Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Pile it on
I understand everybody being upset about me chopping with cmitch. My reasons for chopping last night have nothing to do with poker. I don't need to explain....but FAMILY>POKER. Of course I want to beat cmitch......of course I want to win 2 M.A.T.H.s in a month....of course I want to make a last ditch effort at the April seat. I happened to have more important things to worry about at the time.......and for the record...I've never chopped a tourney before and probably won't again.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Sunday hangover...M.A.T.H. tonight
I should have taken the day off from Poker tournaments yesterday....including the 'Big Game'. I had a few beers and started to get antsy around the poker machine. I bought directly in to the 'Big Game' and promptly played like shit. My leaks are as follows....I play bad hands when card dead in bad position....and I raise semi-decent hands that I have no business raising. Seems simple to stop both leaks...but they are like Bud Lights in my refrigerator. That is to say....constantly there and constantly replenished. I'm not even making sense today....I will however give a shot to M.A.T.H. tonight. After all that 'is' how I earned my TOC seat earlier this month. Time to smarten up and play better....I should have had that mindset last night.
I was playing a big stack in the 25K guar. on PokerStars on Friday night but donked out around 90th place. There was one guy that re-raised All in every time I raised his Blind. What range do you start to put a guy like that on after he does it for a 3rd time in an hour? My goal before my daughter is born at the end of May is to win a 15.00+ buy-in tournament. I need some help with this type of play after the money bubble is burst.
I can't believe my daughter is going to turn 3 next week....time flies...seems like yesterday...
She was born on 05-05-05....pocket 5's should be my favorite hand. I have won a small tourney with the 'presto'. A set of fives is my favorite hand when I get a chance to flop it. Random thoughts on a Monday....makes sense to nobody but me.....
Coming soon to a media player on your PC :
M.A.T.H table from HELL :
I wasn't there for long.....I got shifted to another table....that was not a good table to be at!
1:15 AM Decided to chop...let the controversy begin!
I was playing a big stack in the 25K guar. on PokerStars on Friday night but donked out around 90th place. There was one guy that re-raised All in every time I raised his Blind. What range do you start to put a guy like that on after he does it for a 3rd time in an hour? My goal before my daughter is born at the end of May is to win a 15.00+ buy-in tournament. I need some help with this type of play after the money bubble is burst.
I can't believe my daughter is going to turn 3 next week....time flies...seems like yesterday...
She was born on 05-05-05....pocket 5's should be my favorite hand. I have won a small tourney with the 'presto'. A set of fives is my favorite hand when I get a chance to flop it. Random thoughts on a Monday....makes sense to nobody but me.....
Coming soon to a media player on your PC :
M.A.T.H table from HELL :
I wasn't there for long.....I got shifted to another table....that was not a good table to be at!
1:15 AM Decided to chop...let the controversy begin!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Don't forget to play the Bodonkey tonight!
http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/ for details......
Do you think you can beat the pros? How about these Pros?
More details : There is also a 100% reload on Bodog as we speak!
On Tuesday April 22 2008, a Bodog Poker Pro will compete in the Bodog Blogger Tournament Series. Start Time: 9:05 pm ET.
A $100 bounty will be placed on the Bodog Pro's head and the poker blogger who takes his or her last chips in this tournament will receive a $100 credit to their Bodog Member Player Account. If the Bodog Pro wins this tournament, he or she will receive the $100 credit.
Details at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com
This tournament is open to poker bloggers from around the globe. If you are new to Bodog, please sign up at http://poker.bodoglife.com
To register, players are required to go to http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament and sign in with their Bodog account information in the upper right hand corner. Once this is completed, they must then click on "REGISTER NOW" to register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they then need to find the "Online Poker Blogger Tournament" in the software and register as they normally would each and every week.
For assistance with registration, call Bodog's Poker Customer Service prior to start time at 1-866-909-2237 or email http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/contact
Please include your blogger screen name, Bodog Member Account ID number and your poker blog URL address.
So what are YOU waiting for? Sign up today and may the best poker pro or poker blogger win!
Nadia Alterio
"The Bodog Poker Blogger"
nalterio@riptownmedia.com
Yahoo ID: bodogdirectory
Don't forget about the BBT3 that runs in parallel on Tuesday...the Skillz series tonight !
Do you think you can beat the pros? How about these Pros?
More details : There is also a 100% reload on Bodog as we speak!
On Tuesday April 22 2008, a Bodog Poker Pro will compete in the Bodog Blogger Tournament Series. Start Time: 9:05 pm ET.
A $100 bounty will be placed on the Bodog Pro's head and the poker blogger who takes his or her last chips in this tournament will receive a $100 credit to their Bodog Member Player Account. If the Bodog Pro wins this tournament, he or she will receive the $100 credit.
Details at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com
This tournament is open to poker bloggers from around the globe. If you are new to Bodog, please sign up at http://poker.bodoglife.com
To register, players are required to go to http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament and sign in with their Bodog account information in the upper right hand corner. Once this is completed, they must then click on "REGISTER NOW" to register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they then need to find the "Online Poker Blogger Tournament" in the software and register as they normally would each and every week.
For assistance with registration, call Bodog's Poker Customer Service prior to start time at 1-866-909-2237 or email http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/contact
Please include your blogger screen name, Bodog Member Account ID number and your poker blog URL address.
So what are YOU waiting for? Sign up today and may the best poker pro or poker blogger win!
Nadia Alterio
"The Bodog Poker Blogger"
nalterio@riptownmedia.com
Yahoo ID: bodogdirectory
Don't forget about the BBT3 that runs in parallel on Tuesday...the Skillz series tonight !
Monday, April 14, 2008
Foxwoods Sunday
It would be nice to go to Foxwoods every Sunday....but that will be my last time for while. With the wife being hugely pregnant I don't want to be too far away (2.5 hour drive) just in case. I picked up Biggestron AKA Bdidde on the way to Foxwoods and we were on our way at about 7:30AM.
Getting knocked out of the 80+20 NL tourney 25th or so out of 175 certainly sucked! 20 people get paid. I probably shouldn't have made it that far anyway but at least I can claim the last longer bet...a hefty 25.00 mind you. A couple of the guys have final tabled this push fest and made hefty sums of money. I was in survival mode for the last 2 hours. I had to push under the gun with A-2o to avoid blinding out....I turned trip two's and tripled up. I later pushed with 6's in late position after surviving another rotation. The blinds were 800-1600 and I was called and doubled up again. I finally got a pocket pair better than 9's late in the game and pushed from the button. It looked like a steal and the BB called and doubled me up to about 17.5K. Not much to report after that...the blinds got up to 1500-3000 with 300 ante. I couldn't defend my blinds with two pushes in front of me with a hand like 9-4o. After 2 more orbits I pushed one last time with Q-10o and the old man in the BB called much to my surprise. Usually the old guy just grimaces and reluctantly folds his hand while grumbling about young whippersnappers. He called J-Ko and neither improves but K-high wins.
