-10k day

last night i got stuck 1ok. i felt like i played pretty well and didn't tilt at all. a big chunk of it was lost in one big pot and i decided to quit immediately after.


Full Tilt Poker Game #3387503575: Table Ballad (heads up) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:39:06 ET - 2007/08/28
Seat 1: Kadabra ($3,834.50)
Seat 2: johny001 ($4,928.50)
johny001 posts the small blind of $10
Kadabra posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [9h 8d]
johny001 raises to $60
Kadabra raises to $180
johny001 calls $120
*** FLOP *** [7d 6d 6c]
Kadabra bets $280
johny001 raises to $960
Kadabra calls $680
*** TURN *** [7d 6d 6c] [Th]
Kadabra bets $1,900
johny001 raises to $3,788.50, and is all in
Kadabra calls $794.50, and is all in
johny001 shows [6h 3h]
Kadabra shows [9h 8d]
Uncalled bet of $1,094 returned to johny001
*** RIVER *** [7d 6d 6c Th] [3c]
johny001 shows a full house, Sixes full of Threes
Kadabra shows a straight, Ten high
johny001 wins the pot ($7,668.50) with a full house, Sixes full of Threes
Kadabra is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7,669 | Rake $0.50
Board: [7d 6d 6c Th 3c]
Seat 1: Kadabra (big blind) showed [9h 8d] and lost with a straight, Ten high
Seat 2: johny001 (small blind) showed [6h 3h] and won ($7,668.50) with a full house, Sixes full of Threes


i plan on not playing any more 10-20 until im at least unstuck the full 10k.

Value Betting

if there is one thing i feel i do really well in hu poker, its value betting.

heres a hand i played 10 minutes ago

Full Tilt Poker Game #3336000796: Table Echo (heads up) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:11:46 ET - 2007/08/22
Seat 1: Kadabra ($782)
Seat 2: lolmonies ($599.50)
Kadabra posts the small blind of $2
lolmonies posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [Jh 7c]
Kadabra calls $2
lolmonies raises to $12
Kadabra calls $8
*** FLOP *** [6h 5d 4s]
lolmonies bets $20
Kadabra calls $20
*** TURN *** [6h 5d 4s] [Jc]
lolmonies checks
Kadabra bets $42
lolmonies calls $42
*** RIVER *** [6h 5d 4s Jc] [2s]
lolmonies checks
Kadabra bets $108
lolmonies has 15 seconds left to act
lolmonies has requested TIME
lolmonies calls $108
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kadabra shows [Jh 7c] a pair of Jacks
lolmonies mucks
Kadabra wins the pot ($363.50) with a pair of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $364 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6h 5d 4s Jc 2s]
Seat 1: Kadabra (small blind) showed [Jh 7c] and won ($363.50) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: lolmonies (big blind) mucked [Td Tc] - a pair of Tens






first off, i'm one of the very few hu players who will limp on the button. most players, especially at the big limits, want to play a big pot every hand, and lets say u limp at 5-10, and they cant raise it to 100+ its very frustrating and confusing for them. almost like i'm breaking some sort of gentlemen agreement or unwritten law.



anyway, i limp, he 3x's, i cant fold. ill never fold full stack or more for 3x regardless of my cards. i flop a strait draw, and an over. he bets this flop, and i feel like hes the type of guy, where if i hit my strait and bet turn and river, hell pay me off cuz he just wont believe me. turn card is a jack. now im gonna put in a tester bet and see where im at. i bet about 2/3 the pot. he takes his time, and calls. river is a deuce, that 2 fills up the bottom end of the strait.

he checks. most people at this point say, ok well i might have the best hand, i might not, i dont want to be raised so im not putting any more money in. guess what. keep this quiet, u wont be raised unless he has a monster.


ive determined that if he had AA KK QQ he would of bet the turn, the jack scared him, meaning my jack was good, at this point i put him on 88 thinking he would think i will only bet here with a strait. he knows he can only beat a bluff, and thats what i try to represent, this way he just calls. and i get an extra quarter of a buy in

Short handed tourmanet today

i just satellited into the $1000 6 handed. tournament wise, i feel this is my strongest event. and i think the 2nd and 1st i got in my satellites proved it. i am still in 2nd place for player of the year and desperately trying to rack up some points in this event. if i take anywhere in the top 40 ill be very very happy with myself. of course i am still rooting for the final table and maybe sealing the deal on this years race. the tournament today starts at 6.

