Big Slick Update

Whew! Been letting the Big Slick updates slide! Finished 6th in last Wednesday's tournament. Standings below.

Standings with total Points

1. AvenueDave 5550
2. Nelson 4800
3. Larry 4750
4. Katherine 4650
5. Cory 4100

And now the bad news. I've just learned that the area finals I've been working towards will be on a day when I'm out of town! Booooo!

Oops!

I was so distraught over my recent online play, that I forgot to post last week's Big Slick results! Came in 2nd out of the 11 and extended my overall lead.

Standings with total Points

1. AvenueDave 5050
2. Nelson 4650
3. Katherine 4050
4. Sharon 3700
5. Larry 3550

TILT TILT TILT

0-2 in the $5 games tonight. Not playing very patiently. Making bad calls. I should go to bed. Instead I am trying a $20 double or nothing...results below...

Lost the $20 game early when my pocket Jacks lost to pocket Aces.

It may be time to stop playing for awhile!

Starting Money: $20
$20 Games Played: 1
Record: 0-1
$10 Games Played: 30
Record: 15-15
$5 Games Played: 34
Record: 24-10
Current Money: $41.30

Back to 5

First stab at the $5 games in awhile. Played pretty well in the first game...except for one hand. And it cost me. Didn't bust out that hand, but gave up too many chips and was later busted with my 88 vs. K9.

Second game started off much better! First hand was KK...I raised 4x the big blind, was re-raised another 3x, I called. Flop of 8KQ with 2 spades...I bet about 1/3 of the pot, get raised, I go all in, and get called. Other player had KQ with no spades. I should double up in the first hand more often! Makes the game so much easier.

Starting Money: $20
$10 Games Played: 30
Record: 15-15
$5 Games Played: 32
Record: 24-8
Current Money: $74.30

Stick a Fork In Me!

I'm done! Played 2 more $10 games simultaneously and lost both. Coincidentally, I had AK suited within 30 seconds in both games...got all in before the flop in both games and, of course, lost both. Lost to pocket kings in one and pocket tens in the other. Both of the other guys flopped 3 of a kind. I did still have 4 to a flush in one hand, but it didn't happen.

So, back I go to the $5 games. I'm not as disappointed as I thought I'd be. Clearly, for whatever reason, I did much better at the $5 games. I really do think a lot of it was luck and that over a longer haul things would have turned in favour of me in the $10 games, but this is poker. Strange things happen. Funny that I will be going back to the $5 games after playing exactly 30 games in the $10 format though. Hopefully, my record is as good as it was the last time I played 30 $5 games.

Starting Money: $20
$10 Games Played: 30
Record: 15-15
$5 Games Played: 30
Record: 23-7
Current Money: $75.10

Hanging in There

Figured if I lost my next two $10 games that I'd be relegated to the $5 games (as is my plan), so why not go out in style? Tried my hand at playing two games at once! Seemed alright actually. Not too difficult, I don't think. Lost one and won one, so I may try it again next time. Did get the chance to see AQ of diamonds go all in against K of clubs, K of hearts. Flop is 97K of diamonds...see where I'm going here? Turn is J of diamonds...River is 10 of diamonds! Only in online poker folks!

Starting Money: $20
$10 Games Played: 28
Record: 15-13
$5 Games Played: 30
Record: 23-7
Current Money: $96.80

#1 @ Big Slick

Another good night at the Big Slick tournament with a 3rd place finish again this week. That was enough to vault me into 1st position overall. Was lucky enough to get dealt AA with just four of us left and got everything in against A3 to lock up the 3rd spot. Was doing alright from there until I tried to bluff out the blinds with K3 and the big blind ended up having AK! End of the night for me!

Standings with total Points

1. AvenueDave 4150
2. Nelson 3850
3. Sharon 3550
4. Larry 3050
5. Cory 2900

0-2

Arrghhhh! There's nothing worse than a 6th place finish when the top 5 get paid! Played well up until the end. Made a mistake in one hand and it dropped me down the ladder from 2nd to 5th...then out.