After the tourney and a cool off session I went to the cafe to get some food. I was getting a headache and usually when I get hungry at the casino I get a headache. I forgot my Sudafed at home...I usually pop it like skittles in the casino. I got a New England Turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes. Headache? Gone. I like the poker room but I kind of miss the old poker room. It was right next to the race book and the huge race book bar. You could actually get a few drinks at the bar and wait to be seated. It was also much brighter upstairs with all the windows...I didn't realize it but it was kind of dark in the WPT room.
CK and F-Train (plays 10-20 limit games....way out of my league) showed up to play some cash games...I guess they stayed there the night before. I met them....again (I met them both at the Winter Classic but I was so sauced I didn't think either remembered....I kind of did). Rumours of Donkette bringing Yankees-RedSox tickets for everybody circulated around the bloggers in the poker room. Bdidde ended up not playing the tourney but was able to play cash all day long. I think Donkette was sick or something so CK and F-Train headed back to NY later on. I got to sit at a 1-2 NL table later on but the table behind me had CK, Rakefeeder, WWonka69, and some others. I didn't want to go sit down with them at first but the table I was at was just...boring. I got a seat change and the table was a lot of fun. Straddle-bets were thrown out and the table stated to loosen up. I got involved in a couple of pots but not too many...mostly folds to be bets from the Asian lady who sat to the right of the dealer (no not CK). I told Bdidde we would leave at 6:00. That's when this crazy hand came up :
I was in the BB with 9d-2d. There were at least 3 calls including the guy to the right of Rake, Rake, and CK. The flop came down with 9x-6x-2x. BB special for me. (I can never remember the details of my big hands...so if there are details that are wrong I apologize. I usually remember the big pots I lost and the exact play or lack thereof). I think CK threw out a 20 dollar bet and was called by me, Guy next to Rake, and Rake raised maybe to 40.00. Anyway, CK went all in for the rest of her chips...maybe another 65.00 or so. I didn't want anymore play from the other guys after that...I went all-in over the top with probably 200.00 or so. The guy next to Rake was really struggling (I thought....oh shit...maybe he has 6's? nah...I think he had an over pair...he eventually folded). Rake had 9-Q come to find out...he struggled with it a bit but made the right lay down. CK turns over 9x-Ax (all four 9's were out at this time) and I show the 9-2d. I think a 5x landed on the turn and then another two landed on the river to give my 2's full of 9's. Overall I could have just called the all in and maybe one of the other guys would have gone all in....but I felt I had to protect the two pair. Did I play this wrong? I don't know...I don't play a lot of cash but I've played quite a few sessions of 1-2 NL at Foxwoods. Anyway we left at 6:30 to make the trek home. That was a hell of a way to end the day after the tourney bubbleage. It was good to see a few bloggers mix it up and make an otherwise average day at the card room exciting again.
I don't see me being able to go to the WPBT Summer Classic or the WSOP this summer. I could probably go to the WSOP if won a seat but then again I'd probably have to sell it....dang! Anyway, it was good to see everybody again and I hope to sling the cards again soon.
Edit : (Rakefeeder recall) "It was $10 to me which I bumped to $30 to see where I was at. CK went all in for $36 more or something, but then you flat called and the pot buyer guy flat called. My Q9 surely had to be beat but I thought I might be live and getting 8-1 on my money so I called. I was planning on calling CK's $36 anyway".
Getting knocked out of the 80+20 NL tourney 25th or so out of 175 certainly sucked! 20 people get paid. I probably shouldn't have made it that far anyway but at least I can claim the last longer bet...a hefty 25.00 mind you. A couple of the guys have final tabled this push fest and made hefty sums of money. I was in survival mode for the last 2 hours. I had to push under the gun with A-2o to avoid blinding out....I turned trip two's and tripled up. I later pushed with 6's in late position after surviving another rotation. The blinds were 800-1600 and I was called and doubled up again. I finally got a pocket pair better than 9's late in the game and pushed from the button. It looked like a steal and the BB called and doubled me up to about 17.5K. Not much to report after that...the blinds got up to 1500-3000 with 300 ante. I couldn't defend my blinds with two pushes in front of me with a hand like 9-4o. After 2 more orbits I pushed one last time with Q-10o and the old man in the BB called much to my surprise. Usually the old guy just grimaces and reluctantly folds his hand while grumbling about young whippersnappers. He called J-Ko and neither improves but K-high wins.
After the tourney and a cool off session I went to the cafe to get some food. I was getting a headache and usually when I get hungry at the casino I get a headache. I forgot my Sudafed at home...I usually pop it like skittles in the casino. I got a New England Turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes. Headache? Gone. I like the poker room but I kind of miss the old poker room. It was right next to the race book and the huge race book bar. You could actually get a few drinks at the bar and wait to be seated. It was also much brighter upstairs with all the windows...I didn't realize it but it was kind of dark in the WPT room.
CK and F-Train (plays 10-20 limit games....way out of my league) showed up to play some cash games...I guess they stayed there the night before. I met them....again (I met them both at the Winter Classic but I was so sauced I didn't think either remembered....I kind of did). Rumours of Donkette bringing Yankees-RedSox tickets for everybody circulated around the bloggers in the poker room. Bdidde ended up not playing the tourney but was able to play cash all day long. I think Donkette was sick or something so CK and F-Train headed back to NY later on. I got to sit at a 1-2 NL table later on but the table behind me had CK, Rakefeeder, WWonka69, and some others. I didn't want to go sit down with them at first but the table I was at was just...boring. I got a seat change and the table was a lot of fun. Straddle-bets were thrown out and the table stated to loosen up. I got involved in a couple of pots but not too many...mostly folds to be bets from the Asian lady who sat to the right of the dealer (no not CK). I told Bdidde we would leave at 6:00. That's when this crazy hand came up :
I was in the BB with 9d-2d. There were at least 3 calls including the guy to the right of Rake, Rake, and CK. The flop came down with 9x-6x-2x. BB special for me. (I can never remember the details of my big hands...so if there are details that are wrong I apologize. I usually remember the big pots I lost and the exact play or lack thereof). I think CK threw out a 20 dollar bet and was called by me, Guy next to Rake, and Rake raised maybe to 40.00. Anyway, CK went all in for the rest of her chips...maybe another 65.00 or so. I didn't want anymore play from the other guys after that...I went all-in over the top with probably 200.00 or so. The guy next to Rake was really struggling (I thought....oh shit...maybe he has 6's? nah...I think he had an over pair...he eventually folded). Rake had 9-Q come to find out...he struggled with it a bit but made the right lay down. CK turns over 9x-Ax (all four 9's were out at this time) and I show the 9-2d. I think a 5x landed on the turn and then another two landed on the river to give my 2's full of 9's. Overall I could have just called the all in and maybe one of the other guys would have gone all in....but I felt I had to protect the two pair. Did I play this wrong? I don't know...I don't play a lot of cash but I've played quite a few sessions of 1-2 NL at Foxwoods. Anyway we left at 6:30 to make the trek home. That was a hell of a way to end the day after the tourney bubbleage. It was good to see a few bloggers mix it up and make an otherwise average day at the card room exciting again.
