Quick update

The monday win streak is over.... but before that... played Omaha on Thursday and went with Lisa and Casey to Pechanga on Saturday. Both days played pretty well and got down into the top 10% but couldn't quite close the deal. Started off well on Monday...didn't need to rebuy but went out fairly early losing with a KQ suited... there were 2 hands earlier with KJ suited that I didn't call some all ins and would have won... I knew when I finally played the KQ it was gonna be a loser...turns out one of the callers had A7 suited and hit trip Aces... ah well can't win every Monday :)

Monday, Monday

so good to me, Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be.... looks like Monday is a hot day for me. Played Palomar again this monday morning and won $20 less than last week leaving with just over $300. I had Q's hold up early so didn't have to rebuy... had pocket 8's hold up late to take the chip lead and even flopped Quad 3's on the final table... oddly enough I had Quad 3's last week also but not on the final table. Into the black for overall profits for the first time since getting started...feeling good. Will let you know what happens the rest of the week.

Three days in a row

Well... back in the saddle... have played 3 days already this week... the Palomar win on Monday, Tues at Pechanga and Wed back to palomar. I actuallu took my 83 y/o mother with me to Pechanga...she played video poker while I was playing the tournament. Not muc to report as I went out just before the break... the blinds were 200-400 and I had about 3200 in chips. Three players limped and I called in the big blind with K7 spades. The flop came AK4 with two spades and the guy to my right went all in... I decided to call with second pair and the nut flush draw. I could win with any K or 7 or any spade... none of which happened and I was done.

Wed. at Palomar I never had to rebuy...thank goodness because they were only paying 6 players. I actually played pretty well but ended up going out in 8th and just missing the money. I think tommorrow will be Omaha at Viejas :)

A good Monday

Well, of to a good start or should I say restart? I decided to head over to Palomar 'cause I didn't want to travel to far. Turned out to be a good day there... they actually filled all 4 tables and had some decent rebuys. I didn't play during the rebuy rounds...actually only playing one hand which was pocket Aces and allowed me to go into the non rebuy period with over 3000 in chips. Went up and down a bit when the first of my big hands hit.. I had pocket 3's and limped into the pot with 4 others... the flop brought a 3 so I checked with my set and called a raiser to my left... next card off was another 3 for quads... at that point I should have checked again but instead decided to push and thankfully he called and I had a pretty good stack. I started to slip back with the blinds going up but I managed to hang around as we went to final table.. we discussed a chop but the big stack decided not to which ended up being good for me. I caught pocket K's and AK on consecutive hands to become the big stack... we finally played down to 6 and chopped with me getting $310 to everyone elses $240... no rebuys so I was only in for $20...not a bad day. Lets see if we can keep it up :)

New Year restart

well a couple of things to update you all on.... first off since poker has not been able to provide me with a full time income I have accepted a new job so that I can pay my bills. The good news is, it will be very compatible with my continuing to play poker and hopefully if i am making enough money to pay my bills it will allow me to loosen up a little at the poker table. I may be playing a bit sporatically for the next week or so but as soon as training is complete, my schedule is my own and I will make time for poker. By the way my new positon is Area Scout for a company called The National Scouting Report. Basically we help high school student athletes get athletic scholarships. So if you know a high school underclassman (male or female) that excels in a sport (all NCAA eligible sports are considered) and is interested in competing in college, please let me know. For a fairly small investment parents can save ten of thousands of dollars on college tuition as well as room and board.... a very sound investment.

Now back to poker... I played the 2 for 1 at Pechanga with my brother. I didn't make the money but had some interesting hands including going all in blind just before the break figuring I didn't want go through the break with minimal chips. As it turns out I had K3 and chopped the pot with the big blind who also had K3. So I had to sit through the break and when we came back, the second or third hand was pocket 4's that actually held up to triple me up. Unfortunately the next hand I had pocket 5's and figured I couldn't get that lucky twice so I laid it down. Wouldn't you know a five came on the flop and would have set me up for a deep run. As it was I lasted about another 20 minutes and went out with about 5 tables left (240 started). Am looking forward to the new job and getting back to playing more poker!!!!

Severe Weather Update

I was reminded yesterday that I have not done any updates this week. Mostly because I haven't been playing... I did go to Palomar on Tuesday but not a lot to talk about... the game is getting worse all the time with fewer players and smaller pots. I made it a point not to rebuy figuring it was not financially a good bet. Ended up going out in 12th place. Meanwhile have been hesitant to travel great distances (Pechanga, Oceans) or into the desert or mountains (Viejas, Barona) do to the wild weather we have been having. Fortunately it looks like it is all winding up this weekend so hopefully I will be out on the trail early next week, maybe even run up to barona on Saturday. I have a job interview on Monday but the great thing is that I will be running my own athlete scouting service so there will be plenty of time to play poker. The other nice thing is since I will be traveling locally for work I will be in proximity to most of the card rooms and will be able to write of some of the travel expenses on the new business instead of out of poker money. Stayed tuned for more details

New week similar results

Funny how much more fun blogging is when you are winning... thus the less than daily updates...LOL I went up to Palomar yesterday... never had to rebuy which is good since there were only 29 players. I was rolling along pretty well when we got down to 12 players... I promised myself to not play anything but premium hands at this point until we got down to final table... blind were 100/200 and I was in the big blind and looked down at AQ... the player to my left went all in for his last $200 and the small blind who had a huge stack called the extra $200. I thought about going all in and trying to get it down to me and the guy to my left but then i thought if the huge stack has any kind of hand he would probably call me anyway... so I checked and figured if i hit either and Ace or a Queen on the flop I would move all in.... sure enough the flop was QJ4 and i pushed all in... the big stack called and turned over Q10 against my QA... it worked perfectly... until the turn was a 10 giving him 2 pairs and knocking me out in 11th place... aggghhh. Today I went to Pechanga and like the last couple of times there, I collected a lot of chips early including making some great continuation plays and was really feeling good when the cards just went dead. Normally that wouldn't be all that bad except with their new structure the blinds and then the antes kicked in and my stack slowly started to diminish. I was moved to another table and won a couple of hands but not enough with the blinds and antes going up. Finally with blinds 1000/2000 and having only $6900 i went all in with an A4 and when I got three callers including 2 all ins I new I was in trouble. The flop brought a 4 which temporarily had me in front but I quickly fell behind and was gone with 4 tables left. I am considering going back to more cash games because in most of the tournaments lately I have collected a lot of chips early but have been unable to finish strongly... if I can do the same thing in a cash game I can walk away while I am ahead which might not be a bad idea :) Will let you know more later.