Brandon's (mostly) Poker Blog

Thursday, December 27, 2007

aklsflknaslk;fdj;lkasjfk;ldjasl;kjf;lkas part 2

haha... I'm beginning to think that I complain alot... so what lol. I was chipleader 3-handed in the $5 rebuy $4,500 guaranteed (6-max) on Full Tilt last night and got 77 in the sb. I'd say I had around 800k in chips... other stacks are close at around 700k each. Blinds are 10k/20k. Button limps and I decide to try to flop a monster and just call (Now I wish I would've raised and just taken it down right there, but I can't be too results-oriented I guess... just calling is obviously fine too). So I flop my monster on 7 J Q. I check, bb checks, button fires out a slightly over-sized bet of 100k... I raise to 260k and button pushes.. Obviously I instacall expecting to see QJ, which I do, only for him to hit another Q on the turn and cripple me. I busted a couple hands later and earned $770 as opposed to over $1k for 1st or 2nd. I feel like I played extremely well all tourney long, picking my spots and restealing some late, which is key. It just sucks that I got bad beat in a spot like that, cause I would've had about 1.6 mil or so had I won that hand, giving me a huge lead HU. It just wasn't meant to be though... sure I could've raised pf and taken it down right there, but I can't be disappointed getting all my chips in as a huge favorite on that flop, I think I played it absolutely fine. My tourney play is getting really really strong, and I will continue to play a good mix of MTTs with my sngs and cash games. Well thats it for now...

- Brandon

Thursday, December 20, 2007

skjfjklabgljsl;flk;ajs;kfjd;laksjkjl...

Was semi-deep in the $5 rebuy on stars tonight about 1.5x avg stack at around 55k and I raised to 6k at 1k/2k on the button with AQ... BB has me covered and pushed on me with A5 (I'm 100% positive I'm ahead and proceed with an instacall)... he hits his 5 of course... Another tourney I'm allin on A Q x with AQ vs AK... he runner runner flushes.... Was down to 10 players in the 13,500k guaranteed on Full Tilt, one from the final table, when I got AQ allin pre against AK... OBV.... I swear, this is why I usually don't play MTTs.... Top 4 were over a grand payout, 1st being about $3,500.... and I got 10th for a gay $150+.... How do you fold AQ with 60k chips 5-handed at 2k/4k after a 12k raise from a guy who raises over 50% of his hands?? Well, um, I guess I should start doing it. I mean, you can't reraise without committing right?? I guess you could with a min-reraise... but thats just gay... alskjf;asfj;alj I hate poker... Okay, rant is over.... I've been playing a mix of MTTs, cash, and sngs lately.... not too much happening... I did win a $12turbo 180-man tourney the other day on stars for a decent $600 or so, so that was nice... Too bad the next night I dropped about $400 in cash games.... as;ljf;ksjf;lkasjfkl;sajf;laskjf.... Okay, goodnight :)

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

sngs can drive me crazy...

But I still love em... Last night i had a pretty horrible session... I played 30 sngs and finished down about $400 or so ($55 regulars)... Oh well, it happens. Tonight I put in a small session of 7 sngs and won somewhere around $170 or so, so I got a little back. I've been playing a decent amount lately (for me that is)... about 100 a week. My ROI on Sharkscope is still right at %20 (although not a huge sample size lol)... I haven't totaled up my latest stats myself yet though.... The plan was to play 30 more tomorrow, but something came up so I'll be lucky to get 10 in. Well I still feel good about my game, so I'm sure I'll be coming up in no time. I'll still get 100 in this week.... Peace!

- Brandon