I don't see me being able to go to the WPBT Summer Classic or the WSOP this summer. I could probably go to the WSOP if won a seat but then again I'd probably have to sell it....dang! Anyway, it was good to see everybody again and I hope to sling the cards again soon.
Edit : (Rakefeeder recall) "It was $10 to me which I bumped to $30 to see where I was at. CK went all in for $36 more or something, but then you flat called and the pot buyer guy flat called. My Q9 surely had to be beat but I thought I might be live and getting 8-1 on my money so I called. I was planning on calling CK's $36 anyway".
Friday, April 11, 2008
Weekend stuff
Don't forget to play the Donkament tonight....fun times with some uber Donks. The rebuy is only a dollar so you don't have to worry about re-buying more than 50 times...which has been done before! I'm also headed down to the Woods of Fox on Sunday for an AM NL tourney (100.00) with a bunch of Mass. bloggers/degenerates/gamblers/HPTers (WWonka69, ittolm, bdidde, and rakefeeder to name a few) generally my kind of crowd. Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Thoughts on Chat...or Chat on Chat....or....
Last weeks chat thing had me thinking. I can understand why some people would take time off from the BBT3 or why people are totally put off by abusive chat. I can understand why people get pissed and spew venom after losing a hand that they should have won. We've all done it. I stopped the chat war thing in the BBT after the BBT1 and realized that people misunderstand a lot of what is said in the chat. For instance : 'Nice hand'....can be a sarcastic comment about the way a player hit his gutshot straight on the river....or it can mean 'Nice hand'. I understand both sides of the story and have been on both sides. I usually don't get into chat wars anymore...but after a few beers and a bad mood...I can be goaded into anything. Lately I type in chat and it's usually complementary....but people still misunderstand it. If I was totally put off by the chat and banter in the BBT3 I would just shut the chat box off and play on. I actually shut the chat box completely after making the final table of the MATH. In past final tables I would be so distracted by the volume of chat....not what was being said...but the constant dings and comments.....good or bad. It really distracted me to the point of not knowing what to do next. I shut it down on Monday night and I could just concentrate on playing the hand and the player. It worked. So for me....it's not abusive chat that puts me on tilt...it's trying to play while reading the chat. I hope that my chat doesn't get misunderstood by anyone.....it's just idle chat. I came home after the Sox home opener and was properly shattered. I played the Bodonkey (I'm never going to play Q's again in the Bodonk) and lost a decent stack against pocket 5's. I played the skills H.O.R.S.E game and made a nice little run but my nines were no good against Kuro's A-J or A-Q.
....also from yesterday....Sox fans finally get over it (about friggin time.....thank god people finally let it go...should have been after the '04 series win but that's the way it is here)....22 years and 2 World Championships later!!!!!!!!
....also from yesterday....Sox fans finally get over it (about friggin time.....thank god people finally let it go...should have been after the '04 series win but that's the way it is here)....22 years and 2 World Championships later!!!!!!!!
Monday, April 07, 2008
Tough weekend for MTT's....Great Monday...
I took a beating in the MTT's that I decided to frequent this past weekend. Despite being well ahead in the majority of hands that I was knocked out. I did qualify for the 750K on Full Tilt...all for the price of one silly token. Some bloggers are talking about soft token tourneys and they are not lying! I try once of Full Tilt and qualify...I tried 10 shootouts on PokerStars and miss by a hair. I should have just bought into the Sunday Million..but the bankroll angel on my shoulder says.."think about all the times you complained about using your bankroll unwisely"....well said bankroll dude! I haven't looked at the HH's yet for the bigger buyin tourneys that I played but I'll probably learn something when I do.
To make up for all the near misses I had two things happen today on my way into work and at work.
1. I was coasting on a road near work and saw a yellow light. There is a 4-way intersection and the yellow light turned red right as I started to coast through it. I turned to the right and saw a cop staring right at me and in slow motion I just sort of shrugged my shoulders and started to slow down. I figured he would flip the lights on and just pull my donkey-ass right over. Nada...he just coasted through the light and went on his way....I WIN!
2. An old college buddy called me up and offered me a ticket to opening day in Fenway Park with the world series celebration and all the fanfare....I WIN!
Don't forget :
Next Tournament: Tuesday April 8th, 2008.
Start Time: 9:05 pm ET.
Bodog is proud to host the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. Join up and challenge other poker bloggers each Tuesday in our Bodog Poker Room and live to tell about it. Earn points on the tournament leader board for a spot in the final tournament for a chance to win a $12,000 World Series of Poker* prize package and be a part of Team Bodog 2008.
How to Participate
This tournament is open to poker bloggers worldwide with a Bodog Member Player Account. If you are new to Bodog, please sign up at http://poker.bodoglife.com/
To register, players are required to go to http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ and sign in with their Bodog account information in the upper right hand corner. Once this is completed, they must then click on "REGISTER NOW" to register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they then need to find the "Online Poker Blogger Tournament" in the software and register as they normally would each and every week. For assistance with registration or with starting a Bodog member player account, call Bodog's Poker Customer Service at 1-866-909-2237 or contact us at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/contact prior to start time. Please include your blogger screen name, Bodog Member Account ID number and your poker blog URL address.
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Here are this week's latest posts:
Tournament Series Final Table Results April 1st 2008 - Bodog Blogger Host Mixes It Up With Bodog Poker Pro Jean-Robert Bellande!
http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-april-1-2008.html
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Tune in to the Buddy Dank Poker Blogger Radio Show for live tournament recaps and updates at http://www.buddydank.com:9000/listen.pls
So what are YOU waiting for?
Sign up today and may the best poker blogger win!
