San Fransisco 49ers... Tale of Two Teams

Well, my 49ers are out of the playoff picture this year after a good comeback from last year's abysmal season and finish up with a 7-9 record... But WTF, we lose 2 HUGE games at home to the aging legend that is Brett Favre (HOF to be and well-deserved), and his so-so Packer team and then lose to the inconsisten Arizonal Cards, but then have incredible wins at Seattle and just today, a big comeback win at Denver?! WTF, and now looking back on the season, those 2 winnable games vs. the "Cheese Heads" and Cards, those games cost us a playoff birth...

Keep the faith, 2007 looks promising for the 49ers...

Avoided Going Broke on this Crazy Flop...

My opponent played it sneaky as he limped in from an unopened pot from the small blind and I have 7-6. When the flop came A-7-6, I am initially thinking, New Found Glory songs going off in my head but...

PokerStars Game #7703708868: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/12/31 - 21:36:16 (ET)
Table 'Ehrdni' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Guy Smiley 1 ($109.50 in chips)
Seat 2: VinceC ($99 in chips)
Seat 3: WPTunderdog ($143.20 in chips)
Seat 4: CARDIAC911 ($64.10 in chips)
Seat 5: BadBeatsRus2 ($101 in chips)
Seat 6: trappa187 ($34.85 in chips)
Seat 9: Eddie P R ($92 in chips)
VinceC: posts small blind $0.50
WPTunderdog: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WPTunderdog [7d 6h]
CARDIAC911: folds
BadBeatsRus2: folds
trappa187: folds
Eddie P R: folds
Guy Smiley 1: folds
VinceC: calls $0.50
WPTunderdog: checks
*** FLOP *** [As 6d 7c]
VinceC: bets $3
WPTunderdog: raises $9 to $12
VinceC: calls $9
*** TURN *** [As 6d 7c] [3h]
VinceC: checks
WPTunderdog: bets $20
VinceC: calls $20
*** RIVER *** [As 6d 7c 3h] [Jc]
VinceC: checks
WPTunderdog: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
VinceC: shows [6c Ad] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
WPTunderdog: shows [7d 6h] (two pair, Sevens and Sixes)
VinceC collected $63 from pot
WPTunderdog said, "yike"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $66 | Rake $3
Board [As 6d 7c 3h Jc]
Seat 1: Guy Smiley 1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: VinceC (small blind) showed [6c Ad] and won ($63) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 3: WPTunderdog (big blind) showed [7d 6h] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Sixes
Seat 4: CARDIAC911 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: BadBeatsRus2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: trappa187 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Eddie P R folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Fellow Poker Players, Please Help Critique My Play Here...

Simply stated, did I overplay this hand? Mini-raise from UTG (A-A or K-K) and a few callers and then this whooper of a flop:

PokerStars Game #7703601934: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/12/31 - 21:27:38 (ET)
Table 'Ehrdni' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Guy Smiley 1 ($99.20 in chips)
Seat 2: VinceC ($104.50 in chips)
Seat 3: WPTunderdog ($115.60 in chips)
Seat 4: CARDIAC911 ($71.30 in chips)
Seat 5: BadBeatsRus2 ($102.50 in chips)
Seat 6: trappa187 ($59.35 in chips)
Seat 7: RWRixy ($67.85 in chips)
Seat 8: bad goofy2 ($100.40 in chips)
Seat 9: Eddie P R ($99.35 in chips)
VinceC: posts small blind $0.50
WPTunderdog: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WPTunderdog [8c Tc]
CARDIAC911: raises $1 to $2
BadBeatsRus2: folds
trappa187: calls $2
RWRixy: folds
bad goofy2: calls $2
Eddie P R: folds
Guy Smiley 1: folds
VinceC: folds
WPTunderdog: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [7d 9d Jc]
WPTunderdog: bets $8
CARDIAC911: calls $8
trappa187: folds
RWRixy leaves the table
bad goofy2: raises $8 to $16
WPTunderdog: raises $97.60 to $113.60 and is all-in
CARDIAC911: folds
bad goofy2: folds
WPTunderdog collected $46.10 from pot
WPTunderdog: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $48.50 | Rake $2.40
Board [7d 9d Jc]
Seat 1: Guy Smiley 1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: VinceC (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: WPTunderdog (big blind) collected ($46.10)
Seat 4: CARDIAC911 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: BadBeatsRus2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: trappa187 folded on the Flop
Seat 7: RWRixy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bad goofy2 folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Eddie P R folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Ok, so I flopped the joint straight, but there is a flush draw out there. I bet - then get a caller - then a RERAISE - so I thought I had to protect my hand with the hammer all in. So, what are your thoughts if you may?

Lee Jones Hates Me...

Just started on a session on stars and this was the 1st hand I got... I put my opponent on something like a J-10 for an OES or something like Q-J for top pair while I had my overpair of Kings...

PokerStars Game #7678807941: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/12/30 - 12:32:56 (ET)
Table 'Clarissa II' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: WPTunderdog ($100 in chips)
Seat 2: belladee ($76.35 in chips)
Seat 4: gosox83 ($100.50 in chips)
Seat 5: DoctorDr2 ($69.55 in chips)
Seat 6: dudeduder ($32.30 in chips)
Seat 7: //bAdMo17 ($88.90 in chips)
Seat 8: snookboyth ($38 in chips)
Seat 9: TyIwin ($59 in chips)
karmarmar will be allowed to play after the button
gosox83: posts small blind $0.50
DoctorDr2: posts big blind $1
WPTunderdog: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WPTunderdog [Kh Kc]
dudeduder: folds
//bAdMo17: folds
snookboyth: folds
TyIwin: calls $1
WPTunderdog: raises $4 to $5
belladee: calls $5
gosox83: folds
DoctorDr2: folds
TyIwin: calls $4
*** FLOP *** [4s Qd 9h]
TyIwin: checks
WPTunderdog: bets $12
belladee: folds
TyIwin: calls $12
*** TURN *** [4s Qd 9h] [7h]
TyIwin: checks
WPTunderdog: bets $42
TyIwin: calls $42 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [4s Qd 9h 7h] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TyIwin: shows [4c 4h] (three of a kind, Fours)
WPTunderdog: shows [Kh Kc] (a pair of Kings)
TyIwin collected $121.50 from pot
WPTunderdog said, "****"
WPTunderdog said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $124.50 | Rake $3
Board [4s Qd 9h 7h 5h]
Seat 1: WPTunderdog showed [Kh Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: belladee (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: gosox83 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: DoctorDr2 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: dudeduder folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: //bAdMo17 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: snookboyth folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: TyIwin showed [4c 4h] and won ($121.50) with three of a kind, Fours

Then this beauty happened at another table within 10 minutes... Both of us flopped sets and I put my opponent on a hand like J-10 or Q-J again but again, my opponent had a set of 4s vs my set of 2s:

POKERSTARS GAME #7678894659: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/12/30 - 12:39:44 (ET)
Table 'Dione' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: derfgolf ($96.35 in chips)
Seat 2: darabos7 ($101.50 in chips)
Seat 3: WPTunderdog ($102.80 in chips)
Seat 4: bucksnort89 ($35 in chips)
Seat 5: big_jono ($124.25 in chips)
Seat 6: GeorgiaMike ($31.30 in chips)
Seat 7: BottleHorse ($22.40 in chips)
Seat 8: Big Tim 28 ($82.90 in chips)
Seat 9: lll Euge lll ($89.40 in chips)
Big Tim 28: posts small blind $0.50
lll Euge lll: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WPTunderdog [2h 2s]
derfgolf: folds
darabos7: folds
WPTunderdog: calls $1
bucksnort89: folds
big_jono: calls $1
GeorgiaMike: folds
BottleHorse: folds
Big Tim 28: folds
lll Euge lll: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jd 2d 4c]
lll Euge lll: checks
WPTunderdog: bets $2
big_jono: raises $6 to $8
lll Euge lll: folds
WPTunderdog: calls $6
*** TURN *** [Jd 2d 4c] [5c]
WPTunderdog: checks
big_jono: bets $20
WPTunderdog: raises $73.80 to $93.80 and is all-in
big_jono: calls $73.80
*** RIVER *** [Jd 2d 4c 5c] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
WPTunderdog: shows [2h 2s] (three of a kind, Deuces)
big_jono: shows [4s 4h] (three of a kind, Fours)
big_jono collected $204.10 from pot
WPTunderdog said, "unreal"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $207.10 | Rake $3
Board [Jd 2d 4c 5c Td]
Seat 1: derfgolf folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: darabos7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: WPTunderdog showed [2h 2s] and lost with three of a kind, Deuces
Seat 4: bucksnort89 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: big_jono showed [4s 4h] and won ($204.10) with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 6: GeorgiaMike folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: BottleHorse (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Big Tim 28 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: lll Euge lll (big blind) folded on the Flop

Blazers get the Screw Job from the Refs

I agree with Mike Barrett's commentary that the Blazers lost the game to the woeful Sixers last night long before the end of the game, but shit, those refs (Mike Callahan and David Guthrie) should revoke their officiating in the NBA. After trailing by 10 with less than 2 minutes to go, the Blazers some how cut the lead to one at one point and had the ball on the final play to tie or win the game. Rookie sensation Brandon Roy, as he did in the Rockets game a week ago, drove the ball, and got the last chance at some heroics. However, Roy was CLEARLY fouled and missed the shot (almost made it to) and the game was over. FSN Northwest showed a good, clear replay that showed the two refs looking exactly at Roy's direction (or I guess some hot chick in the stands as I don't know how the fuck they could have blown something like this) and did nothing but scratch their asses. I hope the league reviews Callahan and Guthrie piss-poor decisions(more than one play was botched in the final seconds so something has to be done) and are suspended indefinitely!