300 NL

so the rebuy didnt go to well

45, flop 55A


i knew it but could not get away from it, he had AA.



i have now dropped into 2nd place for player of the year. today is the 300 NL.
theres gonna be about 4000 people in this tournament, i peg myself at about 35 to 1 to make the top 50 and collect some much needed POY points.

FTOPS player of the year challenge

so this is my biggest challenge ever. i want to win FTOPS player of the year. you must place in the top 72 to earn points. i have 200 points as of right now, i figure i need about 350 points to win it. i think if i make one more final table, i can win. tomorrow is the re buy tournament. i think this may be my best chance, the field is not usually over 1,500 people for a re buy tournament. so if i can just squeeze into the top 50, it might be enough to separate myself from the rest of the pact.

FTOPS event #1

So we won FTOPS! here is a screen shot of the final results




I'm in a bit of a rush so ill just discuss two final table hands

Full Tilt Poker Game #3198984859: FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 239 - 80K/160K Ante 20K - No Limit Hold'em - 6:09:47 ET - 2007/08/09
Seat 2: Kadabra (2,936,700)
Seat 3: Jeezy888 (6,155,368)
Seat 4: The_Closer3 (3,402,932)
Kadabra antes 20,000
Jeezy888 antes 20,000
The_Closer3 antes 20,000
Kadabra posts the small blind of 80,000
Jeezy888 posts the big blind of 160,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [5h 5s]
PhillyPhan85 (Observer): kad owns closer
CalluBudddy (Observer): nh
The_Closer3 folds
Kadabra calls 80,000
j-caly (Observer): lol
Jeezy888 checks
*** FLOP *** [3h 6s 7h]
Kadabra bets 160,000
WooWooPoker (Observer): Jeezy888 FAN CLUB
Jeezy888 calls 160,000
*** TURN *** [3h 6s 7h] [2c]
mcsaigon1 (Observer): ill give you 2-1 10 dollar bet jeezy outlasts kad
Kadabra bets 160,000
skinsiu13 (Observer): 335
mcsaigon1 (Observer): any takers
Jeezy888 calls 160,000
*** RIVER *** [3h 6s 7h 2c] [2s]
Ch1pFreak (Observer): Jeezy = Draw
Kadabra checks
skinsiu13 (Observer): 160
SuburbanAces (Observer): KAD OWNS EVERYONE
Jeezy888 bets 1,020,000
CalluBudddy (Observer): omg
Cubs 217 (Observer): obv
Triple Trio (Observer): 2-1?
Kadabra calls 1,020,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jeezy888 shows [8h 9d] a pair of Twos
SuburbanAces (Observer): GO KAD
Kadabra shows [5h 5s] two pair, Fives and Twos
Kadabra wins the pot (3,060,000) with two pair, Fives and Twos
PhillyPhan85 (Observer): Kad gc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,060,000 | Rake 0
Board: [3h 6s 7h 2c 2s]
Seat 2: Kadabra (small blind) showed [5h 5s] and won (3,060,000) with two pair, Fives and Twos
Seat 3: Jeezy888 (big blind) showed [8h 9d] and lost with a pair of Twos
Seat 4: The_Closer3 (button) folded before the Flop





ok, with jeezy i wanna be super careful, because hes a preflop player, if i raise, hell put me in with any ace, and with the way things were goin, i was not lookin to gamble on the low stack.

so i limp, regular lookin flop


i min bet, for info, and to try to take it down.

he jus calls.

this means a lot of things, but its his biggest mistake in the hand. just calling here indicates he does not have 2pair or better, because he would protect it.

turn comes a good card a duece, again i min bet, im actually a lil scared, i really wanna see the river cheap.


ok well i get the river i want, i check, no reason to bet here. now honestly i want him to check, or make a big bet, a big bet will indicate a hand like, K8h 89 810 910.


well he bets the pot. look, how can he have a hand here, a 7 value bets, if not checks, a 6 doesnt bet, those running dueces didnt do anything. there is jus no hand i can put him on. so i make, in my mind an easy call.