Nadia Alterio
"The Bodog Poker Blogger"
nalterio@riptownmedia.com
Yahoo ID: bodogdirectory
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Also this week in the BBT3 :
Tournament: MATH
Where/when: Full Tilt Poker, Monday 22:00ET
Game: NLHE 6-Max
Buyin: $24+2 or Tier I token
Password: hammer
Tournament: Blogger Skills Series
Where/when: Full Tilt, Tuesday 21:30ET
Game: Rotation between non-NLHE games
Buyin: $12+1
Password: skillz
Tournament: The Mookie
Where/when: Full Tilt, Wednesday 22:00et
Game: Deepstack NLHE
Buyin: $10+1
Password: vegas1
Tournament: Riverchasers Online Tour
Where/when: Full Tilt, Thursday 21:00ET
Game: Bi-weely rotation of NLHE and non-HE games
Buyin: $10+1
Password: riverchasers
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The incredible Monday continuessssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Suckouts from Bayne and zackklemm not without note.....the heads up battle with zack was grueling....so grueling it may be tough for me to get up tomorrow in time to get to Fenway Park for the World Series Champion RedSox to celebrate their WS rings......naaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!)
To make up for all the near misses I had two things happen today on my way into work and at work.
1. I was coasting on a road near work and saw a yellow light. There is a 4-way intersection and the yellow light turned red right as I started to coast through it. I turned to the right and saw a cop staring right at me and in slow motion I just sort of shrugged my shoulders and started to slow down. I figured he would flip the lights on and just pull my donkey-ass right over. Nada...he just coasted through the light and went on his way....I WIN!
2. An old college buddy called me up and offered me a ticket to opening day in Fenway Park with the world series celebration and all the fanfare....I WIN!
Don't forget :
Next Tournament: Tuesday April 8th, 2008.
Start Time: 9:05 pm ET.
Bodog is proud to host the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. Join up and challenge other poker bloggers each Tuesday in our Bodog Poker Room and live to tell about it. Earn points on the tournament leader board for a spot in the final tournament for a chance to win a $12,000 World Series of Poker* prize package and be a part of Team Bodog 2008.
How to Participate
This tournament is open to poker bloggers worldwide with a Bodog Member Player Account. If you are new to Bodog, please sign up at http://poker.bodoglife.com/
To register, players are required to go to http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ and sign in with their Bodog account information in the upper right hand corner. Once this is completed, they must then click on "REGISTER NOW" to register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they then need to find the "Online Poker Blogger Tournament" in the software and register as they normally would each and every week. For assistance with registration or with starting a Bodog member player account, call Bodog's Poker Customer Service at 1-866-909-2237 or contact us at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/contact prior to start time. Please include your blogger screen name, Bodog Member Account ID number and your poker blog URL address.
Tournament Host Site
http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com provides players with daily updates on tournament news and tournament results.
Here are this week's latest posts:
Tournament Series Final Table Results April 1st 2008 - Bodog Blogger Host Mixes It Up With Bodog Poker Pro Jean-Robert Bellande!
http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-april-1-2008.html
Bodog Blogger Tournament Series Leader Board Widget Now Available!
http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-news/bodog-blogger-tournament-series-leader-board-widget.html
Tune in to the Buddy Dank Poker Blogger Radio Show for live tournament recaps and updates at http://www.buddydank.com:9000/listen.pls
So what are YOU waiting for?
Sign up today and may the best poker blogger win!
Nadia Alterio
"The Bodog Poker Blogger"
nalterio@riptownmedia.com
Yahoo ID: bodogdirectory
"* World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah's License Company, LLC ("Harrah's"). Harrah's does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with Bodog or its products, services, promotions or tournaments."
Also this week in the BBT3 :
Tournament: MATH
Where/when: Full Tilt Poker, Monday 22:00ET
Game: NLHE 6-Max
Buyin: $24+2 or Tier I token
Password: hammer
Tournament: Blogger Skills Series
Where/when: Full Tilt, Tuesday 21:30ET
Game: Rotation between non-NLHE games
Buyin: $12+1
Password: skillz
Tournament: The Mookie
Where/when: Full Tilt, Wednesday 22:00et
Game: Deepstack NLHE
Buyin: $10+1
Password: vegas1
Tournament: Riverchasers Online Tour
Where/when: Full Tilt, Thursday 21:00ET
Game: Bi-weely rotation of NLHE and non-HE games
Buyin: $10+1
Password: riverchasers
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The incredible Monday continuessssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Suckouts from Bayne and zackklemm not without note.....the heads up battle with zack was grueling....so grueling it may be tough for me to get up tomorrow in time to get to Fenway Park for the World Series Champion RedSox to celebrate their WS rings......naaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!)
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Back in the fray
I'm back at Full Tilt. It looks like I'll have problems if I was to say make a big score though. I did the same thing that some others have done and cancelled the FTP account. I then joined again (2 months later) as a different account. If all goes as it did last weekend (avoiding bad beat stories and staying positive) I won't have to worry about making big tourney scores. I've been having more success in the tournaments on other sites recently so the BBT3 will be most of the tourneys on FTP. I am a low limit donk for all kinds of MTT's so I will definitely be playing token tourneys and low buyins as usual other than the blogger tourneys. I'm going to try going to Foxwoods a couple of times before my next bundle of joy is born in late May. It hurt not going to the World Poker Finals and taking a shot but I just couldn't take the time or waste the cash. In good 'ol RedSox fashion "There's always next year!" BTW....how ironic that the Patriots go 19-0 and set all the records only to burn out at the end...and just before the RedSox limp into the playoffs and make another historic comeback only to storm to another World Series trophy. I said it last fall and I'll say it again...I will not question Terry Francona any more. He is and will always be the perfect man for the job.
These Bodonkey tables are loaded!!!
I got short stacked real early and survived past the first break. I actually made quite the comeback from 485 chips!
I get aces with 19 players left and being the short stack I also get the benefit of people limping in so I can jam and possibly triple or quadruple up......
.......but...........ICrushBloggers flipped up K's when he called and everybody else folded.......
a King hit on the flop. I still can't get anything done in the Bodonkey......
These Bodonkey tables are loaded!!!
I got short stacked real early and survived past the first break. I actually made quite the comeback from 485 chips!I get aces with 19 players left and being the short stack I also get the benefit of people limping in so I can jam and possibly triple or quadruple up......
.......but...........ICrushBloggers flipped up K's when he called and everybody else folded.......
a King hit on the flop. I still can't get anything done in the Bodonkey......
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Truly a 'Good' Friday!!!!
