MONEY FREEROLL. LETS HOPE MY GOOD LUCK AND REEVALUATED AND REVAMPED STYLE OF PLAY HOLDS UP. I CAN USE A CASH IN AN ACTUAL MONEY TOURNEY. I WAS DAMN NEAR DOWN AND OUT IN THIS ONE TOO AFTER BEING UP AND DOWN AROUND 170,000 IN CHIPS I WAS BEAT DOWN TO A REALLY CRAPPY 24,000 IN CHIPS AND AT THE RATE THE BLINDS WERE AT WAITING TOO LONG OR GOING ALL IN WITH A MARGINAL HAND WOULD HAVE FINISHED ME. SO I WAITED PICKED MY SPOT AND AFTER BACK TO BACK BIG SLICKS(AK) 1ST ONE ALL IN NOT CALLED AND THE SECOND ONE SLOW PLAYED AND WON ON THE TURN WITH THE KING . I WAS BACK IN BUSINESS AND DIDN'T LOOK BACK. WELL ONCE AGAIN IM DRAINED SO OFF I GO TO GET A BOWL OF CEREAL AND WATCH SPORTS CENTER BEFORE BED PLUS THAT MONEY FREEROLL STARTS AT 1PM CENTRAL I DON'T WANT TO BE LATE.

IM ON A FREEROLL

WOW AFTER DAMN NEAR 5 AND A HALF HOURS AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR IN THE AP SWAG FREEROLL I CAME BACK TO FINISH 2ND EARNING ME A AP POLO SHIRT XL. THE CHIP LEADER AT ONE POINT WAS AT MY TABLE WITH 80,000 IN CHIPS AND I HAD A MEAR 2100. AFTER A MONSTER COME BACK BY MYSELF I ENDED UP AT THE FINAL TABLE WITH THIS CHIP LEADER WHO BY THE WAY WAS AN AWESOME PLAYER HE NEVER LOST THAT CHIP LEAD AND BEAT ME HEADS UP TO WIN THE FREEROLL. SO MY HATS OFF TOO RIZZZZZ YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE. THIS IS MY SECOND SWAG TOP 5 FINISH IN THE PAST 2 WEEKS . THE 1ST FINAL TABLE BROUGHT ME A 5TH PLACE FINISH AND AN AP HAT WHICH I WORE THIS ENTIRE TOURNEY. IT MAY NOT BE MONEY BUT IT WAS GREAT FUN DAMN GOOD PRACTICE AND STILL JUST AS MUCH A RUSH WHEN YOU WIN ANYTHING LET ALONE MAKE IT THRU A FIELD OF OVER 2000 FREEROLL DONKEYS TO MAKE A FINAL TABLE.WELL I EXHAUSTED AND BRAIN FRIED SO I'M OUT TILL NEXT TIME HAPPY FISHING.

THATS POKER

WOW WHAT A DIFFERENCE A FEW WEEKS CAN MAKE. POKER IS SUCH A GAME OF STREAKS. I WAS UP FOR A WHILE FLYING HIGH AS CAN BE THEN WITHOUT WARNING BAD BEAT AFTER BAD BEAT. ILL HAVE TO BLAME SOME OF IT ON MY OVER CONFIDENCE BUT NOT NECESSARILY ON BAD PLAY. I HAVE A PRETTY SOLID GAME WITH DECENT STRATEGY BUT WHAT YA GONNA DO WHEN ONLINE PLAYERS WHO HAVE BIGGER BANKROLLS THAN YOU PLAY CRAP LIKE 7 2 OFF AND GET MIRACLE FLOPS OR MIRACLE RIVER CARDS. AS ALWAYS I NEVER BLAME THE POKER SITE SOFTWARE BECAUSE AS IVE STATED BEFORE IN OTHER BLOG ENTRIES IVE SEEN THESE KIND OF THINGS IN LIVE PLAY. POKER IS NOW AND ALWAYS WILL BE MY PASSION AND MY GOALS OF IT BEING MY ONE AND ONLY PROFESSION ARE STILL JUST THAT MY GOALS. BUT SADLY ENOUGH ITS NOT AS EASY OR COMING AS FAST AS I WOULD LIKE. UNTIL I CAN GET A BANKROLL FOR LARGE BUY INS AT LIVE GAMES OR BY THE GRACE OF GOD GET A SPONSOR(FAT CHANCE THERE) ILL HAVE TO KEEP TRYING MY LUCK WITH ONLINE PLAY AND AS MY ONLINE BANK ROLLS DEPLETE I'M AT THE MERCY OF TRYING TO REBUILD VIA DONKEY ROLLS(FREE ROLLS). WHICH BY THE WAY I FINISHED 5TH IN AN AP FREE ROLL UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS THERE ACES FREE ROLL WHICH AWARDS WITH APPAREL AND GIFTS BUT ILL TAKE IT CANT WAIT FOR MY FREE HAT TO GET HERE. SO OFF I GO FOR NOW TO REST AND TAKE A FEW DAYS BREAK FROM ONLINE PLAY AS IVE FOUND THAT A BREAK SOMETIMES TRANSLATES INTO BETTER PLAY AND BETTER LUCK WHEN YOU RETURN(NOT ALWAYS) BUT NON THE LESS I NEED A BREAK I SEE CARDS IN MY SLEEP. SO TILL NEXT TIME HERE'S HOPING YOU FLOP THE NUTS.