Star Struck

Within 15 mins, I just suffered some sick beats at Stars. Just as Tilt, this comes in multiple of 2s vs the same donkey... Both ugly and yes, I think Lee Jones (of Stars) and Ray Bitar (of Tilt) hate me:

Check out this lucky donkey that stacked off all his money on the river and again, I am rewarded with another bad beat:

PokerStars Game #7595888516: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/12/25 - 02:22:47 (ET)
Table 'Hedwig' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: spacelala ($30.95 in chips)
Seat 3: D00ANT ($25.30 in chips)
Seat 5: thedonofjuan ($46.40 in chips)
Seat 6: PlayaJayCo ($87.20 in chips)
Seat 9: WPTunderdog ($100 in chips)
D00ANT: posts small blind $0.50
thedonofjuan: posts big blind $1
WPTunderdog: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WPTunderdog [6h 5s]
PlayaJayCo: folds
WPTunderdog: checks
spacelala: folds
PlayaJayCo leaves the table
D00ANT: calls $0.50
thedonofjuan: checks
*** FLOP *** [5c 6d 3s]
LORDLARSON is disconnected
D00ANT: bets $2
thedonofjuan: folds
WPTunderdog: raises $8 to $10
D00ANT: calls $8
*** TURN *** [5c 6d 3s] [Qh]
D00ANT: checks
WPTunderdog: bets $14.30
D00ANT: calls $14.30 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [5c 6d 3s Qh] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
D00ANT: shows [Kh 4h] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
WPTunderdog: shows [6h 5s] (two pair, Sixes and Fives)
D00ANT collected $49.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $51.60 | Rake $2
Board [5c 6d 3s Qh 2c]
Seat 1: spacelala (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: D00ANT (small blind) showed [Kh 4h] and won ($49.60) with a straight, Deuce to Six
Seat 5: thedonofjuan (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: PlayaJayCo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: WPTunderdog showed [6h 5s] and lost with two pair, Sixes and Fives



PokerStars Game #7595949209: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2006/12/25 - 02:29:47 (ET)
Table 'Hedwig' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: spacelala ($37.65 in chips)
Seat 3: D00ANT ($31.95 in chips)
Seat 5: thedonofjuan ($44.85 in chips)
Seat 9: WPTunderdog ($82.45 in chips)
thedonofjuan: posts small blind $0.50
WPTunderdog: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WPTunderdog [9d 9h]
spacelala: folds
D00ANT: raises $3 to $4
thedonofjuan: folds
WPTunderdog: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [2s 4h 7s]
WPTunderdog: checks
D00ANT: bets $6
WPTunderdog: raises $22 to $28
D00ANT: calls $21.95 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2s 4h 7s] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [2s 4h 7s 5c] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
WPTunderdog: shows [9d 9h] (a pair of Nines)
D00ANT: shows [Ad 7c] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
D00ANT collected $62.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $64.40 | Rake $2
Board [2s 4h 7s 5c Ah]
Seat 1: spacelala folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: D00ANT (button) showed [Ad 7c] and won ($62.40) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 5: thedonofjuan (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: WPTunderdog (big blind) showed [9d 9h] and lost with a pair of Nines

Full Tilt is Gonna Put Me on Tilt if this Shit Keeps Up...

Another 2 fucking hands... The same mother fugger... after my notes...

This one was ridiculous...

Full Tilt Poker Game #1464680938: Table Kepler (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:16:17 ET - 2006/12/24
Seat 1: Jimsbrynn ($43.05)
Seat 2: ThepokerGod07 ($74.20)
Seat 3: catfishjones ($37.15)
Seat 4: Idigbroads ($25.90)
Seat 5: TheStudent3 ($87.15)
Seat 6: BRAIN_DRILL ($96.35)
ThepokerGod07 posts the small blind of $0.50
catfishjones posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheStudent3 [Ad Qc]
Idigbroads folds
TheStudent3 raises to $3.50
BRAIN_DRILL folds
Jimsbrynn raises to $6
ThepokerGod07 folds
catfishjones folds
TheStudent3 calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [7c 2d Ah]
TheStudent3 checks
Jimsbrynn bets $13.50
TheStudent3 raises to $50
Jimsbrynn calls $23.55, and is all in
TheStudent3 shows [Ad Qc]
Jimsbrynn shows [Kh Th]
Uncalled bet of $12.95 returned to TheStudent3
*** TURN *** [7c 2d Ah] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [7c 2d Ah 4h] [2h]
TheStudent3 shows two pair, Aces and Twos
Jimsbrynn shows a flush, Ace high
Jimsbrynn wins the pot ($84.60) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $87.60 | Rake $3
Board: [7c 2d Ah 4h 2h]
Seat 1: Jimsbrynn (button) showed [Kh Th] and won ($84.60) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: ThepokerGod07 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: catfishjones (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Idigbroads didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: TheStudent3 showed [Ad Qc] and lost with two pair, Aces and Twos
Seat 6: BRAIN_DRILL didn't bet (folded)

Hand 2

Ok, if all you poker would be so kind to give me some of your analysis here because I am playing against the same moron. On the turn, he leads out and bets pot, which I figure for him to miss his draw (which is the case) so I push all in and he Phil Hellmuth Insta-calls with a draw and of course, gets there again... Here is the hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1464761155: Table Kepler (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:31:37 ET - 2006/12/24
Seat 1: Jimsbrynn ($100.95)
Seat 3: catfishjones ($26.15)
Seat 4: Idigbroads ($18.40)
Seat 5: TheStudent3 ($93.40)
Seat 6: BRAIN_DRILL ($140.90)
Jimsbrynn posts the small blind of $0.50
catfishjones posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheStudent3 [Ks Jc]
Idigbroads folds
TheStudent3 raises to $3
BRAIN_DRILL folds
Jimsbrynn calls $2.50
catfishjones folds
*** FLOP *** [Kc Qh 7c]
Jimsbrynn checks
TheStudent3 bets $5
Jimsbrynn calls $5
*** TURN *** [Kc Qh 7c] [6h]
Jimsbrynn bets $17
TheStudent3 raises to $85.40, and is all in
Jimsbrynn calls $68.40
TheStudent3 shows [Ks Jc]
Jimsbrynn shows [Jh Th]
*** RIVER *** [Kc Qh 7c 6h] [Ac]
TheStudent3 shows a pair of Kings
Jimsbrynn shows a straight, Ace high
Jimsbrynn wins the pot ($184.80) with a straight, Ace high
TheStudent3 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $187.80 | Rake $3
Board: [Kc Qh 7c 6h Ac]
Seat 1: Jimsbrynn (small blind) showed [Jh Th] and won ($184.80) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 3: catfishjones (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Idigbroads didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: TheStudent3 showed [Ks Jc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: BRAIN_DRILL (button) didn't bet (folded)



Well, I talk to my (online) poker bud and cousin Victor, known as vicy8 or vicjustpwned you (teared it up on Party before they showed us the door and still tears it up on Stars at 1-2 or 2-4NL... beware) and here is his expert analysis of the hand above:

vicy2 (10:37:42 PM): it's not even close to correct
vicy2 (10:37:43 PM): for him to call
vicy2 (10:37:44 PM): on the turn
vicy2 (10:37:48 PM): that is absolutely great play
vicy2 (10:37:57 PM): he is exactly 2-1 underdog
Me (10:38:01 PM): and did u see the one with the runner flush hand...?!
vicy2 (10:38:05 PM): yeah
Me (10:38:08 PM): fuck, i think he mite work there
vicy2 (10:38:11 PM): the thing is
vicy2 (10:38:15 PM): your all in
Me (10:38:15 PM): its unbelievable
vicy2 (10:38:17 PM): was so perfect
vicy2 (10:38:21 PM): I couldn't say how it could be any better
vicy2 (10:38:29 PM): if you bet any less
vicy2 (10:38:36 PM): it'll be giving him direct pot odds
Me (10:38:41 PM): yea; he has a great drawing hand
vicy2 (10:38:42 PM): plus the little bit for remaining implied
Me (10:38:48 PM): i put him on that and priced him out
vicy2 (10:38:48 PM): 15 outs, 45 unknown
vicy2 (10:38:54 PM): That's the ONLY bet
vicy2 (10:38:55 PM): you can make
vicy2 (10:39:00 PM): that makes it correct for him to fold
vicy2 (10:39:09 PM): that is a great all in
vicy2 (10:39:19 PM): i woulnd't even consider that aggressive
vicy2 (10:39:22 PM): I think that's the only play
vicy2 (10:39:27 PM): any other play is horrendously bad
vicy2 (10:40:17 PM): It's horrible when you make a rsie that gives a guy direct pot odds...and you only have a little bit of money left relative to the pot anyways
vicy2 (10:40:32 PM): and that is why the ALL IN is the only correct play

vicy2 (10:41:14 PM): he is so retarded
vicy2 (10:41:21 PM): the only way t hat hand is good
vicy2 (10:41:26 PM): is if you don't have the K paired
vicy2 (10:41:33 PM): K or Q paired
vicy2 (10:41:49 PM): his J or 10 must be live
vicy2 (10:41:51 PM): to make it close
vicy2 (10:41:53 PM): they both must be live
vicy2 (10:41:57 PM): to make it an instacall
Me (10:42:00 PM): which they werent
vicy2 (10:42:10 PM): and it's not possible unless you have an underpair
vicy2 (10:42:26 PM): and that's just wishful thinking on his part...but most likely...he has no idea how to play this game
Me (10:42:38 PM): yup
vicy2 (10:42:41 PM): it's a very easy decision when someone puts you all in
vicy2 (10:42:49 PM): it's seldomly that hard
FriedRice33 (10:42:50 PM): those 2 hands made me know that he's clueless
vicy2 (10:42:55 PM): you put him on a hand
Me (10:42:57 PM): put that guy on your buddy list
vicy2 (10:42:57 PM): and once you do that
vicy2 (10:42:59 PM): decision is easy

Fucking Full Tilt Again...

