Home game!

I love home poker games. I just played the first one I've played in a while. 9 People. $10 buy-in. TOurnament style. Good structure. It was awesome. I won. $40 profit. Interesting hands...

Early on I raise with AQ and get one caller. Flop is Ace high. Caller, Justin, bets I raise. He calls. He bets on the turn also and I believe I raised. He calls. He bets small on the river and I call and he shows air. It was a good start. Later I get A-2 and flop top and bottom pair. One guy bets and anotehr guy calls and I raise enough to put both all in. They call and the guy with the larger of the two stacks, Jake, shows K-8 for middle pair. I say "no king" and he truns a king. The 2 on the river doesn't help me though it improves my losing hand.

Later I busted Jake and Yappo when I had KK and they had AK and AQ (and Daniel J. folded A2).

On the bubble I raised with 6-8s. Here I was trying to mix up my game and these players actually did fold so I decided "what teh hell. I have plenty of chips. One player, Kie called. I flopped a flush draw and he bet and I raised. I turned the flush and he bet again and I pushed all in instantly. He called and lost the hand.

Now we were in the money and I got KK again. I raised and got a call from Daniel. The flop was Q high. I bet the flop and he called. On the turn I put him all in. He called with Q8. TPSK. The turn had paired 4's on the board so I only needed to dodge a Q and I did. One player left.

Now it was just me and Kenny. Kenny hadn't been doing anything out of line which was a perfect way for him to play against the full table but heads up it was easy to grind into him. I had grinded him down a little and then I was dealt 4-7s on the button. He flat called and I checked. The flop brought a club draw and a 7 gave me middle pair. At this point I had him outchipped by maybe 5x. He bet and I pushed all in. He called with Q3, no clubs (pair of threes). The turn immediately gave me my flush and the river was also a club. GG I win $40 profit for me.

It was cool because the whole time people were referring to me as card shark and rounder and saying I was gonna take their money and I was glad to not dissapoint. I love home games.

FT and new plan

The other night I couldn't sleep so I played a $5 MTT. 135 registered and I got 5th for $50.67. It was nice.

In other news I have a new weekly poker plan. Very modest but it'll be productive if I stick to it. It's to make $75 profit a week. This will translate to about $300 a month. Not bad.

Here is what my document that I use to track my success looks like deep into week 1.

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75 a week

The plan. Each week profit $75 and then cash out the $75. Anything above $75 will not be cashed out. Any failure to reach $75 will result in me using discretion to decide whether or not to withdraw anything.

6/4 – 6/11

Profit: $90.39

-$75 Cashout

Bankroll Profit $20.59

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Pretty neat? Pretty neat. It makes BR growing slow, but that's life. I need money.

freeroll

It's back!

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.

Registration code: 3774531

hooray!

PokerStars Tournament #23113665, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
1321 players
Total Prize Pool: $6605.00
Tournament started - 2006/04/20 - 20:10:00 (ET)

Dear ekillian,

You finished the tournament in 4th place.
A $363.28 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 312.60 tournament leader points in this tournament.
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Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

wild hands

So I've been beat by quad tens 3 times today. This one was just ridiculous.

PokerStars Game #4601091373: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/04/12 - 04:41:27 (ET)
Table 'Eulalia II' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: mooseman560 ($27.85 in chips)
Seat 2: PBKid ($94.50 in chips)
Seat 3: A-10Warthog2 ($67.70 in chips)
Seat 4: ekillian ($37.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Ih8niknames ($5.55 in chips)
Seat 6: TCCOUCH ($26.45 in chips)
Seat 7: cwalsh6 ($18.50 in chips)
Seat 8: bard183 ($8.50 in chips)
Seat 9: Durindal ($27.45 in chips)
bard183: posts small blind $0.10
Durindal: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ekillian [Ad Ac]
mooseman560: folds
PBKid: calls $0.25
A-10Warthog2: calls $0.25
ekillian: raises $1.50 to $1.75
Ih8niknames: calls $1.75
TCCOUCH: calls $1.75
cwalsh6: folds
bard183: calls $1.65
Durindal: folds
PBKid: folds
A-10Warthog2: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [Ah Td 7s]
bard183: checks
A-10Warthog2: checks
ekillian: bets $3
Ih8niknames: folds
TCCOUCH: folds
bard183: calls $3
A-10Warthog2: folds
*** TURN *** [Ah Td 7s] [5s]
bard183: checks
ekillian: bets $32.60 and is all-in
bard183: calls $3.75 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Ah Td 7s 5s] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bard183: shows [Tc Th] (four of a kind, Tens)
ekillian: shows [Ad Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Tens)
bard183 collected $21.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $22.75 | Rake $1.10
Board [Ah Td 7s 5s Ts]
Seat 1: mooseman560 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: PBKid folded before Flop
Seat 3: A-10Warthog2 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: ekillian showed [Ad Ac] and lost with a full house, Aces full of Tens
Seat 5: Ih8niknames folded on the Flop
Seat 6: TCCOUCH folded on the Flop
Seat 7: cwalsh6 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bard183 (small blind) showed [Tc Th] and won ($21.65) with four of a kind, Tens
Seat 9: Durindal (big blind) folded before Flop



How ever this fold was nice.

