A Bitter End to My Summer

My Summer I believe ends around Sept 5. I will leave for California and Oregon with the family tomorrow around 5:30 a.m. to BWI airport (2.5 hours away Jesus...) and then be on a lovely 6 hour flight at least after waiting in the airport for like another 1.5 hours. In other words, tomorrow will feel like fucking shit. I'm so fucking pissed that I will be on a three week trip. I will not give my parents shit just because there's no point, tho to be honest, I'm very upset the trip is 3 weeks and that the plane does not come out of Dulles (25 mins from my house), but is at BWI and it will make the trip very excrutiatingly long. I will have to charge all of my entertainment/communication devices (Ipod, cell phone, and PSP) and make sure to bring all of the necessary accessories for them. I just hope I can be entertained, though I am excited about going to see Yosemite and going to the beach; those things should be okay.

While I'm out there, perhaps I'll look for a poker game. The problem is my parents almsot never have much cash and I'm not bringing like $1200 on this damn trip, so it probably won't be a serious game neway :-( I RELE wunna play badly. On a side note, I'll have to renew my CR membership. I'll probably renew it for a few more months and see if I rele wunt it nemore; it mite just be spewing money until I start playing online again. I'm thinking I might get some more money online MAYBE tonite before I leave!? That would make me sick happy. I'd prob stay up all night after I get home from playins ome bball tonite (around 9:30), finish packing until like 10:15, then play online poker like 5 hours straight after that hahah (maybe enough time for an MTT... hmm). Wish me luck on getting $$ tonite. If I play, I unfortunately won't have PT running, however, I will post hh using pokerhand.org and will go through thought processes. If I don't get money online tonight, this will probably be my last post for 3 weeks (and for that matter last time with computer access for a long time!!). Wish me luck on my trip hopefully I'll bring back an interesting story...

Standard Day and Movie Reviews

Today was a pretty norm summer day. Woke up around 11:00, went out to lunch at the Whole Foods Buffet. It is actually delicious and you get amazing value. Tons of food variety and something for everyone- i wuz quite impressed. A bit later played some bball- played well first 3 games and had some bad passes the 4th game, but still had 3 baskets but w/e. Last nite, saw Chuck and Larry. It was very funny, and tho there was a barage of similar gay jokes (which were all funny), they also had some other variety of jokes. I have yet to see a bad Adam Sandler movie... Anyway I remember what the 5th movie i saw in Kansas was- Munich. Very solid movie, and being Jewish, it had a bit more of an impact on me. The acters were solid, especially the main character (whose real name I cannot think of) who played a convincing Israeli. Daniel Craig to mys urprise was in the movie, and played his role very well. The action was good and the story was pretty compelling and somber.

I plan on playing some online soon but I will have to check with my friend. I will set up a staking session soon and see how I do. I think that I will donate 25% of my profits to charity, and I will hopefully build a big enough roll being staked to play on my own (no less than 30 BI or VERY VERY RESPONSIBLE shot taking). I will use this roll to play occasionally through college, hopefully with PAHUD and PT, but will have to arrange for those to be purchased. It is coming time to renew my Cardrunners subscription, which I am more than happy to do. I think I've been a member for 9 months, and I think I've improved a decent amount, probably over the long run to vastly multiply the money I've spent on the subscription. I'm sure there is some more I can learn from CR, and even though I don't particularly like MTT play or watching the vids of them, the pros they have are solid and that's probably the weakest part of my game. I'd say my cash game strategy is pretty solid now. I think my main leaks last time were that I would play too much small ball. I would reraise a lot and ALWAYS cbet the flop, but I would rarely two-barrel bluff and I would end up checking behind a lot on the turn with hands like top pair with some straight draws out there, and then maybe paying off if I hit. After realizing that tho, I think I've been playing great. I will make sure that I'm a bit more aggressive and force my opponents a bit more to a decision. My goal is to build an image where I can get paid off a lot while seeming like a LAGtard, often 3betting, but really I'll be playing very solid. As long as I can foster the reverse image of how im playing, coupled with some good game selection and only 4 tabling or less, I think I should be good. I don't particularly feel like playing HU, even tho it is probably my strongest game. I'm going to rework my 6max a bit, but I'll probably play 2 tables of HU and 2 tables of 6max at the same time, trying to of course avoid the regs. Updates soon to come, hopefully with favorable news and my results. I will probably have to reinstall PT soon- sending them an email asking for my confirmation code again to activate it because I think I lost it.

Back From Kansas

Whew, it's great to be back home. I had fun staying with an old friend, but was definitely looking forward to continue breaking in my somewhat new car again and bein on my comp, checkin blogs and CR vids, etc. Saw a lot of movies, none of which were bad. I'll start with my fav movies I saw and work downwards: Harry Potter #5, Thank You for Smoking, Harry Potter #4, The Departed, and I'm probably missing another movie but w/e. Harry Potter #5 was best Potter movie since first one. It got rite to the point and I do like the more mature theme the series has adapted. Thank You for Smoking was a very unique and interesting movie, filmed from a very unique perspective. It was an interesting and unique movie, and I hope more movies are made as sort of documentaries with fictional characters but realistic events. I also purchased the new and last :-( Harry Potter book that will ever be published. I read it in two days, 1/3 of which on my 2.5 hour plane ride. I'd say that tied for the best Harry Potter book to date, with #5, imo. The end (hopefully this doesn't spoil it) had closure, which I thought was crucial since obviously there would be no more Harry Potter books after this one. I'm a big fan of the movies and the books, though by no means do I obsess about it. 98% of the people I saw at borders looked Batshit crazy; 30% pedofiles, 65% of weird pale kids dressed up in costumes, and the other 5% normal people who didn't wear suspenders and other nerd attire. Very good book and entertaining for the plane, cannot wait for the next two movies. I'm pretty sure they will have the most action, and probably the most engaging plot twists to date.