I get my money back to a positive after being $150 plus in the whole and get up $50 and then go cold and then this bad boy that just happened that fucking pounds me again and am now down over $100 again:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1463761636: Table Avalon (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:35:23 ET - 2006/12/23
Seat 1: TheStudent3 ($86.15)
Seat 2: b_rock06 ($98.50)
Seat 3: TR Negreanu ($109.35)
Seat 4: darsid31 ($34.90)
Seat 5: relater ($36.10)
Seat 6: 4Moe20 ($78.70)
4Moe20 posts the small blind of $0.50
TheStudent3 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheStudent3 [Ad Qh]
b_rock06 folds
TR Negreanu folds
darsid31 calls $1
relater folds
4Moe20 folds
TheStudent3 raises to $4
darsid31 calls $3
*** FLOP *** [Qs Tc Js]
TheStudent3 bets $8
darsid31 raises to $30.90, and is all in
TheStudent3 calls $22.90
darsid31 shows [8s Qd]
TheStudent3 shows [Ad Qh]
*** TURN *** [Qs Tc Js] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Tc Js 9c] [Jh]
darsid31 shows a straight, Queen high
TheStudent3 shows two pair, Queens and Jacks
darsid31 wins the pot ($67.30) with a straight, Queen high
TR Negreanu: HA
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $70.30 | Rake $3
Board: [Qs Tc Js 9c Jh]
Seat 1: TheStudent3 (big blind) showed [Ad Qh] and lost with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 2: b_rock06 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: TR Negreanu didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: darsid31 showed [8s Qd] and won ($67.30) with a straight, Queen high
Seat 5: relater (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: 4Moe20 (small blind) folded before the Flop

Random Thoughts

Happy Holidays Everybody

First off, I'd like to take this time to wish everybody a safe and Merry X-mas. A busy week in the making and will be out at a Christmas party tomorrow which means that I won't be able to cover the Grand Final BPT Event [ I guess my consolation prize is this since I didn't make the Grand Final... :-( ] at poker.com My poker buddy "Beerman" Mike has made the final once again (congrats on that btw). I know you'll be going to Australia whether it is blogging about the tourny or (hopefully) playing in that event. To wish Mike good luck, visit his blog here

Bad Luck Continues...

Tried switching it up by withdrawing my money at pokerdotcom putting it at Full Tilt, but things haven't been running very smoothly either here. Down over $100 bucks in three days and then this bad beat that just happened... I had notes on my opponent to be a little loosey-goosey and put him on a draw or a weaker top pair (which was the case) but look what the online poker gods did to me again...

Full Tilt Poker Game #1456572678: Table Maroney (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:54:07 ET - 2006/12/22
Seat 1: hilander65 ($34.40)
Seat 2: Kev156 ($37.35)
Seat 3: TheStudent3 ($98.30)
Seat 4: pro32 ($84.10)
Seat 5: dgonzo23 ($165.45)
Seat 6: the new game ($95.50)
hilander65 posts the small blind of $0.50
Kev156 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheStudent3 [Ac Jc]
TheStudent3 raises to $3
pro32 folds
dgonzo23 has 15 seconds left to act
dgonzo23 folds
the new game folds
hilander65 calls $2.50
Kev156 folds
*** FLOP *** [2h 7c Jh]
hilander65 checks
TheStudent3 bets $4.50
hilander65 raises to $9
TheStudent3 raises to $95.30, and is all in
hilander65 calls $22.40, and is all in
TheStudent3 shows [Ac Jc]
hilander65 shows [Th Js]
Uncalled bet of $63.90 returned to TheStudent3
*** TURN *** [2h 7c Jh] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [2h 7c Jh 4h] [Td]
TheStudent3 shows a pair of Jacks
hilander65 shows two pair, Jacks and Tens
hilander65 wins the pot ($66.80) with two pair, Jacks and Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $69.80 | Rake $3
Board: [2h 7c Jh 4h Td]
Seat 1: hilander65 (small blind) showed [Th Js] and won ($66.80) with two pair, Jacks and Tens
Seat 2: Kev156 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: TheStudent3 showed [Ac Jc] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 4: pro32 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: dgonzo23 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: the new game (button) didn't bet (folded)

One Time Pokerdotcom!!

Ok, now the moment you've all been waiting for... The pokerdotcom one time outdraw... for ME!!! (Not a 3 outer or less that I've been experiencing but I'll take it. Still need a one-time during a NL cash-game though especially since this was a freeroll tourny...):

Antes Posted
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paulwall87 Posted Small Blind 400
JT1521 Posted Big Blind 800
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Tc, Kd)
Evil666 Folds
wake2130 Folds
bmjr22 Folds
GOTTHENUTSx1 Folds
MySTiK Folds
DamRiver Raised to 2,400
Sassygrape Folds
Zoepapa Folds
paulwall87 Calls 2,000
JT1521 Folds
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Dealing Flop (4s,Qd,Jd)
paulwall87 Bets 3,200
DamRiver All In for 9,145
paulwall87 Calls 5,945
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paulwall87 has (Qs, Ah)
DamRiver has (Tc, Kd)
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Dealing Turn (Th)
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Dealing River (9d)
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DamRiver Wins 24,640 from pot 1 with : King High Straight

More Shit from Pokerdotcom... How Much More Can I Take!!

I don't recall the last time I bad beat somebody on this site but shit, if that happens, I will post about...

The BPT for the runner-runner KO and now this 1st hand at a NL cash game table:

FCswerve Posted Small Blind $0.50
sydtin Posted Big Blind $1.00
DamRiver Posted Initial Blind $1.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Ah, Qs)
DamRiver Raised to $3.00
lawrns Folds
FCswerve Calls $2.50
sydtin Calls $2.00
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Dealing Flop (3d,5s,Ad)
FCswerve Checks
sydtin Checks
DamRiver Bets $8.00
FCswerve Calls $8.00
sydtin Folds
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Dealing Turn (Js)
FCswerve Checks
DamRiver Bets $25.00
FCswerve All In for $24.65
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DamRiver has (Ah, Qs)
FCswerve has (Jc, Ac)
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Dealing River (3c)
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FCswerve Wins $72.30 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Aces and Jacks
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DamRiver Wins $0.35 from pot 2 with : Two Pair, Aces and Threes

The clown would then pull the fastest hit and run ever... Seems like I am hating this site more and more everyday with horse shit like this, but I guess that's (so-called-skill) poker

Ok, so I proceed to limit holdem and this unbelievable fucking conspiracy continues... Note that if this was NL, I go broke...

perry4 Posted Small Blind $0.50
ghostofachance Posted Big Blind $1.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (8d, Td)
Kapgun1 Folds
Mx9187 Calls $1.00
JPinAZ Folds
jonbonham Folds
jwalker69 Folds
gertana Calls $1.00
Zoepapa Calls $1.00
DamRiver Calls $1.00
perry4 Calls $0.50
ghostofachance Checks
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Dealing Flop (Ah,8c,8h)
perry4 Checks
ghostofachance Checks
Mx9187 Bets $1.00
gertana Calls $1.00
Zoepapa Calls $1.00
DamRiver Raised to $2.00
perry4 Folds
ghostofachance Folds
Mx9187 Calls $1.00
gertana Calls $1.00
Zoepapa Calls $1.00
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Dealing Turn (5s)
Mx9187 Bets $2.00
gertana Calls $2.00
Zoepapa Calls $2.00
DamRiver Raised to $4.00
Mx9187 Calls $2.00
gertana Calls $2.00
Zoepapa Folds
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Dealing River (Ad)
Mx9187 Bets $2.00
gertana Calls $2.00
DamRiver Calls $2.00
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Mx9187 has (Qc, Ac)
gertana has (Qs, As)
DamRiver has (8d, Td)
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Mx9187 Wins $16.50 from pot 1 with : Full House, Aces over Eights
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gertana Wins $16.50 from pot 1 with : Full House, Aces over Eights


Also, it's not just the bad beats... The last few emails (listed from a previous post) have gone unanswered or were unsatisfactory which was never a problem before...

I figure, I have an over $500 bonus to clear but am thinking now that this shit isn't worth it... I am barely breaking even with this circus that has been going on and am disgruntled about their lack of support...

Do or Die Time!! BPT Last Call/Chance...

The countdown is less than five minutes away from literrally the final BPT Event entitled "Last Call".

Beer bottles aside, I have just been seated at a 9 seated table that goes like this from left to right:

PokHerCrazy (Great name)
TOMAS02
DamRiver (Me)
kdollar00 (also a previous BPT winner)
winaa2233
TheBigSurprise
marckster1
doubleuwhy
scottishlad
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First level on blinds, not much action at my table... Currently, I have T5,085, a slight increase...

Mada1970 joins the empty seat to make it a full 10-seated table...
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Twenty minutes in... still nothing major at my tables... Managed to increase my stack to T5,265...

12.28: First big pot of the table goes to doubleuwhy:

scottishlad Posted Small Blind 15
Mada1970 Posted Big Blind 30
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (4c, Ac)
PokHerCrazy Folds
TOMASO2 Folds
DamRiver Folds
kdollar00 Folds
winaa2233 Folds
TheBigSurprise Folds
marckster1 Folds
doubleuwhy Raised to 120
scottishlad Calls 105
Mada1970 Folds
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Dealing Flop (Qd,Ts,8d)
scottishlad Bets 270
doubleuwhy Raised to 540
scottishlad Calls 270
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Dealing Turn (5c)
scottishlad Bets 240
doubleuwhy Raised to 480
scottishlad Calls 240
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Dealing River (7s)
scottishlad Bets 825
doubleuwhy Calls 825
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scottishlad has (Kc, 9c)
doubleuwhy has (Qs, Qc)
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doubleuwhy Wins 3,960 from pot 1 with : Three of a Kind, Queens
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Thirty minutes in... I am at T5,535 in chips at my table currently in 3rd behind doubleuwhy (T6,905) and kdollar00 (T6,795)...

Irishlad on tilt... Avoids elimination:

scottishlad Posted Small Blind 25
Mada1970 Posted Big Blind 50
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Jh, 7s)
PokHerCrazy Folds
TOMASO2 Folds
DamRiver Folds
kdollar00 Folds
winaa2233 Raised to 225
TheBigSurprise Folds
marckster1 Folds
doubleuwhy Folds
scottishlad All In for 2,525
Mada1970 Folds
winaa2233 Calls 2,325
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winaa2233 has (9c, 9s)
scottishlad has (2c, 2d)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (Ah,Kh,4h)
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Dealing Turn (3h)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (Th)
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scottishlad Wins 2,575 from pot 1 with : Flush, Ace High
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winaa2233 Wins 2,575 from pot 1 with : Flush, Ace High...

