Something to be thankful for........

Crazy final table tonight....8:18 AM and knocked out 5th when my 9-10o ran into aces.....of course.....

Pros vs Joes III on Bodog tonight

Tuesday, November 25th @ 9:05ET

9:05pm ET: Bodonkey II
Buy-in: $10 + $1
2500 Starting Chips / 15 min blind levels
Prize Pool will be distributed as per Bodog's standard multi-table payout table.

BONUS PRIZES:
1st place: T$109 ($100K Buy-in) + $25 Casino Credit
2nd place: T$75
3rd place: T$50
3 bubble players: T$11 (entry refunded)

Otherwise Tom the Turkey asks you to have a great Thankgiving....


Edit :

I got the bounty two weeks in a row! I can't play on this Sunday but it will go to good use. I had a pair of 4's and there four other people had me covered...I faded the straight and flush after hitting a set and......the rest is awesome baby!!!! Rizen of course was not playing so I was able to lucksack the bounty against 4 other player. I'll take it!!!!! Hope everything is well with whatever emergency prevented Rizen from playing......

Review

This is a review :

LockPoker

I started playing some tourneys and some cash games at LockPoker last week. This particular online poker room has serious potential to become one of the biggest or most popular poker sites. The main reason is that it contains all the features and all the nuances of the most popular poker sites. The first thing I noticed was a similar interface to Party Poker but not as cartoon-like. You can change your avatar and pick from a variety of characters also. There are some cool sound effects that you can also add or subtract. Another great feature is the ability to see what your cards were even when you fold. I like that feature a lot. I play at a few different sites fairly often. One thing I didn't like about all the other sites were the different features that would vary so much from one site to another. LockPoker seems to have incorporated just about all of them....plus others. There is one tourney called the 'Kamikaze'. It's basically what we call a 'pushfest'. In other words you put in 3 bucks or whatever the buy-in is and sit back and watch the damage. You don't even have to do anything to win cash. Every hand goes all in. There are the largest variety of Rebuy and add-on tournaments also. No matter what your limit for buyin is....LockPoker has it. There are certain tourneys I love because of the starting chip amounts....buyin amounts....structure.....LockPoker has all of them. I'm pretty sure they did a survey of what online poker players love most and why. Then they implemented all of those features on their site. As you probably know by now LockPoker is open to United States online poker players. They added a lot of the features that i've missed so much from the no-longer-U.S.-friendly sites also. Like I said a similar interface to Party Poker and another feature that reminds me of winning a big pot on Paradise Poker. Just writing about it makes me like LockPoker even more.
The only feature that LockPoker doesn't have as of yet are Multi-Table Tourneys for all of the Poker variants. They have added Omaha tourneys into the mix so I'm sure that there will be more of a variety added in the future. I'm sure they are willing to add any tournament game or feature that their players want. They also have another feature that isn't very common to some of the bigger poker sites.....customer service. Imagine that....they respond to emails when you send them! Try doing that to a certain poker site and you would be considered lucky to get a response in two weeks! LockPoker has customer service 24-7. So for an enjoyable poker experience and a poker site that will surely grow faster than any other....download LockPoker today!

Sorry P.E.T.A. .......there will be blood

This species (good gravy how ugly) must be eliminated from the gene pool in order for the donkey race to survive in the blogosphere. I claim bounty on Thursday the 20th at 9:05 on Bodog.



Edit :
I made good on my elimination of the mutated Donkey species!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got the bounty on some hand that actually had 5 people involved. I crippled Waffles on the previous hand and he had me covered by about 120 chips. The next hand I had A-Kd though...and a K on the flop sealed his fate! BOOOM!

Anyway I lost heads up to MiamiDon and came in second place...story of my life. GG Don. I'm a lame fuck who can't find his way to Vegas in December...but GG me anyway. F'n kid came back from 330 chips to take it down. We've had some epic battles already in the Bodonkey but the three player battle with myself, MiamiDon, and NewinNov was ridiculous. On a Semi-serious note.....Waffles has been kicking some blogger ass for the past year or so...kudos......