Uh...can I get like a 'Pow'.....or maybe a 'Boom'........over here?
Good result to bad legislation also happened this week!
EDIT :
Some fun with the HH in the 10+1 6-Max
PokerStars Game #16158341355: Tournament #81587608, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (3000/6000) - 2008/03/22 - 03:56:11 (ET)
Table '81587608 67' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Roellet (258515 in chips)
Seat 2: DoubleDave (188864 in chips)
Seat 3: Dangerous111 (205874 in chips)<----this guy is about to lose his mind
Seat 4: echanique (274770 in chips)
Seat 5: PhillGriff (97748 in chips)
Seat 6: bonzi530 (324229 in chips)
Roellet: posts the ante 600
DoubleDave: posts the ante 600
Dangerous111: posts the ante 600
echanique: posts the ante 600
PhillGriff: posts the ante 600
bonzi530: posts the ante 600
PhillGriff: posts small blind 3000
bonzi530: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DoubleDave [Kh Kc]<----my favorite hand...actually Kh-Kd but it'll do
Roellet: folds
DoubleDave: raises 12000 to 18000
Dangerous111: raises 187274 to 205274 and is all-in<----I know he has an ace-anything from previous bets....lots of 'em.
echanique: folds
PhillGriff: folds
bonzi530: folds
DoubleDave: calls 170264 and is all-in<----we end up all-in pre-flop
*** FLOP *** [5s Ah 7c]<-----in deference I was expecting this
*** TURN *** [5s Ah 7c] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [5s Ah 7c 3s] [Kd]<----The case fucking King...booyahhhhhh!
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DoubleDave: shows [Kh Kc] (three of a kind, Kings)
Dangerous111: shows [Ks Ad] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
Dangerous111 said, "no ***in way"<----He proceeds to go on a tirade all the way through the end of the tourney as he was out third...but he stuck around after and was all over me......
DoubleDave collected 389128 from pot
Roellet said, "wooooooooow"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 389128 | Rake 0
Board [5s Ah 7c 3s Kd]
Seat 1: Roellet folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: DoubleDave showed [Kh Kc] and won (389128) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 3: Dangerous111 showed [Ks Ad] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 4: echanique (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: PhillGriff (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: bonzi530 (big blind) folded before Flop
Dangerous111's tirade for the rest of the tourney :
Dangerous111 said, "***in case king"
Dangerous111 said, "dude get lost"
Dangerous111 said, "i hit the ace stupid"<----Roellet (2nd place) tried to reason with this douchebag and tell him I was ahead pre-flop
Dangerous111 said, "i was ahead and i had the k"
Dangerous111 said, "1 ***in K left"
Dangerous111 said, "f uk u"
Dangerous111 said, "after the flop dum***"
Dangerous111 said, "AFTER THE FLOP IDIOT"
Dangerous111 said, "I HIT THE ACE ON THE FLOP DUM***"
Dangerous111 said, "I HIT THE ACE ON THE FLOP DUM***"<---This guy just would not stop
Dangerous111 said, "SO IT WAS A 1 OUTTER"
Dangerous111 said, "1 OUTTER U ***IN NEWBIE"
Dangerous111 said, "YOUR CHAT IS BLOCKED"<----says to Roellet He proceeds to hit a couple of hands...one and two outs but it's "Justice" as in the following hand....
PokerStars Game #16158361334: Tournament #81587608, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (3000/6000) - 2008/03/22 - 03:58:28 (ET)
Table '81587608 67' 6-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: Roellet (303905 in chips)
Seat 2: DoubleDave (367928 in chips)
Seat 3: Dangerous111 (38820 in chips)
Seat 4: echanique (252970 in chips)
Seat 5: PhillGriff (92948 in chips)
Seat 6: bonzi530 (293429 in chips)
Roellet: posts the ante 600
DoubleDave: posts the ante 600
Dangerous111: posts the ante 600
echanique: posts the ante 600
PhillGriff: posts the ante 600
bonzi530: posts the ante 600
DoubleDave: posts small blind 3000
Dangerous111: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DoubleDave [2h Ks]<----I fold the K-2o...I know...it's not a monster like Kc-2c turns out to be!
echanique: folds
Roellet said, "wtf:P"
PhillGriff: folds
bonzi530: folds
Roellet: raises 32220 to 38220
DoubleDave: folds
Dangerous111: calls 32220 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Tc Qd 2s]
*** TURN *** [Tc Qd 2s] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Qd 2s 9c] [Js]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Dangerous111: shows [2c Kc] (a straight, Nine to King)
Roellet: shows [Ah 7c] (high card Ace)
Dangerous111 collected 83040 from pot
Roellet said, "omg"
Next hand really puts me on a good chipstack :
PokerStars Game #16158411906: Tournament #81587608, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (3000/6000) - 2008/03/22 - 04:04:20 (ET)
Table '81587608 67' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Roellet (299087 in chips)
Seat 2: DoubleDave (344528 in chips)
Seat 3: Dangerous111 (190278 in chips)
Seat 4: echanique (128530 in chips)
Seat 5: PhillGriff (68948 in chips)
Seat 6: bonzi530 (318629 in chips)
Roellet: posts the ante 600
DoubleDave: posts the ante 600
Dangerous111: posts the ante 600
echanique: posts the ante 600
PhillGriff: posts the ante 600
bonzi530: posts the ante 600
bonzi530: posts small blind 3000
Roellet: posts big blind 6000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DoubleDave [Kh Kd]<---favorite hand (I felt like Astin at this point also)
DoubleDave: raises 6000 to 12000
Dangerous111: calls 12000
echanique: calls 12000
PhillGriff: folds
bonzi530: calls 9000
Roellet: calls 6000
*** FLOP *** [Tc 8d Ks]
bonzi530: bets 24000
Roellet: folds
DoubleDave: raises 78000 to 102000
Dangerous111: folds
echanique: folds
bonzi530: raises 102000 to 204000
DoubleDave: raises 127928 to 331928 and is all-in
bonzi530: calls 102029 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Tc 8d Ks] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 8d Ks Qc] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bonzi530: shows [Th Ts] (three of a kind, Tens)
DoubleDave: shows [Kh Kd] (three of a kind, Kings)
Roellet said, "nh"
DoubleDave collected 675658 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 675658 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 8d Ks Qc 2h]
Seat 1: Roellet (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: DoubleDave showed [Kh Kd] and won (675658) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 3: Dangerous111 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: echanique folded on the Flop
Seat 5: PhillGriff (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bonzi530 (small blind) showed [Th Ts] and lost with three of a kind, Tens
I take out Dangerous111 on this hand :
PokerStars Game #16158498924: Tournament #81587608, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (4000/8000) - 2008/03/22 - 04:14:26 (ET)
Table '81587608 67' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Roellet (373218 in chips)
Seat 2: DoubleDave (675678 in chips)
Seat 3: Dangerous111 (301104 in chips)
Roellet: posts the ante 800
DoubleDave: posts the ante 800
Dangerous111: posts the ante 800
Roellet: posts small blind 4000
DoubleDave: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DoubleDave [Qd Ad]<----The Big Bitch!