Irishlad still on tilt going allin 4 consecutive hands... gets chips to about T2,800 and slows down...
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Forty minutes in... I am now at T5,710... which is 5th at my table...

Scottishlad donks the rest of his stack and is the 1st casualty of the table:

scottishlad Posted Small Blind 50
Mada1970 Posted Big Blind 100
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (5d, Ad)
PokHerCrazy Folds
TOMASO2 Folds
DamRiver Folds
kdollar00 Folds
winaa2233 Folds
TheBigSurprise Calls 100
marckster1 Folds
doubleuwhy Folds
scottishlad All In for 2,425
Mada1970 Calls 2,375
TheBigSurprise All In for 1,975
-------------------------------------------------
TheBigSurprise has (Ks, Kc)
scottishlad has (Kh, 4c)
Mada1970 has (Th, Ah)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (6s,3d,5c)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (Jd)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (Qc)
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Mada1970 Wins 800 from pot 2 with : Ace High
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TheBigSurprise Wins 6,225 from pot 1 with : Pair of Kings
scottishlad OUT
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I just got majorly bluffed out...

marckster1 Posted Small Blind 75
doubleuwhy Posted Big Blind 150
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Jh, Jc)
Mada1970 Folds
PokHerCrazy Folds
TOMASO2 Folds
DamRiver Raised to 500
kdollar00 Folds
winaa2233 Folds
TheBigSurprise Calls 500
marckster1 Folds
doubleuwhy Folds
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Dealing Flop (Qs,7c,4d)
DamRiver Bets 800
TheBigSurprise Calls 800
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Dealing Turn (Ac)
DamRiver Checks
TheBigSurprise Bets 1,350
DamRiver Folds and Shows Jh Jc
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TheBigSurprise Wins 4,175 from pot 1
TheBigSurprise Rabbits (Td , Th)
Community Cards (Qs , 7c , 4d , Ac , 6d)

I currently have T3,385 and it's not looking good...
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Sick and bad laydown according to doubleuwhy saying he had a lower kicker... I really though he flopped two pair with A-8 or 10-8:

DamRiver Posted Small Blind 75
kdollar00 Posted Big Blind 150
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (9c, Ac)
winaa2233 Folds
TheBigSurprise Folds
marckster1 Folds
doubleuwhy Calls 150
Mada1970 Calls 150
PokHerCrazy Folds
TOMASO2 Folds
DamRiver Calls 75
kdollar00 Checks
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Dealing Flop (Td,As,8s)
DamRiver Bets 450
kdollar00 Folds
doubleuwhy All In for 4,455
Mada1970 Folds
DamRiver Folds
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doubleuwhy Wins 5,505 from pot 1

After earning some chips back, this chops me back down to T3,635 after hour 1... :-(
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doubleuwhy gift wraps his chips to TheBigSurprise:

marckster1 Posted Small Blind 100
doubleuwhy Posted Big Blind 200
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Jc, 5h)
Mada1970 Folds
PokHerCrazy Folds
TOMASO2 Folds
DamRiver Folds
kdollar00 Folds
winaa2233 Folds
TheBigSurprise Raised to 400
marckster1 Folds
doubleuwhy Calls 200
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (9d,Th,5s)
doubleuwhy Checks
TheBigSurprise Bets 200
doubleuwhy Calls 200
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Dealing Turn (Ks)
doubleuwhy Bets 200
TheBigSurprise Raised to 400
doubleuwhy Calls 200
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Dealing River (Jd)
doubleuwhy All In for 5,105
TheBigSurprise Calls 5,105
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doubleuwhy has (Kd, Jh)
TheBigSurprise has (Kc, Qc)
-------------------------------------------------
TheBigSurprise Wins 12,310 from pot 1 with : King High Straight
doubleuwhy OUT
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cashline and burnley1 join the table...
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Deadly table change now with lightning36, purechaos, JayNYC, and Hacksaw2000 with over T20,000... I only have T3,735 in chips... :-(
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Time to die: A triple homicide with the worst hand going in winning... Even gave me hope when the turn was a Queen:

ightning36 Posted Small Blind 300
purechaos Posted Big Blind 600
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Qh, Ac)
RayBans Folds
astinaguy Folds
DamRiver All In for 4,035
cashline Folds
JayNYC All In for 4,556
Surfersandi All In for 3,365
cazwil Folds
Hacksaw2000 Folds
lightning36 Folds
purechaos Calls 3,956
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos has (8d, Ad)
DamRiver has (Qh, Ac)
JayNYC has (9c, 9h)
Surfersandi has (Kh, Ks)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (2h,Td,Qs)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (Qd)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (7d)
-------------------------------------------------
purechaos Wins 1,042 from pot 3 with : Flush, Ace High
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purechaos Wins 2,010 from pot 2 with : Flush, Ace High
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purechaos Wins 13,760 from pot 1 with : Flush, Ace High
DamRiver OUT
JayNYC OUT
Surfersandi OUT



***(SIDENOTE)*** Lots of sitters at my table... Damn shame it is a deepstack because these guys could last two hours and still receive a ton of tournament points... Somebody talk to Shane about the next upgrades possibly having the feature of removing sitters...

Steve Nash and Jason Williams, Eat your Heart Out!!

Oh yeah, and Nate McMillian, do your homework! Grande Sergio!!

Another WTF...

So I received an email earlier today that Blazer rookie phenomenon Brandon Roy would be returning tonight... I also go to Blazers.com come at around 6:45pm and it also confirms it... And then he shows up in street clothes?! WTF!!

Blazers vs. Clippers... ROY!!!

As you can see, with school out, I can blog more of what I'm thinking with this being my 3rd of the day.

It's just minutes before game time and our ROY (Rookie of the Year) contender Brandon Roy will be returning tonight! Will Roy be the same before his injury... We're about to find out...

The downside to this is that my 2nd main man, Sergio Rodriquez is probably gonna get the ol' cooler from shitty coach McMillian... Sergio has been getting 2-3 minutes for the past few games (where he cannot display his full potential) and will probably be warming the bench full time... Nate McMillian, you fucking bastard!!

Last Chance for "Poker" Winter Formal/Ball

Well, the time has come, it is crunch time. I know that I'll be playing online poker this winter, but will I get a chance to play live ("formal") poker in the land down under's Aussie Millions or will this be like Winter Ball where I'm like Might Casey and strike out.

The BPT last event # 7 is appropriately named "Last Call", which is hosted by my poker amigo Beerman Mike's Poker Pub. As always, the BPT regular season events consist of a freeroll prize poll of $500 at poker.com. I anticipate this to be the BIGGEST BPT regular season event with so much on the line where in the finals, one can not only win, cool prizes of a poker table, iPod, or even the main prize, a trip of a lifetime and seat into the Aussie Millions. Need a poker.com account... click this link here. Have a blog and still want to get in on the fun... You can do so by registering here. Good skill to all!!

Joey's Random WTF's for this Week...

* After a diabolical loss at home to the woeful Green Bay Packers, my 49ers chances of making the NL West Wildcard looked to be dead especially with a game vs the division leading Seahawks... But WTF (more like HWF: "How the fuck), I am exhuberant that the SEAHAWKS LOST, and that a lil' faith still exist in my 49ers season (sort of like the Red Sox when they were down 03 to the Yanks and were down to their final 3 outs and then saved there season and eventually win the World Series).

* Our Blazers ended up going 4-2 on an East Coast road trip after losing practically all their games on their homestand before the trip... But in the WTF's defense, we played some piss-poor teams at the bottom of the barrel.

* My stocks of Starbucks have tanked... Any analyst know WTF is up with that? Buy, sell, or hold?! (There is a bunch of mixed analyst ratings on this joker so what sayth you?)

* Within 2 months (mainly this last month) of "choreograph" TNA by Vince Russo, I have seen the most face/heel turns ever:(1) Sabin turned heel, (2) Petey Williams turned face out of nowhere, (3) AJ Styles SUDDEN heel turn by picking on Rhino (4) Christian Cage turned heel (a good decison IMO), (5) The Naturals turned heel(6)AMW and Gail Kim turned face, but for only to half James Storm betray Chris Harris and Gail last night, (7) Kurt Angle appears to be turning heel too after last nights Impact (a good thing IMO)... And this, baseball players AJ Pryzinsky and David Eckstein fueding... All the ones that don't have a good thing IMO remark are kind of mind-boggling to me and get the WTF is up with that...

Random Thoughts

The pokerdotcom Runner-Runner Special... Again...

Good thing this was limit... bad thing is that (this site) keeps rewarding the idiots. It wasn't any big deal but this got me in particular with this idiot's justification after the hand. Here is the hand:

You Were Dealt (Kc, Ks)
slothinator Folds
DRPOKER48 Calls $1.00
yohche Folds
elCrotalo Calls $1.00
DamRiver Raised to $2.00
kraigmt Folds
flush4bobby Folds
four2flush Folds
racso329 Calls $1.50
Auditor Folds
DRPOKER48 Calls $1.00
elCrotalo Calls $1.00
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Dealing Flop (4s,4d,2d)
racso329 Checks
DRPOKER48 Checks
elCrotalo Bets $1.00
DamRiver Raised to $2.00
racso329 Folds
DRPOKER48 Folds
elCrotalo Calls $1.00
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Dealing Turn (8s)
elCrotalo Checks
DamRiver Bets $2.00
elCrotalo Calls $2.00
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Dealing River (Ts)
elCrotalo Checks
DamRiver Bets $2.00
elCrotalo Raised to $4.00
DamRiver Calls $2.00
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elCrotalo has (9s, Qs)
DamRiver has (Kc, Ks)
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elCrotalo Wins $24.00 from pot 1 with : Flush, Queen High


(I even almost checked the river but still had the fish on top pair with a big kicker)

Now here is the thing that bugs me: I go on to type "donkey" and the donkey appears in my bubble chat, and then he says something in the likes of that's what happens when you slowplay... My memory may not be good at times but I was damn sure I didn't slow play the hand. I go to the hand history and my memory served me good here for whatever that's worth being that I raised the flop and raised his bet of 2 overcards on the flop... So, I tell the nimrod known as elCrotalo that I didn't slowplay the hand and asked him if he knew what slow play meant... He then comes up with that I checked the turn, in which I review and see that he checked and I bet it and tell him that I didn't and can't believe how a terrible play like this is rewarded continuing from the flop of having Queen high and no draw...

