Back up after small downswing

Well I basically went on a small downswing for the first week of may but after shipping a 5$ 18 man, coming in 5th in the 5$ rmr, and 11th in the 1$ Im back up(points and $).

Ive been playing a lot of the 3$ rebuy on tilt cause the feilds are soo soft unfurtunetly I've been running like garbage in them.

Well I really don't feel like typing a long blog entry. Ill update later.

Run soo well.. til the last hand..ect.

Well i had a Great Tuesday on the felt. I shipped a 5$ 9 man NL on tilt. It was pretty easy since the other 8 people were weak tight. I played way more LAG then I normally do just based on how tight everyone else was playing. Then I took 2nd in a 6.50 Omaha hi/lo gamblefest on tilt. Then I entered the 6k 3$ rebuy on tilt which has a very soft field. I chipped up pretty easy I never really had my tourney life on the line until after the rebuy period ended. Probably won more flips then I lost. I made a Soul read with A9 of hearts on a K10564 board where i check called a Laggy players turn and river bets which would of crippled be on the bubble. So every thing was going well until the last hand I was 7th in chips villian was 3rd in chips with 50 people left.. need I say more...

Full Tilt Poker Game #6230874756: $6,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (46732638), Table 35 - 1200/2400 Ante 300 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:14:41 ET - 2008/04/30Seat 1: RRIIGGEEDD (181,611)Seat 2: Blondjohnny (20,658)Seat 3: wantabeplayer (93,310)Seat 4: bnkrlady (57,788)Seat 5: ThematrixBL (81,574)Seat 6: hoodrich651 (39,227)Seat 7: killerace699 (20,028)Seat 8: Ownfest2K6 (59,370)Seat 9: ambiebaby (23,020)RRIIGGEEDD antes 300Blondjohnny antes 300wantabeplayer antes 300bnkrlady antes 300ThematrixBL antes 300hoodrich651 antes 300killerace699 antes 300Ownfest2K6 antes 300ambiebaby antes 300bnkrlady posts the small blind of 1,200ThematrixBL posts the big blind of 2,400The button is in seat #3*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to ThematrixBL [Jd Js]hoodrich651 foldskillerace699 foldsOwnfest2K6 foldsambiebaby foldsRRIIGGEEDD foldsBlondjohnny foldswantabeplayer calls 2,400bnkrlady foldsThematrixBL raises to 7,777wantabeplayer calls 5,377*** FLOP *** [2s 7h 7d]ThematrixBL bets 10,929wantabeplayer calls 10,929*** TURN *** [2s 7h 7d] [6c]ThematrixBL bets 60,000wantabeplayer has 15 seconds left to actwantabeplayer raises to 74,304, and is all inThematrixBL calls 2,568, and is all inwantabeplayer shows [5c 5h]ThematrixBL shows [Jd Js]Uncalled bet of 11,736 returned to wantabeplayer*** RIVER *** [2s 7h 7d 6c] [5d]wantabeplayer shows a full house, Fives full of SevensThematrixBL shows two pair, Jacks and Sevenswantabeplayer wins the pot (166,448) with a full house, Fives full of SevensBaseball Tim (Observer): nooooooooThematrixBL stands upThe blinds are now 1,500/3,000 with an ante of 400*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 166,448 Rake 0Board: [2s 7h 7d 6c 5d]Seat 1: RRIIGGEEDD folded before the FlopSeat 2: Blondjohnny folded before the FlopSeat 3: wantabeplayer (button) showed [5c 5h] and won (166,448) with a full house, Fives full of SevensSeat 4: bnkrlady (small blind) folded before the FlopSeat 5: ThematrixBL (big blind) showed [Jd Js] and lost with two pair, Jacks and SevensSeat 6: hoodrich651 folded before the FlopSeat 7: killerace699 folded before the FlopSeat 8: Ownfest2K6 folded before the FlopSeat 9: ambiebaby folded before the Flop


The guy next to me said he folded a 5 which would make this a One outter with one card to come for the chip lead. I always run well until I play the pots deep in tourneys that really matter. GG me.

