Back from vacation and back to the grind......

It's no secret that we haven't had the best summer weather up here in the Northeast. Lots of rain in June and July.....not too much in August though. Last week was the best weather of the summer coinciding with my vacation to a nearby beach....Salisbury. It's not easy taking the family too far from home especially with a 3+ yr. old and a 3 month old. My parents inherited a beach house a few years ago and that makes the decision easy.....a late-August week at the beach for free. I had to miss my annual Allman Bros. concert this summer because of the vacation week. Oh well, I've seen them upwards of 20 times so that's life. (my Van Halen curse continues to this day (from 1985......as I had to miss it because Eddie fell of the wagon and delayed the concert twice...the last being the day before my wife gave birth to my second daughter. She actually told me to go...there was no way) I didn't feel like I had a summer before last week. I had a couple of friends and their families come up for a night but I finally had some time to decompress and enjoy the beach with my daughter. I got more exercise chasing and swimming with her then my last 2 years combined. I couldn't sit down for more than 1 minute on the beach...but I was never so happy to be so active. I haven't posted a lot because my poker playing has suffered this month. I just can't get anything brewing for a great tournament run or final table. I made a final table while at the beach...on Bodog...the 6K guarantee...but flamed out in 9th place (I broke down and got one of those wireless USB modems via Sprint....then returned it only a week and a half later). I've been doing pretty well at PokerStars and Bodog this year. Not so much on Full Tilt. I don't know what it is....most people I've looked up do better and are more profitable on PStars than Full Tilt. This is not fiction..this is a fact! Makes me wonder why I play anything but Bloggaments on FTP. I won a couple of 75$ tokens on FTP this week but I'm not sure if I can use them wisely. By that I mean...I can't enter a tourney on a week night before 9:00PM (it's just to crazy in the house before then). I see that the best tourney on FTP for the 75$ token is the 32K at 7:00PM maybe? I might be able to do that on a Fri. or Sat. but not during the week. I also recently saw a new poker room opening or re-opening after closing sometime in '03. Going to have to check that one out. I can't wait to play some live poker. I wanted to go to Al's bash at the end of Sept. but that was used as a negotiation weekend. My wife and friends wife go to NYC for the weekend at the end of Sept.....and I go to VEGAS in DECEMBER for the WPBT weekend. I don't favor any blogger over any other.....can't we all get along? I look forward to meeting more people this year (and actually remembering some of them the next day....long story but this guy might have a funny story to tell). I know I would be a lot happier if this guy was going also....hopefully the job search doesn't prevent him from going! Last year we were sitting at the mixed games table at the MGM. I was cruising along and raking pots and then two people put me on tilt for different reasons. One is this chick for obvious reasons (she sat down and had this tight t-shirt on....then stretched and arched her back and these huge hands...ahem! Took my attention away and I couldn't concentrate) and none other than Dutch Boyd. Dutch...no offense dude but you seem like kind of a douche........

One Word Post

VACATION!

Tao of PLO Junkie

I'm gonna have to find a way to play this Saturday....I haven't been able to lately....raising kids is hard obv.

Last night...and tonight

Last night...the first LivePokerRadio tourney. I was cruising back to the top 3 when I get all my money in after the flop with KK against those bitches-QQ and lose when the third Q falls on the turn. (NH Pebbles...it hurt though...especially getting hit over the head with the Bronto-Ribs) That sucked but this does not suck...........

see the Tao of Poker for more details.....but seriously....how can you not use a paltry 5 bucks to win 5,000 plus........

the following is completely live blog donkery at its worst.......

9:00 signed up for Dr. Pauly's 5th blog birthday....and the 5 NLHE tourney to run in tandem.............I am 'DoubleDave' on PokerStars.........517 Entrants!!!!! 1368 in the other PStars nightly 5$ donkfest......

9:05....Hellory is the only one I recognize on my starting table......

9:10....Looks like every poker blogger in the universe showed up.....I just got Kc-Kh in late position...raise it up 4x the BB.....9d-6c-6d on flop....just bet a slightly less than pot and took it....

9:15......just took a pot with A-8o in the BB....took it with middle pair.....