The table was unbelievable... A guy that hand before had his Aces cracked by some guy that called 3 bets w/Q4s and hit runner-runner flush as well... and then a couple hands later, some guy chased the river with a pair of 7s with 4 overcards on board and hit his set on the river...

BPT

The BPT Omaha H/L (hosted by Poker Pub's Beerman Mike) has been changed to a deep stack NL Event... As much as I suck at Omaha, I thought it would have been a nice change with the luck I've had at Holdem lately. It's still anybody's game and even your's truely has a (long) shot despite being in the top 50 right now... But I must say, I've been playing terrible in the past few BPT events (laydowns when I would have won and bad laydowns when I would have won) and my luck factor hasn't been stellar either so that's not a good combo... Maybe with school out of the way after tomorrow, my game will be more focused and successful... Have a blog and want to play in the final BPT Event for your share of $500 and possibly a trip and seat to Australia for the Aussie Miilions for free, sign up here for the BPT now!!

TNA!!!... NBA to Switch to Leather Ball on Jan. 1

First off, check out the TNA montage highlights from Turning Point last night...



Speaking of Turning Point, check out this great moment in TNA a couple years ago from Turning Point...



And while your at it, I happened to stumble upon the INCREDIBLE montage of the Greatest Moments in TNA (A must see for wrestling fans)



Good news for the NBA or at least the players...

From nba.com

NEW YORK, DEC. 11, 2006 – The NBA announced today that on January 1, 2007, it will return to the leather game ball made by Spalding, for the remainder of the 2006-07 season.
“Our players' response to this particular composite ball has been overwhelmingly negative and we are acting accordingly," said NBA Commissioner David Stern. “Although testing performed by Spalding and the NBA demonstrated that the new composite basketball was more consistent than leather, and statistically there has been an improvement in shooting, scoring, and ball-related turnovers, the most important statistic is the view of our players.”

"In the meantime, we will work with our players and our partners at Spalding to determine the best possible ball for the NBA."

The NBA Development League will continue using the new composite ball to evaluate its performance over a longer period of time. The WNBA will continue to use a different composite ball that it has used since 1998.

Spalding has been the Official Game Ball Supplier of the NBA since 1983.

Reminder, iMPACT! Tonight!!

Abyss Thrown onto the Barbwire!



For those of you in the east coast, less than two hours until the big show... I still got 4 hours and 50 minutes to go...

For you students out there, I hope you all did well on your final exams if you've already taken them and good luck to those that haven't yet.

Huge TNA Impact Preview for Tomorrow

After scrolling threw the TNA website, I must say that I am jacked for tomorrow's show. Two major PPV-material matches that include this preview from TNA:

PREVIEW FOR THURSDAY’S “iMPACT!” ON SPIKE TV
Broadcast highlighted by the “TNA All-Star War”

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling “iMPACT!” returns to SpikeTV this Thursday night at 9pm ET as TNA counts down the days until the Sunday, December 10 “Turning Point” Pay-Per-View event.

MAIN EVENT: TNA “ALL-STAR WAR” – NO RULES, NO MORALS, NO MERCY
Abyss vs. Sting vs. Christian Cage vs. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe vs. Rhino
Prior to Sunday’s “Turning Point”, six of TNA Wrestling’s top stars will compete in a no rules, no morals, no mercy all-star brawl! With so much on the line heading into the huge Pay-Per-View event, who knows what chaos will erupt when all the major players in TNA compete in the same ring on one night!

Also on Thursday’s broadcast:

PETEY WILLIAMS VS. HOMICIDE
When Petey Williams protected the American Flag from torching at the hands of the LAX, he earned the rage of Konnan, Homicide and Hernandez. This Thursday night, Williams will go one-on-one with Homicide in a bout that is sure to feature the no-limits, high-flying X Division style of each star!

KEVIN NASH TO ADMINISTER PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS TO THE X DIVISION
In the ongoing preparation for the upcoming “Paparazzi Championship Series”, Kevin Nash has announced that Jay Lethal, Alex Shelley, Austin Starr, Senshi and Sonjay Dutt will all undergo psychological exams this Thursday night, administered by Doctor Nash himself!

All this and much more this Thursday night on “iMPACT!” on SpikeTV, including many more of your favorite TNA stars! In addition, more matches will be announced for the upcoming “Turning Point” Pay-Per-View event!

First off, the dream match that has never happened before of two phenomenal X-Division stars: Petey Williams vs. Homicide. This IMO is the battle of the two sickest finishers in wrestling today: Petey's "Canadian Destroyer" vs. Homicide's "Gringo Killa"!! Finishers aren't the only thing these two are great at... Expect some high-flying, innovative wrestling in this match people...

And then of course, the 6 man main event: Abyss vs. Sting vs. Christian Cage vs. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe vs. Rhino!! Enough said... TNA is pulling off all the stops once again...

Students: forget studying for you finals, and wrestling fans, no excuses... Tune your tube on SpikeTV tomorrow at 9pm tomorrow for this explosive wrestling spectacle... I swear you won't be disappointed like that of the ECW December to Dismember PPV or any other WWE event. Hell, alone, the Williams/Homicide match will have more high spots than a normal two-hour WWE event... So tune in or else!!

Pokerdotcom Support Tanking...

The online support that I've received from pokerdotcom from the past had been first-class (aka Kris, which I thank you for) and was a big reason why I still play at the site... But as of late, I've noticed a downward spiral in their online support siimilar to my BPT position on the leaderboard keeps diminishing south (Where are you Kris??).

Take this email I received from them about a cancelled tournament that got "suspended" (a pop up stating that it was "suspended") 5 minutes before its start time while all other cash games and tournaments were running smoothly:

Hi Joey

Thanks for your email

Poker news is an affiliate tournament we are not aware of what time or
dates those tournaments will be running. You will need to contact the
affiliate for that information

Kind Regards,

Joab Johnstone
Poker.com Customer Support
http://www.PokerCS.com
support@pokercs.com

Noticed the bold part, "we are not aware of what time or dates those tournaments will be running"... Hello! It was suppose to be running right now and that is why I am contacting you!!

Now if that wasn't enough, check out this doozy where I'd sent an email about some people abusing their chat:

support@pokercs.com
to me

show details
Dec 4 (2 days ago)
Hi Joey,

Than s for your email,

Unfortunately we are unable to act on this kind of behavior with out
seeing the abuse first hand, so if this happens again in the future,
please copy and paste the chat into an email for us, or give us the hand
number that the abuse occurs in if its in a real money game.

Have fun and good luck!

Katie
Poker.com Customer Support
http://www.PokerCS.com
support@pokercs.com

I happened to have my mail open and responded with a paste about an incident from their chat abuse and yet have received a response...
I will continue to play at pokerdotcom, but if some of these things with online support don't improve...

If the BPT wasn't Bad Luck Enough...

Well, since the BPT wasn't enough, I decided to try the $60 tourny satellite tourny that I won and look at the sucker that sucked out on me again... Again, can I catch a fucking break?? I've gone to the breaking point now that if poker.com didn't have such great online support or offer so all these great promotions, I'd dump them

You Were Dealt (Ad, Jc)
angel45 Calls 40
BBBuer Folds
DamRiver Raised to 160
blufferin87 Folds
dirkyc Folds
RoleyPoley Folds
angel45 Calls 120
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Dealing Flop (2s,5c,4d)
angel45 Checks
DamRiver Bets 250
angel45 Calls 250
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Dealing Turn (3s)
angel45 Checks
DamRiver All In for 850
angel45 Calls 850
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angel45 has (3d, 7d)
DamRiver has (Ad, Jc)
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Dealing River (6s)
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angel45 Wins 2,580 from pot 1 with : Seven High Straight

Great Ron "The Truth" Montage Along w/Killa Song

TNA Wrestling fans, those that love Ron "The Truth" Killings, here is a great montage video with badass song (sounds like its by Limp Bizkit). If you don't know who Ron Killings is, this video should make you love the guy (wrestling-skill wise and maybe more for few women that read my obscure blogs and rants hehe). Also, check out Truth's Myspace page where this video can also be found:

BPT: Can (Shoud) I see a Flop with The Battle of AK vs Jacks... Two Different decisions: Two Mistakes

Well, I don't have the exact hand history for the 1st battle of my AK vs JJ but I had re-raised the opponent to 200 after his raise and then I called allin... The reason I did this was because it was the loosiest guy at the table and I remember last weak in this same scenario where I folded and the guy showed AQ... So its my jinx hand AK vs Jacks and I don't improve:

Now with that in my head (and against a tighter opponent), I get another AK and pot from UTG and then get a reraise... With that last debacle from last hand... I decide to fold but before I do, I ask "cparsley" to show and he agrees and rabbits (good gesture) only to show another mistake by me:

BlackTyson Posted Small Blind 50
JayNYC Posted Big Blind 100
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (As, Kc)
DamRiver Raised to 350
moneym8 Folds
caroon Folds
cparsley Raised to 1,200
Irongirl Folds
Deathjuice2 Folds
Zakinvegas Folds
Xorc1st Folds
BlackTyson Folds
JayNYC Folds
DamRiver Folds and Shows As Kc
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
cparsley Wins 1,700 from pot 1
cparsley Rabbits (Jc , Jd)
Community Cards (4s , Ad , 7s , 3d , 8c)

Rabbit cam shows that I would have won... (argh, doh, NOOO!!)...