I claim BOUNTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 109TD$ plus 86.40$ plus 75more TD$ not bad......oh....and I got the day off from fucking work tomorrow....Double Boom!

Gotta love Bodog........

Another final table at Bodog.....I love this place........weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Bubble-itis is infecting my game again.....

Good grief. The last four tournaments (Bodonkey, Novemeber9 special on Bodog, Put a bad beat on kidney failure on FTP, and the Mookie) have been bubblicious for me. Schaubs made two final tables (PaBBoKF and Mookie on FTP) while getting some trim. We should all be so lucky. I also bubbled the final table for the P.a.B.B.o.K.F tourney which featured none other than Andy Bloch and a few other professionals (golf, drinking........I don't care if i'm a pussy for loving Bud Light!....I'd like to have a Bud Light I.V. if I could! I'm a shameless Bud Light addict and I admit that freely!......, being my nemesis). I got yelled at by the eventual winner of runner-up. with 15 left I had a short stack and a pair of 8's under the gun. I pushed and was typing 8 fast and furiously in the chat box....I flopped the 8 and had a mini celebration. The guy told me I was classless (how did he know me so well?). I had a few drinks but it wasn't like I berated him for a bad play or anything. I guess he was insulted by my play...sort of like Wawfuls in the Mookie. So anyway, playing in the P.a.B.B.o.K.F. (Poker and Miscellaneous Stuff: Pay it forward) for a good cause and trying to knock out FTP pros was all in good fun. Andy Bloch was the one of four FTP Pros that showed up (Jen Harmon, Mr. Jen Harmon, some chick named MandyB didn't show)....albeit a little late with only half of the starting stack of T1500. He went on to put a clinic on NLHE stack building right away. Of course he is going to get more respect and well he should....but he was in first with a stack of 25K in an hour and a half. I was moved before I could take a shot a knocking him out.....heh.
My consolation about the Bubble-itis is that it has happened before and will probably happen again. The last time it did happen I made a couple of adjustments and proceeded to go on hot streak. Of course the hot streak was never on FTP.....except for maybe in the BBT3. I'll probably go back to re-read the sections in the FTP tournament book with Andy Bloch and Chris Ferguson. In other news...unless I DO go on an incredible hot steak or cash a large win I probably will NOT be in Vegas at teh December blogger wpbt gathering that I enjoyed so much last year.......BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........

Don't forget this tourney tonight

Hello all, thanks for stopping by. I'm here to ask for your help this time around. Someone in the poker community is having some issues with medical bills due to his fight with kidney disease. You can help out this Wednesday, Nov 12th at 9pm EST. Here's the details:

Full Tilt
Tournament #67971755
$10+$10
Bad Beat on Kidney Failure
PW: CailtyssRulien

Help someone out and maybe make some cash. I hope to see you there!

HPT live fun

I went to the HPT live event on Saturday with Biggestron. He's got me verbally committed to going to Vegas in Dec. but I also had about 12 micro-brews (note to self : when getting out of the house...do not drink micro-brews as if they were Bud Lights...it makes for a rough next day) in me at the time. I don't know if I can go....but I want to. I mean leaving a wife at home with the 3.5 year old and a 6 mo. old alone is not cool. Wait a minute.....the wife left me with said 3.5 year and 5 mo. old back in Oct. for a nice little NYC getaway....hmmmmmmm. So I get to the HPT live event and there are about 20 runners for 4o points apeice. The good host AKA (ittolm on FTP) had a nice setup for a small tournament. Top five get paid errrr get points. There were a mix of bloggers : myself, RakeFeeder, WWonka69, Biggestron, a bunch of other solid players, and other assorted women and a bunch of bald guys with shaved heads (don't ask). Odds were bloggers 4:1, women 6:1, and bald guys with shaved heads 3:1 (don't get offended guys...my daughters will destroy what's left of my hair so I may shave my own head within the next 2 years). This is the second HPT live event i've been able to get to so I was happy just to get out of the house for a while.