Dangerous111: calls 8000
Roellet: folds
DoubleDave: raises 16000 to 24000
Dangerous111: raises 276304 to 300304 and is all-in
DoubleDave: calls 276304<----at this point I know the ace is going to fall...
*** FLOP *** [Td 5c 6s]
*** TURN *** [Td 5c 6s] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [Td 5c 6s Ac] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DoubleDave: shows [Qd Ad] (a pair of Aces)
Dangerous111: shows [Qs Qh] (a pair of Queens)<---HA...I beat the Hilton's...I mean QQ has been poison for me but good for everybody lately or so it seems
Dangerous111 said, "b s"
DoubleDave collected 607008 from pot
Roellet said, "gg"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 607008 | Rake 0
Board [Td 5c 6s Ac 9c]
Seat 1: Roellet (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: DoubleDave (big blind) showed [Qd Ad] and won (607008) with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Dangerous111 (button) showed [Qs Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Dangerous said, "fu k you Dave just fu k you"<----awwwww...poor bastage
The last two hands :
PokerStars Game #16158503424: Tournament #81587608, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (4000/8000) - 2008/03/22 - 04:14:58 (ET)
Table '81587608 67' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Roellet (368418 in chips)
Seat 2: DoubleDave (981582 in chips)
Roellet: posts the ante 800
DoubleDave: posts the ante 800
Roellet: posts small blind 4000
DoubleDave: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DoubleDave [5d 8h]
DoubleDave said, "dohhhhhhhhhhhhh"<----me taunting Dangerous111
Roellet said, "SPLIT?"<------Roellet offers a split...even though I have a 3 to 1 chiplead
Roellet: raises 24000 to 32000
DoubleDave said, "no split"<----I can't do this after reading all the chop stories...plus I wanted my first MTT win BAD!!!
DoubleDave: folds
Roellet said, "ok"
Roellet collected 17600 from pot
Roellet said, "gl then"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 17600 | Rake 0
Seat 1: Roellet (button) (small blind) collected (17600)
Seat 2: DoubleDave (big blind) folded before Flop
PokerStars Game #16158511558: Tournament #81587608, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (4000/8000) - 2008/03/22 - 04:15:56 (ET)
Table '81587608 67' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Roellet (377218 in chips)
Seat 2: DoubleDave (972782 in chips)
Roellet: posts the ante 800
DoubleDave: posts the ante 800
DoubleDave: posts small blind 4000
Roellet: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DoubleDave [5h 5d]<------Presto!!!! I won a charity tourney with presto...against A-Ko a couple years ago...
DoubleDave: raises 963982 to 971982 and is all-in
Roellet: calls 368418 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Qh 2h 2d]
*** TURN *** [Qh 2h 2d] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 2h 2d Qd] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Roellet: shows [As Kd] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)<----ugh...this is pokerstars..and ace always falls....right?
DoubleDave: shows [5h 5d] (two pair, Queens and Fives)
Roellet said, "gg"
DoubleDave collected 754436 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 754436 | Rake 0
Board [Qh 2h 2d Qd Tc]
Seat 1: Roellet (big blind) showed [As Kd] and lost with two pair, Queens and Deuces
Seat 2: DoubleDave (button) (small blind) showed [5h 5d] and won (754436) with two pair, Queens and Fives<-----BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!
So if you ever see 'Dangerous111'....tell him I said "Hi"...he'll go on tilt.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Bust a pro in the Bodonkey this coming Tuesday
Do YOU Have What it Takes to Beat a Poker Pro?
On Tuesday March 25th 2008, Bodog Poker Pro Josh Arieh will compete in the Bodog Blogger Tournament Series. Start Time: 9:05 pm ET.
A $100 bounty will be on Josh Arieh's head and the poker blogger who takes Josh's last chips in this tournament will receive a $100 credit to their Bodog Member Player Account. If Josh wins this tournament, he will receive the $100 credit.
Details at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/
How to Participate
Players must have a Bodog Member Player Account to register.
If you are new to Bodog, please sign up at http://www.bodoglife.com/join/
Players are then required to go to http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ and sign in with their Bodog account information in the upper right hand corner. Once this is completed, they must then click on "REGISTER NOW" to register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they then need to find the "Online Poker Blogger Tournament" in the software and register as they normally would each and every week.
Players are encouraged to register early. If you need assistance with signing up for the tournament or with starting a Bodog member player account, please call Bodog's Poker Customer Service at 1-866-909-2237 or contact us prior to start time at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/contact
So what are YOU waiting for? Sign up today and may the best poker player win!
Nadia Alterio
"The Bodog Poker Blogger"
nalterio@riptownmedia.com
Yahoo ID: bodogdirectory
On Tuesday March 25th 2008, Bodog Poker Pro Josh Arieh will compete in the Bodog Blogger Tournament Series. Start Time: 9:05 pm ET.
A $100 bounty will be on Josh Arieh's head and the poker blogger who takes Josh's last chips in this tournament will receive a $100 credit to their Bodog Member Player Account. If Josh wins this tournament, he will receive the $100 credit.
Details at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/
How to Participate
Players must have a Bodog Member Player Account to register.
If you are new to Bodog, please sign up at http://www.bodoglife.com/join/
Players are then required to go to http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ and sign in with their Bodog account information in the upper right hand corner. Once this is completed, they must then click on "REGISTER NOW" to register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they then need to find the "Online Poker Blogger Tournament" in the software and register as they normally would each and every week.
Players are encouraged to register early. If you need assistance with signing up for the tournament or with starting a Bodog member player account, please call Bodog's Poker Customer Service at 1-866-909-2237 or contact us prior to start time at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com/contact
So what are YOU waiting for? Sign up today and may the best poker player win!
Nadia Alterio
"The Bodog Poker Blogger"
nalterio@riptownmedia.com
Yahoo ID: bodogdirectory
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Can't do anything in the Bodonkey
I was cashing like mad in the Bodonkey 2 months ago now I can't even get to a final table. It doesn't help to try to rebuild your stack by running into GCox's pocket aces :-( "Set up like a muthafucka"-Idon'trememberwhoIquotedthisfrom
"Set up like a wild turkey in New England"-PokahDave (don't expect to understand unless you were sitting at the Bodonkey table with me last night).