Then after my brutal beat I entered a 5$ Horse Sng and took 2nd. So overall I cannot complain, the only thing I entered and didnt cash in was the rmr.

4th in the $10 RMR

Ok so I took 4th in ther 10$ rmr for like 60$. The play was much better in this event then the 1$ that I final tabled on friday. Saturday I missed the 3$ rebuy because i was spending the day with my daughter.

Ok soo big hands from the tourney.. Well the biggest hand I remember off hand was it was folded around to the small blind who raised to 1100 @ 200/400 the small blind was about 7k deep i was about 11k deep.. So i floated from the bb with Jd9d.. flop came down J8x two clubs.. Sb leads into me for pot which was about 2400 at the time. I know hes doing this with a wide range like any pair or A high or any draw.. So i elect to shove. He Insta calls me and shows AQ for no pair no draw... wow. That was prolly the worst played hand of the night that I saw.

My bust hand was semi standard I had K10off in the SB 4 handed so i limp BB checks I was about 16k deep bb was 30k deep.. 1087 flop I lead for 2/3 pot he min reraises me so i tank for like 10-15 seconds and shove he calls A10.. gg me.

So I should be in the top 3 atleast for the month right now maybe even in 1st since they update the rmr rankings once every week and a half I cant tell for sure.

Also, Baseballtim was hacked by some maniac named Mmatt2004 on RB. Hacked into his Yahoo, Full tilt and Stars accounts!

Final Tabled the 1$ RMR

With about 250 people paying 1$ to play the play was absolutely horrible obviously. All topped off by during level 5(40/80) folded around to me in the SB with A6off. I was about 920 chips deep i didnt want to raise then be in a weird spot facing a shove soo i elected to shove... the bb had about 1800 behind. He thought for a few seconds and called and showed J2off!! Jack Deuce!! Ace on the flop..wow Jack Deuce I just couldnt believe it.Also, during the first 4 levels I got crippled were I had to fold AsJs, KsQs, 66 to 3 bets preflop and I lost a race vs a short stack I was down to 480 @ 30/60 @ one point. SS Ninja style.

During the tourney I probably won more races then I lost. Nothing crazy. My bust hand I should have folded. Heres how it went down.. I was about 30k deep @ 1/2k blinds 250 ante. MCMPlumber(semi-Lag but was more lag this tourney then ussual) opened UTG +2 9,250. the raise was soo big i really didnt know what to do with my hand I was sure he wasn't doing this with AA,KK, or QQ. I look down @ 88. The raise was soo big i couldnt flat call my 2 options were a) to fold b) to shove. I put him on a fairly wide range like 55-JJ,KJ+,A9+ maybe a little wider just based on previous hands he had tabled(A9 utg, Kh8h, ect) so I elected to shove with fold equity. He thought then called and tabled JJ.. GG me in 9th.

A few other notes.. I dropped to 8th because they failed to put the 189 RMR points I made in this tourney into the rankings as of yet. Devilish obv folded his way to another bubble but in the points in the 3$ rebuy today and he made the points in the 1$ yesturday.. The guy is in 1st for the month but has like 20$ rev and 0$ profit what a joke. The points system is a joke. O well.

11th in the RMR

Ok So I came in 11th in the 1$ rebuy RMR last night not for a lot of money or anything but i did make 135 points which mean more to me then the money. The money will always be there(unless I run as bad as I ran in Feb.).

A few hands that I thought were funny.

I raise 2.5x(1250 @ 250/500) in Middle position with QdJd. Vriesa(total Lag) Min 3 bets me. So i am like wtf I woulda layed it down pre being Out of Position vs a LAG for anything more then the min. so i call. I flop gin J73 two diamonds. She was about 11 bbs deep soo knowning that shes gonna snap call me with any pair even AK or AQ high she calls I elect to shove into her. Obviously she snap calls with K10 high no diamond! Nevermind 3 betting K10 off pre.. but calling a shove 11bbs deep with K10 high!? Merry X-Mas me..