Hilarious moment of the night :

bald shaved head guy sitting next me (also known as Meltdown on FTP) "Billy (WWonka69)......if you were a freakin' superhero....your superpower (pauses for a couple of seconds).....your superpower would be....AGITATION"!
Billy (WWonka69) "what are you talking about"?
Everybody else in the room (you really had to be there) : LOL for 10 minutes......

I got into a huge pot with WWonka69 and another bald shaved head guy (Steve maybe?.......sorry...I'm bad at remembering real names after consuming large amount of micro-brew). I had 10d-Kd....I raised 3XBB and WWonka69 called. Shaved-head guy called. The flop was 10x-Xx-Qx? (I don't know) There was a bet a raise and a call. A 10x fell on 4th street. At this point I remember being scared of the straight and or the full house. A 9x fell on the river and I bet 500. Two calls. WWonka69 had 10-Jo, Shaved head guy had his Aces cracked, and I had trip 10's with a King kicker. I think I got the basic hand right.

I made the final table and was short stack soon thereafter. After a couple of people got knocked out I started to push....not with terrible hands but it was enough to get me to the money....errrr...the points. Of course I've been there twice and Biggestron placed 2nd both times (always the bridesmaid B). Bald shaved head guy won while I was folding on the cash game table. Since I haven't been out for more than a couple of hours in the last 5-6 months I went a little overboard on those micro-brews. I must remember next time....do not drink Blue Moons and Sam Adams brown like Bud Lights. It makes for a wicked hangovah!

Pay it forward

This guy has a request :

**Hello everyone. I'm not a big member of the blogging community, but I'm
here to ask you all for some help. A friend of mine is struggling to make
ends meet while fighting kidney disease. He is unable to work, and his
disability and medical coverage only cover so much. If you could all help
me out in advertising on your blogs, to your friends, etc, it would mean a
lot to me. This is a great community for helping people, so I am sure we
will continue that tradition.

You can help out this Wednesday, Nov 12th. Here's the details:

Full Tilt
Tournament #67971755
$10+$10
Bad Beat on Kidney Failure
PW: CailtyssRulien

Help someone out and maybe make some cash. I hope to see you there!

Post, spam, and register ASAP. Andy Bloch knows the person as well and
worked with FT to get the extra rake donated to help offset his medical
bills. Thanks for your help!
Bill (aka Illinifan)

Leper Messiah elect

I was on my way to work today. I was listening to the B.M.A(cd)E. Best Metal Album Ever this morning. 'Master of Puppets' for those that don't know...it's not up for debate either. 'Leper Messiah' came on and after listening to the lyrics....I was thinking that Life imitates Art......this time around anyway. The president elect has become the 'Messiah'...the 'Chosen One'....the man who will save our souls from the evil in the world. 'Make a contribution and you'll get a better seat'....indeed. Gimme a fucking break. Nobody can trace large amounts of the 600 million in contributions to the Obama campaign...it's just all too much to not have an account of. The lyrics of the song can be transferred or related to anybody who acquires the kind of power that the Leper Messiah elect is about to have. Metallica obviously wrote the song after some of the 80's controversial Televangelists that eventually fell from grace. I've accepted what has come to pass. If people want what we deal with every year in Massachusetts then they will find out. One party system with no check and balance...Absolute Power corrupts Absolutely. Sure....this all sounds a little like a Cult of personality....and mass (heh...no pun intended) hysteria type stuff. I can't make this stuff up...I mean if the media wants a guy to be elected they will do everything and anything to get that guy elected. For those who used to rely on the news to get an unbiased report of actual news...well....you're out of luck. I've become really disenchanted with the media and all the talking heads. It seems like you have to seek out the truth and then research if it is in fact the truth. Journalism has died another death this year. The following lyrics are brought to you by Metallica....enjoy!

