5th in the MATH

Thanks to the CP Forums, I've really gotten into playing the Blogger Tournaments (MATH, Mookie, etc.)

This is the First Cash and Final Table in a Blogger Tournament, from hammerplayer's MATH (Monday at the Hoy) tournament.

At the final table, I ran 10-10 into K-K, then a failed Hammer attempt (of course) met J-J and I was pot-committed. Last Hand, another Underpair found an Overpair, as 3-3 met 8-8.

My fellow CP'er Loretta8 made the final table along with me, and he played really good. However, he was bounced in Third when the massive chipleader, cmitch, attempted to hammer him from the SB. Loretta found the perfect cure to the hammer, pocket 7s.

The flop gave mitch a pair of 2's and a flush draw... and the turn was a third deuce. Obviously, this was one of the worst pre-flop all-in beats you can take, but knowing Loretta... he'll take it, uh... be on the lookout for flying laptops in the Boston area...

I'm tired and the tournament is still going on, you can find the results at http://hammerplayer.blogspot.com/.

This was the only thing remotely close to a MTT I played today, Plus I had a +$75 session playing 1/2 limit. So tonight was VERY productive. Also won @ Bowling, so that was cool too.

Until Tomorrow, Knuckleheads!

Kenny :twisted:

32K Guarantee, April 17, 2008

4th Place, $2600.

First off, The tournament didn't come anywhere near matching its Guarantee, so Full Tilt ponied up the Difference. So it's a +EV tournament from the start.

Second, Thanks for the Rail, my bros from CP. The ones I noticed were Lloyd (Delivered), DaNutzQ3 (Noob), JPK (On Life Tilt), Luske (lolflipaments) & Chimp (Rangers > Penguins ::runs::). If I forgot anyone else, sowwy.

I cannot recall that many key hands other than one major suckout, where I held J-J on a Q-Q-8 board, and Me and a guy got it in, he turned up 8-8... but 4outerments struck when a third queen rained down on the river. That got the table and rail going crazy, and gave me the chip lead. Entering the Final Table, I was third, but bullied the only noticeable fish (cmizzles3687) and took the chip lead... I later bullied him again and showed A-8 on a J-J-4 flop for bluffaments (though I think I had him beat, and showing him that I wouldn't be pushed around).

Chip Leader with 4 left, the pace slowed down considerably, but then Flipaments struck, I had my K-Q offsuit up against the Jacks of prof1t. No Paint came on the board, and I was down to 3rd place. Then, I went up against bryan1225 in a Battle of the Blinds. 8-8 was the hand I took to battle, and Raised from the SB. He shoved from the BB, and I insta-called. He had A-7 sooted (at least it was a decent hand)

Ace on the flop. Duh.

I had a lot of fun, once again. Now that I'm well-rolled, I'll give my try at .25/.50 NL again, but will stick with 1/2 Hold 'Em for now, maybe move up to 2/4. But I wanna try some .25/.50 first.

-Kenny :twisted: <~~~ Cp Joke

pikachucards = My New Hero

Why the odd Title for this post?

Because PikachuCards from the CP Forums (SN on FT: PikachuCards23, on Stars: PikachuCard) has shown me the light... No not that Stacy Keibler is the Hottest Chick on the Planet (I knew that already, but Carrie Underwood still should've made the tournament field...)

Anyway, back to Poker. He introduced me to 6-Handed 1/2 Limit Hold 'Em. Usually, when I play Limit, it's Omaha 8 or HORSE... I occasionally dip into regular Hold 'Em, but usually at 9-handed. Ever Since I started playing these 1/2 6-Handed games, I have been destroying them. Tonight, in 3 hours at one table, about 250 hands, I left the table up $125. And in the last hour, I had dropped $50!

Won 216 T$ recently in the $8.80 Satellite to FTOPS Event #1. Spent all of that up in SNG's and MTT's, but with the Last of it, I won another $216 T$ in the $75 Satellite to FTOPS Event #20.

Here's Hoping to a nice Goin' Deep post on CP tomorrow, when I plan to play the 32K Guarantee, the Daily Doubles, and a few satellites, while playing 1/2 6-Max Limit Hold 'Em as well!

-Kenny

Took Down a $3.30 KO SnG

The Title really says it all, but I ran a little God-Mode-ish during 3-handed to take it.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5986427153: $3 + $0.30 KO Sit & Go (45566608), Table 8 - 2500/5000 Ante 600 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:01:55 ET - 2008/04/11
Seat 1: Siuol Oran (104,200)
Seat 8: NYRambler (59,196)
Seat 9: maomao1 (106,604)
Siuol Oran antes 600
NYRambler antes 600
maomao1 antes 600
maomao1 posts the small blind of 2,500
Siuol Oran posts the big blind of 5,000
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NYRambler [Ad Kc]
NYRambler raises to 15,000
maomao1 folds
Siuol Oran raises to 25,000
NYRambler raises to 58,596, and is all in
Siuol Oran calls 33,596
NYRambler shows [Ad Kc]
Siuol Oran shows [Ac Jd]
*** FLOP *** [6d 7c 8s]
*** TURN *** [6d 7c 8s] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [6d 7c 8s 3s] [5d]
NYRambler shows Ace King high
Siuol Oran shows Ace Jack high
NYRambler wins the pot (121,492) with Ace King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 121,492 | Rake 0
Board: [6d 7c 8s 3s 5d]
Seat 1: Siuol Oran (big blind) showed [Ac Jd] and lost with Ace Jack high
Seat 8: NYRambler (button) showed [Ad Kc] and won (121,492) with Ace King high
Seat 9: maomao1 (small blind) folded before the Flop