And then a few hands later, I get this very weak reraise and put him on Kings (he had AK) but since I had the nut flush draw from the flop and a good amount of my chips in there, I had to commit myself...

caroon Posted Small Blind 50
cparsley Posted Big Blind 100
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (3d, Ad)
Irongirl Folds
Deathjuice2 Folds
Zakinvegas Folds
Xorc1st Folds
BlackTyson Folds
JayNYC Folds
DamRiver Raised to 300
moneym8 Folds
caroon Raised to 500
cparsley Folds
DamRiver Calls 200
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (9d,Jd,4h)
caroon All In for 1,545
DamRiver All In for 777
-------------------------------------------------
caroon has (Kh, Ac)
DamRiver has (3d, Ad)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (Ks)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (3h)
-------------------------------------------------
caroon Wins 768 from pot 2 with : Pair of Kings
-------------------------------------------------
caroon Wins 2,654 from pot 1 with : Pair of Kings
DamRiver OUT

Shitty River

Well, the hand history is pretty crappy but this is all they got at PokerBlue (At least there software and online support are way better than Absolute Poker). I am at a full 2-4 FL game and am second to act with A-A (Yeah... or not...) My screen name, DamDaRiver couldn't be more perfect for this situation:

Only 2 More BPT Events

That's right boys and girls... The fall classics of the BPT are winding down to its epic conclusion. Whether my tables are donkalicious or full of bad beats, this next tourny will most definitely be "flopilicious" (the host).

I am currently in the top 30 where my goal is to reach the top 20 to qualify for the big Aussie Millions tourny qualifier and this could be my last chance as this is the last NL Holdem event as the final event will be a Omaha EO Tourny hosted than by none other by my poker bud "Beerman" Mike.

If you haven't downloaded pokerdotcom yet, please do so here. Still want to play in the BPT, join here. You got nothing to lose and everything to gain. $500 Freerolls and a chance to win a free seat to the HUGE Aussie Millions tourny in January.

Down with Coach Nate McMillian! Give him the Pink Slip and Start Sergio Rodriquez!!

Although the young up-and-coming Blazers are struggling with the injuries of Brandon Roy, and Darius Miles (and Joel Pryzbilla who just returned yesterday), you cannot blame all of their loses due to injury. I think big big factor in why the Blazers have been playing so poorly is because of piss-poor decisions by Coach McMillian.

Even though McMillian rebuilt the Sonics for one year (mainly b/c of Allen and Lewis), he hasn't done shit with the Blazers except take them to their lowest winning total in history last year of 21 games. Congrats Nate... quite an achievement.

The mind-boggliing question I have right now is that why the hell is Sergio Rodriquez not playing more minutes or even better yet, why isn't he starting?! Dammit, this guy helped the Spain International team win a freakin' gold medal and his game can definite be compared to that of 2-time MVP Steve Nash... only younger. Sergio hadn't play a single useful minute in his career and it took two garbage minute-sparked comebacks from over 20 points to games that were winnable to get Coach McMillian's lackluster attention. Now, Sergio gets to play mainly 10 minutes a game, mainly the 1st half and then sits the second half out while opponents blow our asses (no not in that way) in the 2nd half.

Whatever the Blazers have done the past 2 years, it hasn't worked and I think it's time for a change. The fun and gun offense used by Steve Nash in Phoenix has completed turned their last place team around into NBA Title contenders. Sergio has the potential to do the same thing here in Portland, but fucking idiotic coach has got his head so far up his ass, he can see what he had for dinner last night!! And how's this for a knee-slapper: The Blazers were actually interested in getting one of Phoenix's assistant coaches a couple years ago before they decided to take Nate McMillian... Imagine El' "Rodrigo-Nasho" combined with Brandon Roy and throw in MVP contender Zach Randolph in there and you have your big 3 that teams need... Again, another Blazer brilliant decision...

Another Pokerdotcom special

Can I catch a fucking break. Again all in preflop and am 80% to win but of course:

Jerimiah Posted Small Blind $0.50
DamRiver Posted Big Blind $1.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Ts, Tc)
Jerimiah Calls $0.50
DamRiver Raised to $4.00
Jerimiah All In for $29.25
DamRiver Calls $26.25
-------------------------------------------------
Jerimiah has (6h, 6d)
DamRiver has (Ts, Tc)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (6c,5h,3h)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (3s)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (8d)
-------------------------------------------------
Jerimiah Wins $60.00 from pot 1 with : Full House, Sixes over Threes

Coolered Again with Aces

Playing in the $50K Tourny at pokerdotcom and for the first time playing these things, I have a good chip count with about 75 players to go before the money and it could look like that I would make more than the minimal $5... But then, this debacle of a hand came about:

Antes Posted
-------------------------------------------------
heels88 Posted Small Blind 300
gmann19 Posted Big Blind 600
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (As, Ah)
Stormswift Folds
DamRiver Raised to 2,000
IAMADONK Folds
raischst Folds
ant83on Folds
shuperstar Folds
Lights0ut All In for 6,690
guruchu Folds
heels88 Folds
gmann19 Folds
DamRiver Calls 4,690
-------------------------------------------------
Lights0ut has (Kh, Ks)
DamRiver has (As, Ah)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (2s,Qs,Kd)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (2h)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing River (Td)
-------------------------------------------------
Lights0ut Wins 14,780 from pot 1 with : Full House, Kings over Twos


What can I do to change this unholy luck? I get all my money in preflop and he has 2 outs. I can't tell you how many times I've lost with A-A to K-K (or even junk). I would go out 54 places before the money and a great opportunity for a possibly $5K that I fought so hard for was clogged into the toilet (analogy for fighting hard) and now down the drain...

Absolute Fails to Correct their Mistake... Another Screw Job... FUCK THEM

I made an earlier post title "What Comes Around, Goes Around" (to read it, go under the September archieve and it should be the 1st one at the top) on how shitty the poker company Absolute Poker is. Well, they actually had a chance to make up for their piss-poor decision making they did earlier by their "new" (but in essence, the same untrustworthy people from before).

This new rake back scheme came about in early October and finally, today, almost 2 months later on Nov. 26, I get the same horse shit response that will make me continue to not play at your leech's site. I would like to now post some of the emails I got that were not honored:

11/4/2005

Hello Joe,

Since you attempted to register your account through an affiliate at the
initial registration of the account, you will be able to be tagged to
raketherake. Please be patient, as this will be done manually.

Cheers,

Lindsay Johnson
Team Absolute
Affiliate Relations
lindsay@absolutepoker.com

***The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or
taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or
entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited and offenders may
be prosecuted. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and
delete the material from any computer.***


-----Original Message-----
From: friedrice33@aol.com [mailto:friedrice33@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:03 PM
To: lindsay@absolutepoker.com
Subject: idle-account issue

Hi Lindsay.

I talked to Jessica from ****** about my idle issue and she told
me to email you about this. I have never made a deposit into my AP
account and have been idle for probably 6 months (probably close to a
year or more). If there is any way I can be retagged to RakeTheRake,
please let me know.

Thank you,

Joe



11/6/2005

Hello Joe,



Since your account is being manually retagged you will not have to enter this code. All you have to do is log into your account and begin playing again.



Cheers,



Lindsay Johnson

Team Absolute

Affiliate Relations

lindsay@absolutepoker.com



***The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited and offenders may be prosecuted. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.***






--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

From: FriedRice33@aol.com [mailto:FriedRice33@aol.com]
Sent: 06 November 2005 00:46
To: lindsay@absolutepoker.com
Cc: jessica@raketherake.com
Subject: Re: idle-account issue



Hi Lindsay and Jessica.



I was reviewing the steps about signing up. Since I am not a New Player (idle), how would I go about entering the bonus code RTRBONUS ?



Thank you,



Joe



In a message dated 11/5/2005 3:12:28 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Lindsay@absolutepoker.com writes:

You can download it again whenever you want, because you still have a valid account with AP.



Cheers,



Lindsay Johnson

Team Absolute

Affiliate Relations

lindsay@absolutepoker.com




Note the phrase highlighted here, "All you have to do is log into your account and begin playing again." Ok, you get my rake and then you fucking ignore me... there is no reason for anyone to do business with slime like this.



11/22/2005

Hello Joe,

Your account is properly tagged to RTR. Please let me know if
there is anything else I can help you with.

Best regards,

Lindsay Johnson
Team Absolute
Affiliate Relations
lindsay@absolutepoker.com

***The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to
which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged
material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or
taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or
entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited and offenders may
be prosecuted. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and
delete the material from any computer.***

-----Original Message-----
From: friedrice33@aol.com [mailto:friedrice33@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 4:47 PM
To: lindsay@absolutepoker.com
Subject: retagging to RTR

Hi Lindsay, how are you doing? I hope all is well.

I wrote to Jessica from RTR today and said I should still try to contact you once more.

I had an idle account for a year a so, and she recommened me to contact
you in order to try to get my account retagged to RTR. You said it should have been retagged, but I am still unable to see my
statistics from RTR 2 1/2 weeks later.

My screen name is THESTUDENT and my account number is either 252127
(according to the info that RTR received) or 164309 (old account
number?).

Thank you and regards,

Joe


Well, I didn't save all my emails from Lindsay but I think this was the last one before she completely ignored me when I continued to send her emails why my rake was being paid back...

So there you go folks... Although Absolute is US friendly, they are scum-sucking leeches in general and I urge ALL players to abandon ship with AP, Absolutely Piss-poor now!!

I Finally Updated My Myspace Page

Probably been about 2 months or so since I've updated my Myspace page but since Thanksgiving break is here and I have some extra time, I thought I'd waste some of my existance doing that. I have a dark backround with Tifa (from Final Fantasy VII) as my desktop. I have also added some classic Family Guy clips that should make you "poop" yourself. Have a look here boys and grrls and tell me what you think...