one more




Full Tilt Poker Game #3198902811: FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 239 - 50K/100K Ante 10K - No Limit Hold'em - 5:44:39 ET - 2007/08/09
Seat 2: Kadabra (3,601,700)
Seat 3: Jeezy888 (2,620,368)
Seat 4: The_Closer3 (6,272,932)
Kadabra antes 10,000
Jeezy888 antes 10,000
The_Closer3 antes 10,000
The_Closer3 posts the small blind of 50,000
Kadabra posts the big blind of 100,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [Td 8s]
cyruskash (Observer): its anyone's game
Jeezy888 folds
killanick (Observer): theres gonna be no chops...just a wild guess
CalluBudddy (Observer): close him
The_Closer3 raises to 300,000
PhillyPhan85 (Observer): Kabs
Kadabra calls 200,000
*** FLOP *** [4h 4d Ah]
jtb81100 (Observer): yea and without a chop he has a good shot at 147k
pokerking350 (Observer): kadabra owns closer
The_Closer3 bets 630,000
FOOL_BULL (Observer): ya it is
PhillyPhan85 (Observer): hands down best player
Kadabra calls 630,000
*** TURN *** [4h 4d Ah] [Ac]
RafiAmit (Observer): 80 k each closer gets 140k
CalluBudddy (Observer): omg
BigChipper86 (Observer): closer will finish 3rd
The_Closer3 checks
icudonks (Observer): KADABRA made a great comeback earlier
FOOL_BULL (Observer): 1st
Kadabra bets 800,000
CalluBudddy (Observer): close him one time
The_Closer3 has 15 seconds left to act
The_Closer3 has requested TIME
PhillyPhan85 (Observer): yea from 200k like 13 handed it was sik
The_Closer3 folds
Uncalled bet of 800,000 returned to Kadabra
Kadabra mucks
Kadabra wins the pot (1,890,000)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,890,000 | Rake 0
Board: [4h 4d Ah Ac]
Seat 2: Kadabra (big blind) collected (1,890,000), mucked
Seat 3: Jeezy888 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: The_Closer3 (small blind) folded on the Turn




probably my favorite hand of the tournament. now from the beggining of the final table till 3 handed, i acted like i was the guy who plays his cards, and lets them fall where they lie, thats how i set up a few bluffs on the very aggresiive closer later on.

he raises my blind (standard) and this time i decide to play with him and call. AA4, not a dream flop, he bet the pot.
freeze. any pair he has, has to be worried, and thats an overbet if he has an ace.but if i make a raise, he might push with a draw.... hmmmm.

i elected to just call the flop, and see what came on the turn,

a 4. he checks, action time, now with my flat call on the flop, it makes it look like i can either have a scared 4, or im slowplaying an ace.

theres 1.9 in the pot, i bet 800,000.

if he has a draw... he can not call now, if he has a pair, he will flat call, and i will bluff the river. buy bettin 800,000 i know he is smart enough to know i might be trapping, because he knows i am playing my hand, not his (totally not true tho!) so i want him to think im baiting him, and will bet big on the river. he promptly mucks.

Buy N Save

i finally got a chance to go car shopping today. i tried out the grand touring mazda. i really like the ride and i might buy it if they knock off some of the price for paying cash. the real story today came at buy n save.

Tyler and I went to get sandwiches and then to get a snack at buy n save. i went n picked up a couple drinks and while i was making a decision i put my sunglasses down. all the while this woman in an orange vest was standing behind us. as soon as i walked out the door i realized i forgot my sunglasses. tyler went back inside, and said he couldnt find them. i figured he just forgot where i set them down, so i went inside, and they were gone. its only been about a minute n a half since i put my sunglasses down that they were gone. i talk to the store manager, but apparently there cameras dont even work.... nice to know.

so i confront the woman about it. she practically gets right in my face and says no. i come back about 15 minutes later, confront her again, she starts screaming at me this time. "just call the police! ive never fuckin stole anything in my life, how dare you acuse me of stealing, it was probably the 2 mexicans behind me! just call the police!" there were no other people in the store, just her, tyler, and i.


at this point, i dont think i will ever see those sunglasses again. but you never know...