BDMKpoker

3/17

2007-03-17T22:35:00.000-07:00

just two pvt forum events today, one on UB, the other on AP. final tabled both and ended both in a similar note when, short, my pockets run into the the chip leader's higher pockets. online poker likes to repeat its jokes on me sometimes like that...

3/8

2007-03-08T21:38:00.000-08:00

tried the race for bracelets sats on FTP last nite. round 1 ($26) went well as miraculously my hands were allowed to hold on a couple of occasions late (ended 3rd of 10 seats out of 93 entries). of course, at the main $216 qualifer order was restored when at the 50 mark (10 get the 2K WSOP pack out of 100 entries) when i get crippled when my TT was busted by a 3-outer K of KT and then a bit later, at the 40 mark, my QQ run into KK. what else is new?

tonite, per usual, played 2 pvt events on AP. on the former, on the bubble, my 99 run into TT. on the latter, on the final table, one of the resident loose fishies flops a low set vs my top board pr.

3/6, cont'd

2007-03-06T11:47:00.000-08:00

just wanted to mention that i joined a new poker forum/site called pokeronamac. my very first computer having been a mac (that was in the pre-microwave oven era, kiddies), and one of my current 3 comps being one, i have a soft spot for macs.

bottom line, in life in general, i'm always for more choices, more options...hence, support the macs in this microsoft-dominated world of today.

check out pokeronamac at http://www.pokeronamac.com

also they have a neat promo for all you poker-playing macmaniacs: http://www.pokeronamac.com/bloggerpods

3/6, cont'd

2007-03-06T11:39:00.000-08:00

still trying to recover the almost 6 months worth of blogs etc from those other few blog sites that i had last yr, but no luck so far. server moves, site shutdowns etc seems to have done its magic. and i wasn't the most up-to-date with things sometimes i admit, and there you have it. plus not being able to focus on poker those several months when i was indisposed due to outside-of-poker matters etc etc

still, i'm moving ahead with one of my new year's resolutions: consolidate, consolidate, consolidate. as in: one email acct, one blog site, one (well, ok 2) poker acct(s)...no use in scattering the stuff all over. keep it all in one place accordingly and it's so much easier to manage it all that way.

this blog experience has been most educational in that respect (and i had trouble with moving this very acct too when they switched over to google, but still..by far this is the best blog site and i'm sticking to it)

p.s.: will try a few token sats on FTP tonite plus whatever pvt events are on AP, per the usual..

3/6

2007-03-06T10:51:00.000-08:00

yesterday was bday. yay. lol

qualified for stage 2 on the new 150K on AP with my last ARPs.

almost cleaned out and closed my old stars acct. good riddance to that bingo palace.

will look for the next race for bracelets on FTP this week...

http://www.pokeronamac.com

http://www.pokeronamac.com/bloggerpods

3/25

2006-03-25T09:23:00.000-08:00

just a quick $6 token sat on FTP today. got the token.

3/20

2006-03-20T12:16:00.000-08:00

after running such a bad streak over the weekend that i still dont feel like talking about it, i only returned just earlier to FTP for a quickie $6 token sat. got the damn thing...

3/16

2006-03-16T10:37:00.000-08:00

entered the 10am 3.5K guaranteed on FTP today. after some good, fun, challenging 2.5hrs, placed 6th out of 168 for a neat handful of coins. :)

3/14

2006-03-14T15:16:00.000-08:00

just a little $6 token sat on FTP. got the token...

3/13

2006-03-13T08:10:00.000-08:00

still smarting from yesterday, i decided to play one of the small token FTP guarantees, namely the 3.5K at 10am...

picked up couple of pots early, but then 2 costly semibluffs reduce my stack size to M=5ish before first hr. where i pick up TT LP and push. only one call, by a trigger happy bigger stack with KQ. of course, K on flop.

3/12, cont'd

2006-03-12T15:46:00.000-08:00

the big one, 200K guar on FTP. 1031 ppl today, nice crowd, with a few resident pros.

picked off a few spots early and stayed out of trouble in few others. built my stack to around 2400 going into first 45mins.

then, the fateful hand...

i get KK in SB. BB is big stack, to my notes a solid-ish, tough guy who earlier punished a few recklessly loose folks. UTG is a medium stack relatively new to table.

i decide to raise 2x, asking for action. flop comes JT5, i bet pot. big stack reraises 2x, UTG folds.

after some deliberation, i decide to push, my stack now being slightly larger than the pot at hand. he calls, showing JJ. out in 750th.

weirdly reminiscent of my first winner's choice on FTP 1.5 months ago, when i just started playing there, when my SB JJ ran into BB's KK.

i switched sites on new year's after spending my first poker yr fooling around on stars' and UB's turbo/rebuy cesspools, but my tough luck follows me wherever i go. :)

3/12, cont'd

2006-03-12T11:17:00.000-08:00

just a couple of $6 token sats on FTP, to start the engine a little before tonight's big one...

nothing too eventful. got the token in the first one. in the second one, on the bubble i raise cca 4xBB with JJ, get called by a loose big stack. flop comes diamond rags. i push, he calls with baby ace SOOTED of diamonds. :)

3/12

2006-03-11T19:23:00.000-08:00

poker-wise, im just gonna take it easy today till the FTP 200K guaranteed later on in the day...

3/11, cont'd

2006-03-11T12:02:00.000-08:00

the 6:30pm FTP winner's choice $26 sat. wow, what a ride that was.

first, some 15 mins before 1st break i get disconnected by server. cant get back in for 10 mins. when i finally succeed, im down to some 500 chips and on a table of megastacks. interestingly, there are all of 16 of us left at that point out of 42.

then, i get on a torrid roll of allins, some 4-5 of them in a series, all of which i win. to my defense, only one was a coinflip. 2 i was dominating, and 2 i had overpair to underpair. then, i squeak into the final table. top 4 get seats to $216 WC tonite, 5th-7th a few consolation coins.

on the small bubble, the two ty leaders get entangled into a monster pot over a flop of seemingly harmless rags. to my astonishment, they go allin! one of them busts out, IMHO totally needlessly and foolishly when he was all but assured a seat.

long story short, i manage to survive yet a bit longer. then, on the big bubble, again on a ministack to the other 4 monsters, in SB i push K8 vs the BB's T7. river comes 7, im out 5th, and i get $72 for my troubles.

no regrets.

3/11

2006-03-11T09:12:00.000-08:00

1) entered the 10am 4K guar on FTP. nothing much in first hr. after break, stack dwindling, pushed 66 vs a very loose large stack's JT. of course, sixes no good. :)

2) tried a quickie $6 token on FTP. picked off a few spots early vs the usual assortment of chasers and calling stations. on the half hr, get KK, reraise a loose goose's 88 who pushes allin. i of course call, and, of course, the flop contains an 8.

3) will try the 6:30pm WC sat. stay tuned...