VKM = Vincent Kennedy McMahon and now Voodoo Kin Mafia

BG James and Kip James, formerly "The New Age Outlaws" ("Road Dogg" Jesse James and "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn) and formerly of the "James Gang", have now been repackaged with this new, "VKN" "Voodoo Kind Mafia" gimmick that resembles the DX WCW Invasion. Quite a redebut for the dynamic tag team duo and quite a statement on Impact this week as they called out Paul Levesque ("Levick"), aka Triple H and Michael Hickenbottom, aka Shawn Michaels, and Vincent K. McMahon himself. Wrestling fans, if you missed Impact (shame on you), check it out:

Bad Time for a Disconnect

A bizarre thing happened just now: I had a terrbile disconnect when I was playing at pokerdotcom and I get Aces and didn't know that recently, they made a no-limit in capping in their fixed limit games. I had my internet running and was able to check my gmail at the time as well so it was just the poker client running funny. I should have definitely won a lot more. With all this preflop raising, I knew my opponent had Kings (or at worst Aces as well). I decided to stop capping preflop just in case a King would peel off. My opponent still had about $20 to go so I am missing an extra $20 in my bankroll b/c of this debacle:

JokerM Posted Small Blind $0.50
DamRiver Posted Big Blind $1.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Ad, Ac)
yupeng Folds
midus1 Folds
holdem14me Raised to $2.00
jecha45 Folds
Steakneggs Folds
OscarNuggman Folds
villim Folds
JokerM Folds
DamRiver Raised to $3.00
holdem14me Raised to $4.00
DamRiver Raised to $5.00
holdem14me Raised to $6.00
DamRiver Raised to $7.00
holdem14me Raised to $8.00
DamRiver Calls $1.00
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (Jd,Th,7c)
DamRiver Bets $1.00
holdem14me Raised to $2.00
DamRiver Raised to $3.00
holdem14me Raised to $4.00
DamRiver Calls $1.00
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (7d)
DamRiver Bets $2.00
holdem14me Raised to $4.00
DamRiver Raised to $6.00
holdem14me Raised to $8.00
... *(This is where I disconnected)

Thank goodness there was an allin protection here and I was able to salvage a profit from this insane hand.

BPT Event House of Blues!

Fifteen minutes and counting before BPT Event 5: The House of Blues gets underway. I am looking to improve my piss-poor 80ish finish from the previous tournament and make my way back into the top 20th on the overall leaderboard...

The TV dinner has been devoured and the orange juice quenched... Let's rock to "the house of blues" baybee!!

*** NOTE: Busted out to Skinski when he raised on button 3x to 300 and I having a miserable KJ decided to take a stand figuring Skinski was stealing and put my last 1000 and change in. He hits and Ace and I miss my gutshot...

60 Minute Adrenaline Rush Times 2!!

TNA Broadcaster Mike Tenay is known for saying, "Your 60-min adrenaline rush is next" and yesterday it was a 120-minute adrenaline rush! An incredible primetime debut of fore TNA Impact that saw spectacular matches and some surprising face/heel (aka good guy/bad guy) turns.

Everyone remembers the classic matches between America's Most Wanted (AMW) and The Naturals. The Naturals got the best of them when they were the heels (bad guys) 12 months ago while AMW got the better of them 6 months ago when they were heels. Ironically yesterday's Impact, both teams officially switched rolls again but in different scenarios. AMW had been in a grudge w/the LAX after a sick attack by the LAX and to AMW's valet Gail Kim. When LAX tried to burn the US flag, none other did America's Most Wanted return (from the face ramp. TNA has 2 entrances. The one with the red floor is the face ramp and the one with the clear ground is the heel ramp) to save the burning of the flag. In another surprising twist of fate, when LAX left the building to burn the flag along w/heel but fan favorite Candian Petey Williams, he saved the burning of the flag and sacrificed himself for it.

2 weeks ago, The Naturals were still entering from the face ramp but last week on Impact when they attacked Team 3D, it looked like another heel turn. It was official as they entered from the heel ramp to take on Team 3D in a tables match: a match Team 3D has never lost... until now.

Chris Sabin had obviously been foreshadowed to turn heel and when he ran up the face ramp but ignored to save his bud Sonjay Dutt from Samoa Joe, the turn was official. In what I thought was the match of the night, featuring Sabin, Styles and Daniels, Daniels would pin Sabin to become the new X-Division Champion! Lots of crazy shit in this match including Daniel's combo move of a Rock Bottom and STO Takedown to Sabin in Styles w/1 move!! and Style's Moonsault into a inverted DDT and (normal) DDT to Sabin and Daniels!!

Barbwire cage match didn't disappoint. I thought Christian was gonna die with the amount of blood he lost and when Rhino put the barb wire in Christian's face to make the blood guzzle worst, damn! Highlight of the match had to be the gore on Christian through the cage!!

The long await to see Kurt Angle's first match in TNA wasn't Kurt's best but damn, the fans went crazy!! Those hundreds of fans in the TNA audience were just as loud, if not louder than a WWE arena!! Kurt is getting killed and gets hit with Abyss' deadly (2nd finisher) Shock Treatment and (main) finisher Blackhole slam and kicks out of both!! Kurt counters and hits the 3 clean German suplexes on the 350-pd monster!! Kurt counters into a victory roll into an Ankle Lock and makes Abyss submit for the 1st time ever!! Kurt then gets hammered after the match by Samoa Joe and Abyss... Sting comes and makes save and brawls back at Abyss to the back... In the back Sting is hung like a pinata and is slugged by his own bat by Abyss. Joe is alone w/Kurt and now Kurt is busted open and is getting choked out... Joe vs Angle at Genesis should be off the hook!!

Primetime Baybee!!

As the theme song says for TNA wrestling superstar "Primetime" Elix Skipper, "Just say it... Say my name... Primetime baby!"

Wrestling fans where you're a Lady and gentleman, boys or girls, children of all ages, TNA iMPACT's big 2 hour primetime debut is tonight at 9pm. If your excuse of not watching TNA on Thursday nights before was because it was on at 11pm, well junior, you can no longer use that excuse ass-clowns!

I expect this show to be PPV quality featuring Christian Cage and Rhino in the 6-sided bard wire steel cage match!! Also, Kurt Angle makes his wrestling debut for TNA when he faces "The Monster" Abyss!!

The one I am looking forward to most is the triple-threat X-Division match between Champ AJ Styles vs Chris Sabin vs Christopher Daniels for the X-Div Championship. Three faces (although it appears Sabin is turning heel aka bad guy!), three agile superstars, one match that I think that will steal the show.

Wrestling fans: this is not a wrestling show you should miss tonight. Tune your tubes to Spike TV at 9pm, sit down, drink a cold one, and enjoy the show mofo's!!

Unfortunately, the Blazers are Back to Normal, Mario Lopez gets Screwed

Blazers

Well, every good thing has to come to an end as the Blazers returned to their sucky-ass ways. The loss of ROY canidate and sensation Brandon Roy has definitely hurt the team, but I must say that I am impressed with Sergio Rodriquez. His shooting isn't the best but that can develop but his killer speed, his ball-handling, and driving skills are phenemenal so similar to that of Steve Nash. Sergio is obviously younger and has great potential to run the West-coast offense in Portland as Nash does in Phoenix. How good can the Blazers be with this guy... I sure hope our crappy coach lets this guy play some quality time in the future...

Lamarcus Aldridge also looks like a great prospect for the future and if Coach McMillian is smart event, we will be seeing him replace Udoka in the starting lineup very soon...


Super Mario

Emmitt Smith should win most improved dancer throughout the season but there is no way that he should have beaten out "Super" Mario Lopez for the Dancing with the Stars Championship. Despite breaking some of the rules early (gotta love the rebels), Mario was the best dancer from start to finish and because of Len's abhor and loathing to Mario, I think the ol' Reality screw-job that takes place in many of the popular reality shows once again occurred. Oh well, no biggie. Show is still great and enjoyable to watch and all that was on the line was a disco-ball trophie...

Ugly Mofo' of a Beat

Another pokerdotcom special as it appears as I have been getting a lot of beats involving the ol' runner-runner technique here. This was at the limit 1-2 table so good thing it wasn't NL or I would have lost it all on the flop. My analysis of the hand will be in parenthese ():

Figuroao Posted Small Blind $0.50
AJ2390 Posted Big Blind $1.00
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Qd, Qh)
fstgrndr55 Folds
mnfatts Folds
Mayhem77 Folds
jon0499 Raised to $2.00
sakana Folds
DamRiver Raised to $3.00
MrBernstein Raised to $4.00
Ccarcharias Folds
Figuroao Folds
AJ2390 Calls $3.00
jon0499 Folds
DamRiver Calls $1.00

(Pot odds, especially in limit. I actually think MrBernstein has A-A, K-K, or even A-K)-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Flop (Ks,Qs,Kd)
AJ2390 Checks
DamRiver Bets $1.00
MrBernstein Raised to $2.00
AJ2390 Folds
DamRiver Raised to $3.00
MrBernstein Raised to $4.00
DamRiver Raised to $5.00
MrBernstein Calls $1.00

(I rule out K-K in my opponents hand and think he has A-K with all the raising going on)
-------------------------------------------------
Dealing Turn (Jh)
DamRiver Bets $2.00
MrBernstein Calls $2.00

(What, no more capping. I now have MrBernstein on A-A in the pocket)
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Dealing River (Js)
DamRiver Bets $2.00
MrBernstein Calls $2.00

(Terrible river card as the board has paired twice, but I figure that since MrBernstein called on the turn, I think he has A-A and will pay it off because of all the money thats in the pot already, but cluckity-fuck, he has A-K to beat my counterfeited full house via the running Jacks)
-------------------------------------------------
DamRiver has (Qd, Qh)
MrBernstein has (Ad, Kh)
-------------------------------------------------
MrBernstein Wins $31.50 from pot 1 with : Full House, Kings over Jacks


Well, fellow poker bloggers. There's my analysis throughout the hand. What do you guys think? What would you have done differently? Even if i check the river, I'm sure I'd have to call $2 at the end in a $30 pot... Just another one of those days I guess...

WTF?! No Blazer Choke and Infact, a MONSTER Comeback

Alrighty Blazers fans or not, but if you weren't at the Rose Garden last night (unfortunately I wasn't and saw quite a few empty seats there), then you probably missed the NBA basketball game of the year to date this far and right now, I am thinking, "Why the fuck wasn't this game on TV in our area?!"

As mentioned in the previous blog, the game was against the currently # 1 Hornets who had just come off their 1st lost and they looked to rebound from this. It appeared as if they were gonna walk away with this one early as Portland was stinking up like Fat Bastard's shit scenes in "Austin Powers" as after the 1st quarter, our (Trail) Blazers only scored 13 points and trailed by an astounding and most likely insurmountable 25 points ! Hell, if I was at the game and saw that 1st quarter, I might have just stormed off to exits and slap myself in the face for this ugly debacle.