9:20......476 players left...I am the big stack at my table.....not for long though....

9:25.....Back down to 1500....10d-10s....try to steal a small pot....whiffed.....

9:30....Down to 449....still at starting stack T1500.....Getting another Beer right now......

9:35....4h-4c in BB....hellory raises and bets into my set of 4's which I got on the turn....but the board is a little scary...he mucks....took a nice pot.......I'm in 15th place in the other 5 dollar NLHE tourney on Stars.....

9:40.....just lost a couple hunge on 9s-9c.....409 players left.......

9:45......I'm up to T2000....after stealing a pot by 3-betting an early raiser....I did have top pair but their were also 2 3's on the board....hellory just doubled-up with a full house.....

9:50......BigSlickNut is in 2nd place...I just transferred 50 to him the other night....imagine that!
365 players left.....just took a decent pot in early postion with the suited AssJack of diamonds.....

9:55......330 left....I'm at T2200....

10:00....304 left...hellory just got knocked out......1st break....Pee time!!!

10:06....I'm back with my Bud Light i.v. and we're off.....looks like there are 299 players left at this time....BSN is in first....do I have good karma or what??

10:11.....288 players left...not doing much of anything lately.....chips at T2275...I am also on binky patrol for baby.....

10:16.....Lucyfer moved into the recently vacated hellory's place on table.....260 left....tried to steal blinds and lost about 450....still around T1500.....

10:21....BB with Qh-8h....folded to a steal...but what am I gonna do.....down to T1225.....gonna have to do something soon.....247 left....

10:26....Jaxia just appeared to my right and stole me blinds!!! arrrrgh...so I stole the next guys BB with an all in A-x......219 players left....KidDynamite4 sounds familiar too...he just got on to the table....T1225 in chips left....

10:31.....As-5s under the gun I callled....Jaxia took me out with a pair of f'n 3's....and a scary board...come on....give me some credit......out at 202......no hands for Dave after the 1st break makes Dave a dull boy....good night and good luck to all....except Jaxia....bitch! (I'm just kidding...I shouldn't have been dickin' around with A-5 suited under the gun anyway...I hope she wins now).......

10:40...I'm still in the nightly 5 NLHE Donkfest with a decent stack after this.....

11:30...now I'm in 3rd place after a nice run....11:34...1st place.......(not the TaoofPoker5th tourney).

11:50....VinNay is making a run at Dr. Pauly's 5th birthday tourney....in 18th....I'm in 3rd in the 5 dollar NLHE donkfest that started at 9:00 along with Dr. Pauly's tourney......

12:14....In 12th in the 9PM 5 dollah NLHE donkfest....looks like SmBoatDrinks is in the final 20 in Dr. Pauly's 5th blogbirthdayspectacular...Go Boat!

12:55....I am in 10th place.....

1:10....still in the 9PM NLHE Donktacular on Stars.....in 10th still.....had to break to feed baby and change diaper.....

1:21.....break time...baby is fed...I am in 13th after I take last pot to the break....break to the potty time.....

1:42....7th place out of 27....jeezuz I have to go to work tomorrow.....sigh.....

1:50...set of Q's vs A-Jo puts me in first.....

2:00....9th out of 17 left.....needs me a decent hand in position.....

2:05...not a creature was stirring....not even the cat....I'm in 7th out of 14......

2:10.....11 of 12 left.....I probably should have just pushed with junk on the button....but I didn't....

2:13...Kd-Ks...raised the big stack....he's thinking.....he folded...was seriously thinking of pushing all in though.....probably better he didn't push for me.....

2:20.....9th of 11 left.....

2:28....break.....10th of 11.....ridiculous....

2:37....just took a huge pot to put me in 4th out 11......I had a flush draw with top pair.......just took another with Qh-10h...nobody is calling....

2:44...final table bubble is brutallllllllllll

2:49.....final table....jeezuz....8th of 9 players right now.....

3:03....I can't buy a good hand at the full final table......somebody finally got knocked out.....

3:04....I get it all in with Ac-9c....guy calls with Kd-Qd....and turns a straight fucking flush...how many fucking times has this happened lately...fuckin C...out 8th...that is ALL!!