Need to Update...

So I haven't blogged since the summer.

I won 4 (yes, 4) Mookie Titles since then, mainly because we're only getting 2 tables lately, anywhere from 12-18 players. And I've been running good in them.

Draw Poker has been introduced to Full Tilt, and I donated a good chunk of my roll learning the games.

Now I'm back to playing 2/4 limit online, and haven't played live much.

My good friend Nik Santi had a sick live limit session, go read his blog for the details.

I'll try and update this a little more regularly, but we need more players in the mookie!

Four Time!

Yeah, I won The Mookie for the 4th time last night.

This was by FAR the hand of the tournament. We're down to 4: Me, Lightning, Buddy and Dave. Me and Lightning have huge stacks, Buddy and Dave are on life support. Then, the coldest of cold decks occurs, with me on the right side:

Full Tilt Poker Game #23019096199: The Mookie (176453690), Table 2 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:13:25 ET - 2010/08/12

Seat 1: BuddyDank (3,130)

Seat 3: NYRambler (21,106)

Seat 5: lightning36 (26,014)

Seat 6: DDionysus (3,750)

BuddyDank antes 50

NYRambler antes 50

lightning36 antes 50

DDionysus antes 50

NYRambler posts the small blind of 250

lightning36 posts the big blind of 500

The button is in seat #1

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to NYRambler [Ac Ad]

DDionysus folds

BuddyDank folds

NYRambler raises to 1,500

lightning36 raises to 3,000

NYRambler raises to 7,000

lightning36 raises to 25,964, and is all in

NYRambler calls 14,056, and is all in

lightning36 shows [Ks Kh]

NYRambler shows [Ac Ad]

Uncalled bet of 4,908 returned to lightning36

*** FLOP *** [9h 5h 8s]

*** TURN *** [9h 5h 8s] [As]

*** RIVER *** [9h 5h 8s As] [3c]

lightning36 shows a pair of Kings

NYRambler shows three of a kind, Aces

NYRambler wins the pot (42,312) with three of a kind, Aces

NYRambler: so rigged

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 42,312 | Rake 0

Board: [9h 5h 8s As 3c]

Seat 1: BuddyDank (button) folded before the Flop

Seat 3: NYRambler (small blind) showed [Ac Ad] and won (42,312) with three of a kind, Aces

Seat 5: lightning36 (big blind) showed [Ks Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings

Seat 6: DDionysus folded before the Flop

With such a huge chip lead, I was gonna try to find a way to blow it, and I almost did as I got Heads Up with Lightning, and gave him the chip lead for a short while. But I was able to out-aggro him and get back into the lead, then took him out with a cruel river (for him)

Full Tilt Poker Game #23019436011: The Mookie (176453690), Table 2 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:32:50 ET - 2010/08/12

Seat 3: NYRambler (28,591)

Seat 5: lightning36 (25,409)

NYRambler antes 100

lightning36 antes 100

NYRambler posts the small blind of 400

lightning36 posts the big blind of 800

The button is in seat #3

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to NYRambler [8s Js]

NYRambler raises to 2,400

lightning36 raises to 4,800

NYRambler calls 2,400

*** FLOP *** [7s 2c 9s]

lightning36 checks

NYRambler checks

*** TURN *** [7s 2c 9s] [8d]

lightning36 bets 3,200

NYRambler calls 3,200

*** RIVER *** [7s 2c 9s 8d] [Qs]

lightning36 bets 17,309, and is all in

NYRambler calls 17,309

*** SHOW DOWN ***

lightning36 shows [Kh Qh] a pair of Queens

NYRambler shows [8s Js] a flush, Queen high

NYRambler wins the pot (50,818) with a flush, Queen high

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 50,818 | Rake 0

Board: [7s 2c 9s 8d Qs]

Seat 3: NYRambler (small blind) showed [8s Js] and won (50,818) with a flush, Queen high

Seat 5: lightning36 (big blind) showed [Kh Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens

-Kenny

Summer Update: Post-TOC, Vegas, Still Running Good

Okay, I haven't posted since I won my 10k seat for the WSOP... Here's my tl;dr journey since then.