On the brief poker note- played a bit in Kansas, tought my friend the basics (mainly raising ranges and bet sizes), which has helped his game drastically but he still has much to learn. I unfortunately only played a bit live for money that I could give a shit less about. I'm itching for the live game and hoping it comes soon.

Kansas Visit

I am visiting kansas tomorrow... will wake up tomorrow at 4am!!! Flying in to Kansas from Dulles International Airport- Luckily 20 mins from where I live or so. Flight is like at 8 a.m. I personally HATE airline travel and I get mad Jetlag, but will be entertained with my video ipod enough (~3 hour flight or so) I don't need to take the PSP just another thing to worry about TBH and I'm not rele enjoying it so far because I just have two games that are mediocre. When I get back I'll find a source of income then buy some more. Neway, staying with a friend for a week in Kansas- should be very fun. Video games, poker, seeing other old friends, chess, movies, and lots of fine dining are mainly what the trip will consist of. I'm looking forward to actually getting there, but not the travelling since I know it will suck. Probably won't update for another week or so, but we'll c. If I go to a poker game or something I will make sure to update. I know the travelling for this trip definitely won't suck close to as much as the one for my Oregon and California trip- like 3 hour communite to BWI Airport (to fly Southwest and because fares cheaper), as well as like 6 hour flight! Holy shit! Yea...should suck. Pce out guys

Freaking Crap

Yea, I lost my glorious $42 or so. I love it when people call all ins on A K high in TOURNEYS without getting odds or being pot committed (I stop n Goed in $22 SNG with 89dd on JTxdd flop and got called by AKcc, and of course, BRICK OUT)!!! I'm so frustrated with this low limit bullshit I can't wait to play higher- it's fun just to satisfy the desire to play, but at the same time, not winning but making the correct plays is ridiculously frustrating. Poker is a stupid game, and I run like SHTTTT. I'll play bball later and try to talk to my friend about the live game or playing online. TBH, part of the reason to play is to actually have something exciting to talk about in my blog LOL. That's like 7% of it tho- the other 43% of me wants to gamble and the other 50% wants to win some $$ for food and entertainment the rest of the summer.

Shippp it!

I love Rakeback :) I just got my free $44 from last month yay :) I'm ready to grind the $.05/.$10 and will move up to take a shot at the $.10/$.25 tables when I have a roll of ~$250 by 4-6 tabling with 50BB. Should be fun. Looking forward to grinding it actually should be fun b/c I haven't played in forever! Wish me luck in my GAMBOOOLS I'm too lazy to reinstall PT now.

Late Night Chillin

Got bak from a friend's live home game for the $10 buyin $.10/$.20. After a bit of play, a friend in the game wants to raise the stakes to $.25/.50, yet nobody buys in for more except for me. I get quite frustrated but go along, as everyone has like 20BB effective except for me with like 90BB. It's fun to have more play in even somewhat late stages in MTTs than a shorthanded cash game lol. Neway, was $40 winner on the night. Played very solid and was on my game, going with my reads. Did not actually have a legit hand really all night!! Best hand 99, then 88, then AK. Played from 9-11:30, so yea, 3.5 hours, 3 good raising hands is pretty sick. Neway, played well. Bluffed TONS but in great spots. At this game, I know for sure I'm getting looked up on the flop by a wide range (gutshot+ c/c a flop bet), so I have to be willing to fire two or 3 barrels for the most part. I did maximize on when my opponents were bluffing. One hand was vs the guy that hit the OESD vs my top set the other home game for $100 pot was I opened AK, he flats from blinds. He donks A93 rainbow flop for $4 into a $2? , I think and call. Turn is T. No FDs. He quickly bets $5 into the $10. River is 7, he shoves for the rest (probably like $4 at most) and I snapcall obv. He instamucks his hand- I don't see what hand I call with on the flop and turn that I fold on the river getting like 5:1 odds? Obviously this game is good and people have yet to understand the fine nuances of bluffing, such as actually having a decent stacksize with a story that adds up and betting a completely blank river for no reason when I've flatcalled two streets lol. So yea, definitely in this game READS ARE EVERYTHING. It's not so much putting people on ranges, so much as knowing how much they bet, how quickly, how deliberately they put chips into the pot, timing, cbetting %, and pretty much AF. I tend to play TONS of hands because I have good knowledge of these things of all my opponents at this game, and can exploit them when they miss the flop either by floating or raising the flop with air. Either way, I pick my situations amazingly and quickly TBH, and if I could honestly get these detailed reads on all players I played with online and live I would be honestly unstoppable. It's so sick how I get few good hands whatsoever, yet can play perfectly knowing my opponents' cards, not my own. As long as I can avoid showdown I'm okay since I don't hit shit! To be completely honest, I would like to get PLO in this game since there r some gamblers and people wouldn't understand the game at all, plus PLO is so fun and is THE game for sick degens :) Looking forward to having an opportunity to playin a live game, and I will probably soon be playing online, either 4tabling $1/$2 nl being staked 50/50 or covering losses 4tabling $2/$4 nl, both for sessions of 1.5 hours probably, and definitely hopefully with PAHUD running, at LEAST pt. If I'm playing $1/$2, it might be on stars just for fun and change of venue, but $2/$4 game is softer on FTP and I'd probably rather play there. I'd like to play $3/$6 nl or $5/$10 nl, but I can't afford it, especially since I haven't played online poker in forever and am probably rusty.