I'm also having a trouble with the 'Hilton Sisters' lately...bitches! Can't win with 'em...can't win against 'em!
"Set up like a wild turkey in New England"-PokahDave (don't expect to understand unless you were sitting at the Bodonkey table with me last night).
I'm also having a trouble with the 'Hilton Sisters' lately...bitches! Can't win with 'em...can't win against 'em!
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Cat Puke Tilt II
NO that is not my cat...and no those are not my sneakers. I was Bodonkeying my way to getting into the leader board last night when the cat runs upstairs after eating. He proceeds to puke on the floor right in front of me....this happened before during the BBT1. It put me on tilt. I couldn't clean it up because I was playing in the Bodonkey. I had just chipped-up to a decent stack too. I stated earlier that "either 23Skidoo or NewinNov will knock me out" as they have done in most of the new Bodonkey series. Before the new leader board was made I was making lots of Bodog tourney money and making final tables without a problem. So I get Qx-Qx in early position (previously the cat puke incident happened and I had 23skidoo laughing his ass off so he says) I raise to a hefty sum. he re-raises and I feign weakness (although Q's have become somewhat of a can't win with can't win against hand for me) and I announced "good night all" and I pushed. ski calls with 'presto'....5 on the flop....DONE. At the very least I was entertaining!
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
giggle-giggle...look at my ace..................s
GET YOUR HANDS ON MY ACES at the Bodonkey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are invited to play in, post or forward this information on.
Play Bodog's Poker Blogger Tournament Series Tuesday Nights
Next Tournament: Tuesday March 4th, 2008
Start Time: 9:05 pm ET.
Details on the tournament and how to register are provided below.
Bodog is proud to host the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. Join up and challenge other Poker Bloggers each week in our Bodog Poker Room and live to tell about it. Earn points and work your way up the Tournament Leader Board for a spot in the final tournament for your chance to win a $12,000 World Series of Poker* prize package and be a part of Team Bodog 2008.
How it Works
The Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series is composed of a series of 18 qualifying tournaments that run weekly beginning Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 to Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008. The top 30% of finishers in each qualifying tournament will earn points based on their finish. These points will be used to rank players over 4 months of qualifying. At the end of the qualifying series, the top 18 players on the Tournament Leader Board will play in the Final Tournament on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 with the first place finisher winning a $12,000 WSOP* prize package!
*How To Register*
To register for the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series, poker bloggers must first go to http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ and sign in with their Bodog account information in the upper right hand corner. Once this is completed, they then must click on "REGISTER NOW" to register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they then need to find the "Online Poker Blogger Tournament" in the software and register as they normally would each and every week. If you need assistance with signing up for the tournament or with starting a Bodog member player account, please call or email Bodog's Poker Customer Service at 1-866-909-2237 or poker@bodoglife.com
Bodog Blogger Tournament Leader Board
The Tournament Leader Board is available at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ throughout the course of the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. It provides the point totals for every player that has played in the qualifying tournaments. The top 30% of players in each tournament receives points according to finish, which at the end of the qualifying tournaments will ultimately determine who will move on to the Final Event. The top 18 players on the TLB at the end of the qualifier tournaments will earn their way to play in the Final Event.
Bodog Blogger Tournament Host Site
http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com hosts this tournament series and provides poker bloggers with news and weekly updates on:
* tournament results for winners and losers
* Feb 5th 2008 final table results http://bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-february-5-2008.html
* Feb 12th 2008 final table results http://bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-february-12-2008.html
* Feb 19th 2008 final table results http://bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-february-19-2008.html
* Feb 26th 2008 final table results http://bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-february-26-2008.html
* announcements for special promotions or guest players
* the latest in Bodog Poker Room news and gossip
* tips on how to succeed at Bodog Poker
Weekly Tournament Prizes
Buy-in: $10 + $1
Prize Pool will be distributed as per Bodog's standard multi-table payout table. In addition, the top 5 players for each week also wins T$109 to be used to buy-in to the $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament held every Sunday at 4:00 PM ET. The top 5 bubble players each week win a free buy-in to next week's Weekly Tournament. (T$11 will be credited to these players' Bodog account within 24 hours after the completion of the each tournament)
Final Tournament Prizes
Buy-in: $0 + $0 (must finish in the Top 18 on the TLB to be invited)
Grand Prize: $12,000 WSOP* Prize Package with Team Bodog
2nd place: T$540 to be used to buy-in to (2) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal
3rd place: T$379 to be used to buy-in to (1) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal and (1) $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament
4th: T$270 to be used to buy-in to (1) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal
5th: T$109 to be used to buy-in to (1) $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament
You are invited to play in, post or forward this information on.
Play Bodog's Poker Blogger Tournament Series Tuesday Nights
Next Tournament: Tuesday March 4th, 2008
Start Time: 9:05 pm ET.
Details on the tournament and how to register are provided below.
Bodog is proud to host the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. Join up and challenge other Poker Bloggers each week in our Bodog Poker Room and live to tell about it. Earn points and work your way up the Tournament Leader Board for a spot in the final tournament for your chance to win a $12,000 World Series of Poker* prize package and be a part of Team Bodog 2008.
How it Works
The Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series is composed of a series of 18 qualifying tournaments that run weekly beginning Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 to Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008. The top 30% of finishers in each qualifying tournament will earn points based on their finish. These points will be used to rank players over 4 months of qualifying. At the end of the qualifying series, the top 18 players on the Tournament Leader Board will play in the Final Tournament on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 with the first place finisher winning a $12,000 WSOP* prize package!
*How To Register*
To register for the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series, poker bloggers must first go to http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ and sign in with their Bodog account information in the upper right hand corner. Once this is completed, they then must click on "REGISTER NOW" to register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they then need to find the "Online Poker Blogger Tournament" in the software and register as they normally would each and every week. If you need assistance with signing up for the tournament or with starting a Bodog member player account, please call or email Bodog's Poker Customer Service at 1-866-909-2237 or poker@bodoglife.com
Bodog Blogger Tournament Leader Board
The Tournament Leader Board is available at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/ throughout the course of the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. It provides the point totals for every player that has played in the qualifying tournaments. The top 30% of players in each tournament receives points according to finish, which at the end of the qualifying tournaments will ultimately determine who will move on to the Final Event. The top 18 players on the TLB at the end of the qualifier tournaments will earn their way to play in the Final Event.