Like the other guys who won the TOC, I took the 10k in T$ on Full Tilt. I really needed the money to help me and my family, so it was a great thing to have. I withdrew $7500 in cash and kept $2000 on Full Tilt.

It's been helping me play Poker without fear of going broke, which is always something that has loomed over my head. $200NL is now my new home, both Live and Online. I'm now playing more MTTs and with the proper bankroll management that I have never used before. I recently took 2nd in a $5 2 rebuy/1 add-on tournament on Stars for $4800+.

Now to the Vegas part. I planned the Vegas trip anyway, but with the new money, I was able to play a little looser than I usually do. I wound up dropping $800 in total, which wasn't too bad. Plus, I got to meet Al, lucko, LJ and stoner when Lucko was making his WSOP run. But for the most part, I hung out with my usual gang that includes Nik Santi, et al.

I spent most of my time in Vegas at the Venetian card room, playing 1-2NL, 4-8 Hold 'em and 4-8 and 8-16 HORSE. Also played a lot of Pai Gow and especially Baccarat, as the strategy in baccarat is just have a deep enough roll to play where you bet player every hand and double your bet if you lose. The largest bet I made using this strategy was $800. That was when I was starting out at $25 bets.

I've been playing The Mookie, and lately, the Tuesday Spewday, on a semi-regular basis, and as i've said, the various MTTs and $200NL.

I'm gonna TRY to keep the blog more up to date, but I can't promise anything.

-Kenny

Holy Crap...

I Love AlCantHang

ToC News and Notes

One extra donkey to avoid after oossuuu denied Numb a TOC seat last night, so the field is currently at a 23 max.

Here are the players who are in so far, and my review on them:

Jim McManus - He's written a few poker books, made a Main Event Final Table. Standard TAG Pro, imo

Adam27X - No Clue.

All In At 420 - aka Matt Stout, insanely successful Online Pro. Def. a major threat.

dignitasODEE - No Clue

hoyazo - Very strong player, I know his game very well, hopefully I have position on him.

jjok - Tight-ish, imo.

Julius_Goat - After I snapped him on the turn with nothing but A-hi (and a gutter ball and NFD), I think he lost all respect for my play (standard). Also a threat.

KeepFloppin - Heard of the name, have no idea how he or she plays.

maigrey - Team Vagina Member. No idea how she plays.

NYRambler - Total Donkey.

oossuuu754 - Probably the second or third most aggressive player in the field atm.

pvanharibo - See oossuu754.

TexansBaby - She won her TOC seat alongside me, and She plays a solid TAG game.

VinNay - I'll have to do some research to remind myself of his play.

xkm145 - Also a standard TAG player.

People I Don't wanna see win a TOC seat (because they'd absolutely crush the field or die trying)

1. Lucko

2. Chad

3. heffmike (tho he'd probably be a little more on the tighter side than the first 2)

People I wanna see win a TOC seat (because they'd be easy monies)

1. Waffles (obv, even though he has my number, everyone else has his. It's kinda like me vs. hoyazo and lucko.)

2. VBPro

3. Ali Nejad

People I wanna see win a TOC seat (because I like them as a person)

1. Turtle (obv)

2. CK

3. Joanada

Good Luck in the last 4 tournaments, everyone!

-Kenny

Ship the ToC Seat!

I will probably try and do a recap tomorrow... Plus I wanna read what twoblackaces thinks about the QJs call at 3-handed...

And yes, 2 members of Team Vagina chopped it. Screw you, I'm poor.

So I Busted Out of the Mookie Early...

And decided to fire up a Donkey $5 Omaha Hi-Lo tournament to keep me occupied...

Um...