Full Tilt Poker Game #5986472853: $3 + $0.30 KO Sit & Go (45566608), Table 8 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:05:57 ET - 2008/04/11
Seat 1: Siuol Oran (56,054)
Seat 8: NYRambler (112,838)
Seat 9: maomao1 (101,108)
Siuol Oran antes 750
NYRambler antes 750
maomao1 antes 750
NYRambler posts the small blind of 3,000
maomao1 posts the big blind of 6,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NYRambler [Ad Ac]
Siuol Oran raises to 12,000
NYRambler calls 9,000
maomao1 folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 7c 8h]
NYRambler checks
Siuol Oran bets 6,000
NYRambler calls 6,000
*** TURN *** [Ah 7c 8h] [Kc]
NYRambler checks
Siuol Oran bets 12,000
NYRambler raises to 66,000
Siuol Oran calls 25,304, and is all in
NYRambler shows [Ad Ac]
Siuol Oran shows [As Jd]
Uncalled bet of 28,696 returned to NYRambler
*** RIVER *** [Ah 7c 8h Kc] [2c]
NYRambler shows three of a kind, Aces
Siuol Oran shows a pair of Aces
NYRambler wins the pot (118,858) with three of a kind, Aces
Siuol Oran stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 118,858 | Rake 0
Board: [Ah 7c 8h Kc 2c]
Seat 1: Siuol Oran (button) showed [As Jd] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: NYRambler (small blind) showed [Ad Ac] and won (118,858) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 9: maomao1 (big blind) folded before the Flop

whatyouknow45 (Observer): standard (aka lloyd45 from CP)

Final Hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5986495721: $3 + $0.30 KO Sit & Go (45566608), Table 8 - 4000/8000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:07:58 ET - 2008/04/11
Seat 8: NYRambler (189,142)
Seat 9: maomao1 (80,858)
NYRambler antes 1,000
maomao1 antes 1,000
maomao1 posts the small blind of 4,000
NYRambler posts the big blind of 8,000
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NYRambler [Ts As]
maomao1 has 15 seconds left to act
maomao1 raises to 79,858, and is all in
NYRambler calls 71,858
maomao1 shows [Qc Kd]
NYRambler shows [Ts As]
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ah 7s]
*** TURN *** [Qs Ah 7s] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Ah 7s 8d] [3d]
maomao1 shows a pair of Queens
NYRambler shows a pair of Aces
NYRambler wins the pot (161,716) with a pair of Aces
whatyouknow45 (Observer): snap call ftw
maomao1 stands up
NYRambler stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 161,716 | Rake 0
Board: [Qs Ah 7s 8d 3d]
Seat 8: NYRambler (big blind) showed [Ts As] and won (161,716) with a pair of Aces
Seat 9: maomao1 (small blind) showed [Qc Kd] and lost with a pair of Queens

Run Goot @ Bowling and CP Tourneys

The Title basically says it all... I'll elaborate a little.

On Monday, March 31, 2008, I finally bowled my first career 300 game, at the age of 22 Years, 7 Months and 8 Days. Having Been a Serious Bowler since the age of 12, this is a very proud accomplishment for myself. The Final Series was 714 (237-300-177), which was also a personal high. My Bowling Average this year is currently at an even 200. The highest my year-end average has ever been is 194, so I will most likely eclipse that as well.

OK, Bowling Brag over. On to the Poker.

First, Nik announces that 67s is having a private tournament on Stars on Wednesday. Well, I have been broke as of late, but I deposited 25 bucks into Stars to have a little fun in this $5.50 tournament... BTW, only 1 67s'r showed up, and 8 CP'ers. After countless limit jokes aimed at Nik and Deuce High, the 3 of us get to 3 handed, and I eliminate Nik in 3rd after my J-J holds up against his A-J PrF. Rigged Obv.

However, Deuce outplayed me heads up, and took it down. But I had fun, which is what I look for in CP tournaments.

The Next Day, Luske runs an 8-man, All-CP tournament. I start off by running good and having K-K and Loretta pull off an ill-timed bluff with his two overcards. Up and Down all tournament, I lay a major beat on Luske when my A-9 sucks out on his K-Q on an A-K-Q board with a 9 on the turn (which I called for). Heads Up was against KingPrussia, and another Suckout FTW. PrF A-4 vs J-J, and the board ran A-4-7-A-2.

Shipped.

Playing Again on Stars right now in the DonkTakular 50FPP $1000 Limit Freeroll. <3 These Players <3

Hopefully a Post will be made after I (hopefully) take this down. Also might play the 20K Guarantee on Stars tonight as well.

-Rambler