0-2 tonight. Shouldn't have played that 2nd one.

Starting Money: $20
$10 Games Played: 26
Record: 14-12
$5 Games Played: 30
Record: 23-7
Current Money: $98.30

What Goes Around...and More!

Three games of $10 double or nothing tonight!

Game 1...My pocket Qs got raised before the flop. I elected to just call and see if an A or K came up on the flop before proceeding. Q39 on the flop. Checked to me and I put the other guy all-in. He called with pocket 3s. No miracle 3 this time! Cruised to the end from there.

Game 2...Lost an early all in when my 3 queens (yes, 3 queens again) lost to a straight.

Game 3...Biggest win ever! Ended the tournament with $9794! There are only $15,000 in chips at the entire table and there were still 4 other guys left in play when it ended. They, obviously, each had around $1000.

On a side note, I've noticed quite a few 'regulars' at the $10 tables now. I see the same 3 or 4 people so frequently that I decided to look a couple of them up. You can search the tables on pokerstars for players that you know and find out where they are playing. One guy was playing 16 ten dollar tables AT THE SAME TIME! Wow! As far as I can tell you can't see the results without 'going to each table' and observing each game, so I don't know how many of those games he won, but I have to assume he is doing pretty well or he wouldn't be playing that many tables, no?

Starting Money: $20
$10 Games Played: 24
Record: 14-10
$5 Games Played: 30
Record: 23-7
Current Money: $140 (theoretically)...$119.90 (reality)...i'll be posting reality from now on, because...

...its time to adjust for all the rakes that pokerstars has been taking from me over these last 54 games. 54 games! Man! When I typed that out I realized how much I've been playing. Seems a little crazy! Not as crazy as the dude playing 16 games at once, but still. It's been a pretty enjoyable run so far, though. I've stalled a bit at the $10 level, but I've still got my head above water and feel like a breakthrough is right around the corner. I've suffered some bad beats here and there, so I think my $10 record should probably be a little better than it currently is. Onward and upward. I've got 1 win in a row!

I Ha8 Eights!

Ready for the bad beat stories???

Early in game 1 I had pocket 8s...8, 4, J on the flop...get all in against pocket 4s...another 4 on the turn! I'm done!

Early in game 2 I had pocket 8s...K, J, 8 on the flop...get all in against pccket kings. I'm done!

Game three was better. Doubled up early instead and rode out a win. One game win streak!!!

Starting Money: $20
$10 Games Played: 21
Record: 12-9
$5 Games Played: 30
Record: 23-7
Current Money: $130

Big Slick Leaderboard

The Big Slick poker league standings came in. I'm currently sitting in 2nd place overall after a 3rd place finish (out of 14) in the past week's tournament. Fairly uneventful tournament really, from my perspective. Played pretty solidly, but got short stacked with about 6 players left after losing to a straight (i had 2 pair). From there I just kind of hung around, but never really became a threat to the two biggest stacks at the table.

Standings with total Points

1. Nelson 3450
2. AvenueDave 3350
3. Cory 2750
4. Katherine 2700
5. Jim 2700
6. Sharon 2650

More $10 Double or Nothing

2 more games tonight. Couple of tough, tight tables in the early going for both games. Came out ahead in each one and am determined to get a little win streak going. Two in a row baby!

Starting Money: $20
$10 Games Played: 18
Record: 11-7
$5 Games Played: 30
Record: 23-7
Current Money: $140

I'm Back!

Back at the $10 extravaganza after a holiday break. Played a late game tonight and lost on a pocket 10s vs AJ hand. Was tempted to play again, but was getting tired and decided to pack it in for the night. DON'T PLAY TIRED! It leads to bad decisions!

Starting Money: $20
$10 Games Played: 16
Record: 9-7
$5 Games Played: 30
Record: 23-7
Current Money: $120

Also played in the Big Slick game tonight. I'll post the results when the week's standings are finalized.