August 2006
Added some new pics of Dylan
30/08/06 12:09 Filed in: Personal
Cori sent me a some new pics of Baby Dylan. Take a look at 15 months old, 16 months old and current.
Took out a pro!
28/08/06 10:31 Filed in: Poker
Last night I played in Full Tilt's $200,000 tourney. I didn't win, but I did manage to bust one of the Full Tilt pros. Keith Sexton. I didn't realize it, but there was a $200 bounty on him, so I am getting a nice little bonus, and a t-shirt for it.
Big or small. Every win is a good one.
Big or small. Every win is a good one.
Me in the NY Times
22/08/06 11:19 Filed in: Links
Here is a photo that was in this article in today's Metro Section, about the last Monday Movie of the summer. Notice the handsome fellow with the blue sheet on the left. ![Happy](../../rw_common/plugins/blog/smiley_smile.png)
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My first "big" cash on Full Tilt Poker.
17/08/06 01:15 Filed in: Poker
Just took second in a $24+2 tournament on Full Tilt Poker. About $2400. Was 1 bad beat away from the $4000 first, but I'll certainly take 2nd for my $26 investment.
My decision to stick to tournaments when online definitely seems like the right one. I am almost caught up to my losses from the ring games. For now, while I'll play cash games live, online is tournaments and tournaments alone.
One interesting observation. I am cashing somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of the time. That is pretty good, but it can definitely be frustrating the other 80 to 90 percent of the time. I can see why they say poker is a tough way to make an easy living. Definitely keeping it in the hobby stage.
For now.![Happy](../../rw_common/plugins/blog/smiley_smile.png)
My decision to stick to tournaments when online definitely seems like the right one. I am almost caught up to my losses from the ring games. For now, while I'll play cash games live, online is tournaments and tournaments alone.
One interesting observation. I am cashing somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of the time. That is pretty good, but it can definitely be frustrating the other 80 to 90 percent of the time. I can see why they say poker is a tough way to make an easy living. Definitely keeping it in the hobby stage.
For now.
![Happy](../../rw_common/plugins/blog/smiley_smile.png)
Big moneyless poker win.
07/08/06 13:21 Filed in: Poker
I didn't play any online poker the whole time I was in Vegas. Was doing the live thing, after all. Well, yesterday I started playing online again. Played in 3 big tournaments. The PokerStars Sunday Million and the Full Tilt 200k guarantee were the big money ones. I didn't cash in those. But I also played in PokerStars Moneymaker Millionaire freeroll. Out of over 9500 players, only the top 50 won a ticket to the next level event. I was one of those.
Heh, if I had made top 50 in any of the other tourney's it would have been a nice money win. So, my timing is just a little off, but I'll keep trying.
Heh, if I had made top 50 in any of the other tourney's it would have been a nice money win. So, my timing is just a little off, but I'll keep trying.
Home again...
06/08/06 13:19 Filed in: Poker
Got back from Vegas on Saturday night. I didn't get to play in that Thursday event. It was sold out. So I just played at the cash games. had a lot of fun, and came home with more money than I left with. Can't ask more than that. Looking forward to trying again next year.
WSOP - The Main Event
01/08/06 02:54 Filed in: Poker
I was in, and I was out. I lasted until 10pm on the first day. Sure, I would rather have lasted until I was rich beyond my wildest dreams, but I'll have to settle for having had a good time.
I slept well and went over to the PokerStars breakfast at the Rio. I was a little nervous, but not much. Made my way to my seat.
Here was my first dealer.
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Here was my starting chip stack.
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And here is the guy who knocked me out.
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No hard feelings. I had been doing pretty well, but ran into 1 hand that crippled me. I had 6 8 in the big blind and the pot was unraised. The flop came K 6 2. I decided to take a stab at it with bottom pair. Got 1 call from a very aggressive player. If he had anything good, he'd have raised preflop. The turn was Jack. I decided to try once more. I bet, and he called. I was done. But then the river came and it was an 8 giving me 2 pair. I checked, he bet, and I called thinking he had a K. He did, but his J with it gave him a better 2 pair than I had.![Sad](../../rw_common/plugins/blog/smiley_sad.png)
That put me on life support with about 5000 chips when the blinds were 100/200. I survived that way about 4 hours, looking for a way to double up. Stealing just enough pots to stay steady. Finally, in the end, I made a move against a loose aggressive player who made a button raise into my small blind. I had A J of spades, and he called my all in with A K of diamonds. The flop gave me 2 spades, but those were the last ones, and that was all she wrote. The fat lady had sung.
I have no regrets. I think I played fairly well, and I had fun. There is one more WSOP tournament while I am here on Thursday. A 1000 buy in event. Maybe I'll try to win a seat to that one too. As long as I am here. Otherwise, there is always next year. But now, I am going to sleep.
I slept well and went over to the PokerStars breakfast at the Rio. I was a little nervous, but not much. Made my way to my seat.
Here was my first dealer.
![](Dealer.jpg)
Here was my starting chip stack.
![](page6_blog_entry54_2.jpg)
And here is the guy who knocked me out.
![](page6_blog_entry54_3.jpg)
No hard feelings. I had been doing pretty well, but ran into 1 hand that crippled me. I had 6 8 in the big blind and the pot was unraised. The flop came K 6 2. I decided to take a stab at it with bottom pair. Got 1 call from a very aggressive player. If he had anything good, he'd have raised preflop. The turn was Jack. I decided to try once more. I bet, and he called. I was done. But then the river came and it was an 8 giving me 2 pair. I checked, he bet, and I called thinking he had a K. He did, but his J with it gave him a better 2 pair than I had.
![Sad](../../rw_common/plugins/blog/smiley_sad.png)
That put me on life support with about 5000 chips when the blinds were 100/200. I survived that way about 4 hours, looking for a way to double up. Stealing just enough pots to stay steady. Finally, in the end, I made a move against a loose aggressive player who made a button raise into my small blind. I had A J of spades, and he called my all in with A K of diamonds. The flop gave me 2 spades, but those were the last ones, and that was all she wrote. The fat lady had sung.
I have no regrets. I think I played fairly well, and I had fun. There is one more WSOP tournament while I am here on Thursday. A 1000 buy in event. Maybe I'll try to win a seat to that one too. As long as I am here. Otherwise, there is always next year. But now, I am going to sleep.