Next Level i open 2.75x(2187 @ 400/800) UTG with KK. BB floats AKx two spades flop she leads into me with a pot size bet. She was about 15 bbs deep i ellect to just put her in(hoping she has the ace and not spades) I was pretty sure those were the only 2 hands she leads into me with on that flop. Obviously she snap calls me with Q10!! She played a 35K pot @ 400/800 with a Gutshot! Luckily a Jack didnt peel off or else i woulda been on suicide watch.

With 28 people left(bubble) I open from Hijack for 2.5x (5000 @ 1000/2000) with about 20 bbs behind with Ks10c. Sb floats. 79J rainbow flop and he min bets into me so i elect to flat call with my double gutter. Blank of clubs on turn he bets double the min into me obv i flat getting like 5 to 1. 8 of clubs! on the river GIN! He leads into me for pot this Time! I have him covered by 3.5 bbs soo obviously I shove he snap calls and shows AK of clubs!!! Back doored the flush and didnt 3 bet a LP raise with AKclubs preflop!! What a weird line to take on that hand! Luckily I got QQ 2 hands later and doubled up vs QQ where i rivered a 4 card flush! lol.

After getting a few beats and putting a few beats on people due to the action being 100% preflop with the blinds being soo rediculously high(stars structure on Rb tourneys is a joke). Pretty standard bust hand i had 6 bbs UTG I look down at 78 of hearts its a clear shove before i loose all fold equity. K9 of diamonds snap calls me from the button... lol donkaments. GG me.

A few other notes.. the 2 people ranked Just above me (5&6) also made points which doesnt help me but 135 points will definently help and Congrats to Tim for essentially winning the 3$ rmr he was quite unlucky loosing like 3 60/40s and a 75/25 post flop after he got heads up with a 5/1 CL on a complete clown. Derty Kermits IMO!!

Intro

Well Im new to this blogging stuff But here goes.

Im a 22 year old mortgage broker from South Central Connecticut who spends most my time playing poker online and occassionally at Foxwoods(1/2 300max and 2/5 500max). Right now I am ranked 7th in the railbirds.com real money rankings and 70th in Connecticut with about 280 TLB points on pocketfives(even though I play a very low volume and small stake Mtts online).

On the poker table I play very TAG(tight aggressive). I see very few flops and will almost never play out of position. I like to control pot size and take advantage of my opponents biggest weakness wether it be to passive or to aggressive or calls to much.. ect ect. My biggest edge is prolly in Horse or stud 8 but I can play NL holdem pretty well too. Some of My poker accomplishments are final tabling the daily 120$ at foxwoods twice taking 3rd for $2,100 and 6th for $900, 6th in the daily 15k for $800, 1st in the Railbird rmr finale for $250(chopped with riwaha), 1st in the 5$ rmr for $120, 1st in a 5$ mtt for $265, and a few other 3 figure scores online. Still waiting for my 4 figure online score. The biggest thing i do to improve my game is either read blogs on pocketfives, Watching profitable players, or discuss different situations/scenarios with friends who i think play optimally(if you want to improve your game talk to people who you know know what they are doing dont post asking for advice on railbirds.com for example most those people play terribly imo).

Off the poker table I am kind of struggling right now to be honest the mortgage industry is absolutely horrible right now as our economy is in a free fall. I went from making 100k+ in 04-06 to makings -30% of that now. I had my own condo and a brand new car. Now I live back at home and drive an older car. Its kind of depressing to think about it. What cheers me up is my 4 year old daughter named Brianna Who was born in Jan. of 2004. She is the love of my life. On weekends I get Brianna although my mom/grandmother like to take her out and do Girlie things. I try to be the best father that I can be seeing that I didnt have much of a father growing up.


Well I will be making more posts in the future. Thank you for reading