Spineless from the start, sucked into the part
Circus comes to town, you play the lead clown
Please, please
Spreading his disease, living by his story
Knees, knees
Falling to your knees, suffer for hid glory
You will

Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
And you’ll get a better seat
Bow leper messiah

Marvel at his trick, need your Sunday fix
Blind devotion came, rotting your brain
Chain, chain
Join the endless chain, taken by his glamour
Fame, fame. Infection is the game, stinking drunk with power
We see
Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
And you’ll get a better seat
Bow leper messiah

Witchery, weakening
Sees the sleep are gathering
Set the trap,
hypnotize now you follow

Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
And you’ll get a better seat
Bow leper messiah

Lie
-Metallica

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Miscellaneous thoughts on my 38th Birthday

1. Bodog continues to be a great site for me. PokerStars and Full Tilt....not so much. I withdrew most of the profits from PStars after my big cash last March. Mostly I withdrew because of the RE saga that my family and I finally got done in late Spring. I went on tilt after the BBT3 was over and blew out most of what was left of my bankroll on MTT's on both PStars and Full Tilt after that. I've had a couple of nice cashes in the Bodog 5K and 6K recently so it's a nice coincidence with the Bodonkey starting up again. Baby tilt is not good for a bankroll....I know a few of you out there know what I'm talking about.

2. I had Biggestron transfer me 10 buckaroos to FTP so I could play the Mookie last night. I had 35 in my PStars account left over but I kept getting a cryptic message from PStars about not being able to transfer 10$ because funds were uncleared or something like that. Kind of embarrassing...but last weekend I drunkenly transferred 50 to PStars and I guess it's not cleared. "Oh sure Dave....rip me off for 10 bucks and I'm still looking for a full time job! Take the food off my table so my kid can't eat!"-Biggestron. "This is embarrassing...I guess I'll give you the ten when we go to the HPT NLHE tournament!"-Me It was all in jest but still embarrassing as the transfer to my FTP account was already done. I'll pay you back dude...I swear! I could have just transferred the 10 right back but I guess I needed a good ol' fashion kick in the junk by playing the Mookie again.

3. Speaking of the freakin' Mookie. I can't get to a final table for the life of me. It remains the bane of my poker existence! I've met most of my poker goals for 2008 this year. Win a large 10.00 buy-in tourney for my biggest score-check. Win more than 2K (900 people entry for 2,250.00 on PStars) at the same time-check. Win more than 1.5 K in an online tourney (placed 2nd in the Bodog 10K for 1,550.00)-check. Win a friggen Bloggament (M.A.T.H for 550 or so)-check. Make a good showing in the BBT3 (1st, 2nd, 2nd in M.A.T.H) and cash north of 1K (1,200.00+)-check, Make a lot more final tables this year-check, Meet some more bloggers and play some poker-check, Cash out with a relatively large profit for the year (so far)-check.
Some things I didn't get to do this year but maybe next year: Cash in a Sunday major or a 100+ entry fee tournament, Cash in a casino tourney, play more live (having a toddler and a baby makes that one most unlikely), Win a 1,000+ person tournament, and play either a tournament at the two major series (World Poker Finals in Spring and Fall) at Foxwoods...or a WSOP donkfest. The last seems very unlikely this year or any year in the future for that matter but I did make it into the BBT3 T.O.C so one can always dream.