With Brandon Roy ailing off after 7 minutes of play and no points and never to return because of his heel injury, I really didn't see a way for the Blazers to come back, but low-and-behold our MVP "Zbo" Zach Randolph to once again tear it up for another 30+ plus point game and 10+ more rebounds (glad he is on my fantasy team). Zach did have a supporting cast with Jarrett "Jack 'em Up" Jack and "T-Law" Travis Outlaw laying down the law from the bench with 16 points and 6 BLOCKS!!

Seeing the highlights from the game, Blazers turn the biggest deficit of the game of 27 points into a three point lead, until a clutch and tough turn around shot from downtown by Peja Stojakovic that tied the game. That guy is unbelievable. Randolph would get the ball the next play and would quick-drive to the hoop and get foulded with just seconds left. Zbo makes the 1st (whew, usually that's the toughest one) but would miss the 2nd, and the deadly Stojakovic would get the ball and launch a shot from 3/4s of the quart and when I saw this highlight, I was almost certain it was going in as it was straight on but fortunately hit the back-iron for the miss and the BLAZERS COMEBACK and WIN!! I swear if the shot was an inch harder, it would have banked of the glass and gone it or if it was an inch shorter! Blazers are now an unbelievable 2 games over .500 at 4-2 and although the season is still very early, NOBODY could have predicted this incredible start!!

Blazers Still Over .500 Mark... Tough Opposition Tonight Though...

Without rookie sensation Brandon Roy or big man Joel Pryzbilla, the game vs. the red hot Lakers didn't look good for our Blazers. However, the Portland Rose Garden magic put some kind of trance on Zach Randolph and the Blazers as the Blazers won the grudge match versus our rivals convincingly and thus, was the 5th time in a row the Blazers have beaten the Lakers at games in the Rose Garden. "Zbo" Zach Randolph put together an incredible back-to-back 30+ points game with a colossal 36 points and 10 rebounds. MVP material so far boys and grrls and because of him and Roy, the Blazers are still over .500 mark at 3-2!

Things don't look to be easier tonight though vs. the #1 ranked Hornets from NBA.com and the fact that they killed the Blazers in the games from last season. Both teams are improved from last season and it could come down to the Brandon Roy factor playing or not playing because of a left heel injury.

Full Tilt Poker Review and Rakeback Deal

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Full Tilt is offering new players a juicy 100% signup bonus up to a massive $600. The bonus might be a little more difficult to clear at lower limit levels, but it should still be an enticing bonus to go for with all the donkeys and fishes from Party and Pacific flocking and swimming over to donate their money to you.

FTP also offers variety other than Holdem including Razz, Stud, and Omaha. You can typically find Phil Ivey, Mike Matasow, and Gus Hansen playing at the highest stakes offered at FTP (most recently, the Omaha games is where they've been playing at) if you want to be entertained and amazed by the pros' plays.

For any new players that sign up at Full Tilt Poker and use the Bonus Code EATSLEEPPOKER, I will offer you a cool 27% rakeback deal on your play. Email me if you have any questions about this tight over.

Shazam to Oh Sh(az)it!

ROY of the year leading contender of our Blazers had to be the "shiznit" leading the Blazers to two comeback wins versus our rival Sonics and most recently, against the undeafeated Timberwolves. With such stellar performances, nba.com recently re-ranked the top rookie prospects of this year and put our boy Roy in 1st! Unlike ex-Blazer rookie of the year Damon Stoudamire (who basically stunk it up real bad here in Portland after 3 promising seasons in Toronto), Roy is earning his stripes in the Rose City. Shazam!!

However, word out is that after the game vs. Minnesota, Roy aggrevated a heel injury that was unreported and by the time the Clipper went about yesterday, it got worst. If this injury is severe, we can expect the return of the shit performance the Blazers put on last year... Oh sh(az)it!!

Coolered at the BPT

One thing is for certain: I hate Omaha. Check out this cooler. I'd fold this hand preflop but it was a BB special/cooler setup for my demise...

stuarthomegame Posted Small Blind 15
DamRiver Posted Big Blind 30
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (7c, 8c, Qc, 4c)
bolcs5 Calls 30
KiwiWiz Folds
lifesagrind Folds
gohabs1234 Calls 30
thepurdle Calls 30
newfie25 Calls 30
stuarthomegame Calls 15
DamRiver Checks
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Dealing Flop (2c,Jc,6c)
stuarthomegame Bets 120
DamRiver Raised to 300
bolcs5 Folds
gohabs1234 Folds
thepurdle Raised to 1,200
newfie25 Folds
stuarthomegame Folds
DamRiver All In for 1,805
thepurdle Calls 905
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thepurdle has (2d, 5s, 5c, Ac)
DamRiver has (7c, 8c, Qc, 4c)
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Dealing Turn (2s)
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Dealing River (As)
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thepurdle Wins 4,510 from pot 1 with : Full House, Twos over Aces

Another player said he folded a flush too and I figure like in Stud or Razz, I keep track of the cards. If I am only dealt two clubs, I fold this hand but since I had 4 clubs and 3 flopped, I didn't put my opponent on the better flush (set is what I put him on), but what can you do, that's poker and I got coolered once more... :(

Enjoy it While it Lasts (3 of them)...

Why Pistons Why?!



*** (If photo is just a blank white, click on it to see the atom-nuts of one Terry Porter. I used the progra "Paint" so if anybody knows how to clear the white, please help me out) ***

To start off topic one, I must say that although I am a HUGE Rasheed Wallace fan, I can no longer support the Detroit Pistons. You may be asking yourself, why would you turn on Sheed? Well, I was disappointed that they let the Heat through to the finals and of course giving Shaq another ring, but that is not the reason or grudge I have on Sheed. The reason is that shitty coach Flip Saunders (and possibly Joe Dumars) hired ex-Blazer and thief-in-the-nigh Terry Porter. Now, the NBA considers Porter to be one of the nicest guys to have played in the NBA, but oh contrare ladies and gent. Here is a little anedote about Porter's real true colors: Terry Porter once had his car fixed at my father's auto-body shop about 15 years ago. He hit the road without paying the bill and still owes my dad $2,000 (but with interest, it should be a ton more). You play in the frickin' NBA and you are making millions yet you cannot afford $2000 to pay to have your Mercedes replenished?! It was a mistake that my dad let him go without paying but since he had former Blazers and teammates of Porter like Jerome Kersey and Kevin Duckworth in before jackass Porter fit their bills for their car repairs, he thought he could have trusted Porter... If the Blazers never win a championship again, that will be ok by me as long as that numb-nuts Terry Porter doesn't get one for (assitant) coaching.



Blazers Above .500!!

Speaking of the Blazers... Sure our unbeloved Portland Trail Blazers have a perfect record for the first timesince 1.5 years ago ((yes I said unbeloved... Have you seen attendance without Rasheed Wallace...). The status will most likely not last for long so I say its time to enjoy it until tonights game vs. the improved Golden State Warriors.



BPT Top 20

As of today's overall BPT standings, I am currently in 12th place of the overall points leaders but as I say this, things could go south on me as the next event is the debut of the Omaha Hi Event for the tour tomorrow, which will be hosted by feared female player IronGirl (or at least I fear her). I should enjoy my top 20 status until tomorrow because I consider myself a weak Omaha player so everybody, prepare to take my chips!! ;-)

If you haven't had a poker.com account let, I suggest you get in on the fun. US Friendly, great online support, and of course, has it shares of bad players. Still haven't registered for the BPT and want a free shot at possibly winning a seat into the Aussie Millions, it's not too late!!

BPT Action Updates, I'm out now

Bad Laydown

Well, I figure it was too early to go broke with this hand and after reading about my poker bud Mike's hand involving his AKs (folded properly may I add) vs. opponent Irongirl's AA, I get the AK as well and heres what happened. I figured bgnd007 limped and then I raised and then limper did a Phil Hellmuth insta-push, I figure I was dead but oh contraré (rabbit cam also shows that my hand would have held up):

stinaguy Posted Small Blind 15
Rahaboss Posted Big Blind 30
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (Kc, As)
starkstatic Folds
NeoBahamut Folds
ATheGuruK Folds
bgdn007 Calls 30
DamRiver Raised to 125
burnley1 Folds
astinaguy Folds
Rahaboss Folds
bgdn007 All In for 1,785
DamRiver Folds and Shows Kc As
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bgdn007 Wins 1,985 from pot 1
bgdn007 Rabbits (Ah , Qd)
Community Cards (Ad , 3h , 4d , 9h , 5d)

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1:50pm

I get my chips in with the best hand and it holds up:

urnley1 Posted Small Blind 75
astinaguy Posted Big Blind 150
Dealing Cards
You Were Dealt (8d, 8h)
XXRockinXXD Folds
Rahaboss Folds
starkstatic Calls 150
NeoBahamut Folds
ATheGuruK Folds
DamRiver Raised to 600
RILEY31 Folds
burnley1 Folds
astinaguy Folds
starkstatic All In for 1,870
DamRiver All In for 810
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starkstatic has (4d, 4h)
DamRiver has (8d, 8h)
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Dealing Flop (Qh,5h,9h)
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Dealing Turn (6d)
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Dealing River (5s)
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starkstatic Wins 610 from pot 2 with : Two Pair, Fives and Fours
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DamRiver Wins 3,045 from pot 1 with : Two Pair, Eights and Fives
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1:57 Took a hit versus a semi-short stack where my 7s ran into Aces. I almost folded it but I had my opponent on two overs or a smaller pair the hand above this post. :-(
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2:00 Currently in 42nd out of 67 with just over 1900 in chips. Not a good turn of events before the break. Other noteables:

1st: CawtBluffin: 10,460
2nd: lightning: 9,270
3rd: NeoBahamut: 8,065

63rd: imjusthere4thebeer 985
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2:08 Not even 10 minutes after the break, I get busted. I hit mid pair in an unopened pot. I bet and got a caller. A 3-card straight hit on turn and decided to represent that. Had most my chips in already but to my dismay, my opponent hit a flush on me and am out in 62nd place.