Bodog Blogger Tournament Host Site
http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com hosts this tournament series and provides poker bloggers with news and weekly updates on:
* tournament results for winners and losers
* Feb 5th 2008 final table results http://bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-february-5-2008.html
* Feb 12th 2008 final table results http://bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-february-12-2008.html
* Feb 19th 2008 final table results http://bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-february-19-2008.html
* Feb 26th 2008 final table results http://bodogbloggertournament.com/tournament-results/final-table-tuesday-february-26-2008.html
* announcements for special promotions or guest players
* the latest in Bodog Poker Room news and gossip
* tips on how to succeed at Bodog Poker
Weekly Tournament Prizes
Buy-in: $10 + $1
Prize Pool will be distributed as per Bodog's standard multi-table payout table. In addition, the top 5 players for each week also wins T$109 to be used to buy-in to the $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament held every Sunday at 4:00 PM ET. The top 5 bubble players each week win a free buy-in to next week's Weekly Tournament. (T$11 will be credited to these players' Bodog account within 24 hours after the completion of the each tournament)
Final Tournament Prizes
Buy-in: $0 + $0 (must finish in the Top 18 on the TLB to be invited)
Grand Prize: $12,000 WSOP* Prize Package with Team Bodog
2nd place: T$540 to be used to buy-in to (2) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal
3rd place: T$379 to be used to buy-in to (1) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal and (1) $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament
4th: T$270 to be used to buy-in to (1) World Series or Players Choice Semifinal
5th: T$109 to be used to buy-in to (1) $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament
Friday, February 29, 2008
Through the Gauntlet
6 months of the Real Estate Gauntlet....finally done. I never knew what stress could do to me until now. I thought selling my condo in North Conway, NH was tough. This was (for lack of a better analogy) a botched abortion in RE terms. 5 delays on closings...including what was supposed to be a closing on the 27th. The people that bought my house (they should own it since they live, work and school in the town)were first-time RE noobs. They did exactly 0% of their requirement the right way. Considering it's a first-time purchase you would usually cut some slack...but this was forced upon me. There were no other buyers..so they had a field day with delays. The FHA requirements are ridiculous when the market is good....but in this age of 'sub prime' blah they are beyond that. Not to mention the so-so credit of said buyer (pay off your debts is usually rhetorical). Now that is bad enough...but a noob RE agent that works for a law firm in Lawrence is a different animal. This girl decided to become a RE agent at the exact 'worst' time in the last 20 fucking years. Not only that she did exactly 0% of the required things that make a RE transaction work. Did I mention that she neglected to ask her fucking 'mentor' at the law firm she worked at? The guy comes in to negotiations 4 months into a 6 month trial-by-fire. We aren't done folks....their choice of Mortgage broker was poor as well. How fucking many things can go wrong.....EVERYTHING...that's what. Thank god I had a RE lawyer of my own during this shit storm. My RE agent (a pretty good looking blond milf-type lady) was a bulldog. She said "I'm never going over the border again Dave". That had me falling over laughing even during the most turbulent of times last week. Her office is in Andover...the next town over is Lawrence. She also had trouble getting the 'Smoke certificate' in Lawrence. There just so happens to be new laws and it is tougher than ever to get one. The certificates expiration was yesterday...they got the deal done yesterday. I know this is supposed to be a poker blog but this has been an all-encompassing thing...and it's a blog titled 'Poker and Miscellaneous Stuff'. So anyway, it's done. I tie up a few loose ends and it's all but a memory...a bad one at that. I will not post anymore Real Estate horror stories. I mean I hope that I won't have to do anything but Re-finance my current mortgage to cut down 3 percentage points. That is a transaction that is nothing but gravy baby.
I hope that all people out there are as lucky as I have been recently (that's you Lightning36! I feel for you brother!).
I have to add one or tow poker things....some of the posts that Hoy and Chad have done in the past year are appreciated. I'm not kissing anybodies ass here...but between the two of them there is a treasure trove of MTT posts among other things. I have made some complete donkey-ass moves on both and usually things end up bad for me. I actually feel bad when they work out for me. After reading their strategy posts I do realize why the moves were ill-advised at best. I've seen a couple of people ask about Hoy writing a book....he writes a friggin' book everyday! Go through the archives and put together the strategy posts for MTT's and you will have a book! (I was going to an HPT tourney and talking to Byron about Hoy's prolific posts. Me : "those are the only posts that i've had to print out to read when I go to take a dump at work". While admittedly that is somewhat embarrassing it does illustrate the point that he types up some of the most wordy and good strategies in blogger-dome. Usually I will print out a couple of poker related articles and find a satellite bathroom at work to get away from the incessant questions....LOL. So I hope they keep posting about MTT strategy (and other stuff..bankroll building etc). I have tried a few things recently and they have worked out for the better (I'm talking poker here folks...not about taking a dump and reading poker articles on the can at work!). I realize that even a 37 year old guy can learn by taking constructive criticism and practicing some different strategies. Lucko and RecessRampage have some cash game related posts that I plan on practicing also.
I also cancelled my FTP account two months ago. I will probably start a new one up+rake back for the BBT3!!!! Although maybe not in time for the start. Like I said...there are some loose ends I need to tie up and I'm missing the HPT because of it! Not happy about that but I hope they understand...and BTW I will be there soon. Another Shout or two ....
AlCan'tHang...this guy is ridiculously good..at drinking..and Poker! He setup some of the most juicy prizes ever. I will be trying (soon) to win any tourney I enter but I realize that I'm a long-shot to win anything at this point. It's OK...I'm a recreational poker player who like to read some books and other bloggers in order to get better. I have no qualms about admitting that. So If I make a shitty move or get caught doing something stupid..then congrats to you. I'm not a Poker pro...but I have fun playing poker and occasionally coming in 2nd place for a big score. Dr. Pauly has a beautiful PLO tourney of PokerStars on Saturday's for those who like ACTION! I was tossing around the idea recently of creating a tourney...but they're already out there. MiamiDon made a great point about who wins main event packages in the BBT3. Will they keep the money? maybe...will said person get branded because of it? I don't know...but I have my second daughter arriving in Late May (Memorial Day baby maybe). I would not be surprised if I didn't or couldn't go to the WSOP but I would certainly try. I would hope that I wouldn't be ostracized for doing that but by the same token...I would understand. See you around....SOON......
One last point. If I acquire proof of somebody multi-accounting I will use it. I hope nobody tries multi-accounting in the BBT3. I can be contacted at anytime at vze2tbkc@verizon.net by anybody who thinks that it is a good idea to multi-account or is thinking-practicing currently......
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