4. Wow...38 years old. My 20th High School reunion is this upcoming Thanksgiving weekend....that should be interesting. Seems so long ago but it went by pretty fast. College was 16 freakin years ago........fuck. If you asked me what events would happen in the future in 1988 I surely would not have ever thought that the : RedSox would win the World Series.....twice, The Patriots would win a SuperBowl.....3 times, I would have a wife and two kids and a sizable house, I would use this thing called the Internet everyday for multiple hours, I would see a Socialist regime elected who treat the Constitution like a piece of toilet paper (Well that hasn't actually happened....yet), I would care about anything outside of my little world other than sex, drugs/alcohol, heavy metal, video games, gambling, sports.....now that I'm typing this I realize I love all those things but the drugs..I cut that out a long time ago....but I digress. There is a lot more to care about after you figure out how the world actually works. Back in the day in '88 I would have only saw the day and situation I was in at the time with no thought of the future at all.

5. The Phillies just won the world series. Congrats to those Phans in the area. The Phillies were my favorite national league team back when I was in my prime baseball card collecting days. Steve Carlton and Mike Schmidt made it easy to be a Phillies fan. Since we had no NL team in the area...I naturally gravitated towards them. Carlton was the best Lefty in that era...and I was a lefty pitcher in the little league. Seeing them win last night reminded me of Tug McGraw jumping for joy in 1980. I guess the Rays won their World Series when they beat the Sox this year. They will be a force to reckon with in the years to come though.....10 years of 1st round draft picks will do that for a team.

6. I have two daughters now....man am I in trouble in the future! I can only hope that they don't become a Massachusetts politician....that is my only fear. This state is a microcosm of what the United States is going to become. One party controls everything and they wield their powers with a force that overwhelms any of their constituents. I realize the last eight years haven't been a joy for most (it's really the last two years for those paying attention)....but I really do not want what I think is going to happen in the near future. I am not a racist for not wanting Barack Obama as my next president. I actually inform myself about candidates and what they do and have done in the past. I don't care if you are Black, White, Yellow or Blue. I want my next president to be a patriot....a constitutionalist...a leader I can trust that won't send our money to any country that hates us and what we stand for. What we stand for is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. You have to work hard for what you want....

7. I would like to have many more birthdays but not more birthdays than my children........

8. I would also like to find out what I was meant to do on this earth other than the obvious.......

Bodonkey 2night

THE KEY IS....YOU HAVE TO REGISTER TO PLAY EVEN IF YOU'VE PLAYED IN THE TOURNAMENT BEFORE/AND HAVE A BODOG ACCOUNT...the link is at the end of this post!


Don't Miss Tuesday's Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament!
Start Time 9:05 pm ET.

Think you have what it takes to bust out a poker pro?

On Tuesday October 28th, 2008 professional poker player and author, Eric "Rizen" Lynch, will compete in the Bodog Blogger Tournament Series.

There will be a $75 bounty on Eric's head and the poker blogger who takes Eric's last chips in this tournament will receive a $75 credit to their Bodog member player account. This blogger will also receive a signed copy of Eric's book, Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time. If Eric wins this tournament, he will give the $75 credit to the poker blogger that places 1st runner up. That player will then receive the credit of $75 to his or her account.

This blogger tournament series is open to poker bloggers world wide and runs on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 9:05 pm ET.

More details available at the official blogger series site at http://www.bodogbloggertournament.com

If you are new to Bodog, please sign up at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/

So what are you waiting for?

Register today and may the best poker blogger take the bulls eye on Eric "Rizen" Lynch!

You bunch of Hosers...eh.....

Well...OK....they don't talk like that in Iowa but there is something good coming out of the state besides corn.............


BEHOLD!!!!!!!!


Don't be fooled by the 'invitational' tag....anybody can play.....eh!

Bodonkey II....Another good reason to play Bodog

The Bodog Blogger Tournament is Back!
Start Time 9:05 pm ET.

You heard right, the rumors are true! The Bodog Blogger Tournament is back!

The Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series officially returns Tuesday October 28th, 2008 with special guest bounty player, professional poker player and author, Eric "Rizen" Lynch.

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Sign up for this tournament at http://www.bodoglife.com/promotions/poker/blogger-tournament/

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