PokerStars Game #4601143831: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/04/12 - 05:09:50 (ET)
Table 'Erigone IV' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: outlawwiz ($29.40 in chips)
Seat 3: BigBerger777 ($60.55 in chips)
Seat 4: jantje123 ($47.85 in chips)
Seat 5: bluesdude ($9.80 in chips)
Seat 6: jimmyj44 ($10.30 in chips)
Seat 8: ekillian ($22.55 in chips)
Seat 9: Jaguar ($52.05 in chips)
jimmyj44: posts small blind $0.10
ekillian: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ekillian [Qd Ac]
Flopmanager has returned
Jaguar: folds
outlawwiz: calls $0.25
Flopmanager leaves the table
BigBerger777: calls $0.25
jantje123: folds
bluesdude: folds
jimmyj44: calls $0.15
ekillian: raises $1 to $1.25
outlawwiz: calls $1
BigBerger777: calls $1
jimmyj44: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah Kh 2s]
ekillian: bets $2.50
outlawwiz: raises $3.50 to $6
BigBerger777: folds
ekillian: folds
outlawwiz collected $8.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9 | Rake $0.40
Board [Ah Kh 2s]
Seat 2: outlawwiz collected ($8.60)
Seat 3: BigBerger777 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: jantje123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: bluesdude (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jimmyj44 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: ekillian (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Jaguar folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Calls

I thought this call was awesome.


PokerStars Game #3839333784: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2006/02/02 - 16:08:53 (ET)
Table 'T #39596411' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: JoyGrithero ($55.10 in chips)
Seat 3: ekillian ($64.05 in chips)
Seat 4: MrFlibbleUK ($54.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Xris Leiros ($55.45 in chips)
Seat 7: ilove2Jo ($34.90 in chips)
Seat 9: BadBeatsRus2 ($57.05 in chips)
JoyGrithero: posts small blind $0.25
ekillian: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ekillian [6d 9c]
ekillian said, "wow"
MrFlibbleUK said, ":)"
MrFlibbleUK: folds
Xris Leiros: folds
ilove2Jo: folds
BadBeatsRus2: raises $0.50 to $1
JoyGrithero: folds
ekillian: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [9h Tc 5d]
ekillian: bets $1.50
BadBeatsRus2: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [9h Tc 5d] [2h]
ekillian: bets $3
BadBeatsRus2: calls $3
*** RIVER *** [9h Tc 5d 2h] [4c]
ekillian: checks
BadBeatsRus2: bets $6
ekillian: calls $6
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BadBeatsRus2: shows [Jh 8c] (high card Jack)
ekillian: shows [6d 9c] (a pair of Nines)
ekillian collected $22.15 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $23.25 | Rake $1.10
Board [9h Tc 5d 2h 4c]
Seat 2: JoyGrithero (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: ekillian (big blind) showed [6d 9c] and won ($22.15) with a pair of Nines
Seat 4: MrFlibbleUK folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Xris Leiros folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ilove2Jo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: BadBeatsRus2 (button) showed [Jh 8c] and lost with high card Jack

And this hand might be easy? But I really liked it.

PokerStars Game #3839231667: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2006/02/02 - 15:57:03 (ET)
Table 'Lutetia' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: SandyH99 ($100.85 in chips)
Seat 2: aligned1 ($61.35 in chips)
Seat 3: (ZAD) ($17.20 in chips)
Seat 5: ekillian ($46.75 in chips)
Seat 6: wrecker6 ($36.30 in chips)
Seat 7: jglotz ($20 in chips)
Seat 8: MagicLasso ($56.55 in chips)
Seat 9: jessemx225 ($107.55 in chips)
wrecker6: posts small blind $0.25
jglotz: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ekillian [Qh Td]
MagicLasso: folds
jessemx225: folds
SandyH99: folds
aligned1: folds
(ZAD): folds
ekillian: calls $0.50
wrecker6: calls $0.25
jglotz: checks
*** FLOP *** [6d 7s Tc]
wrecker6: bets $1
jglotz: folds
ekillian: calls $1
*** TURN *** [6d 7s Tc] [2c]
wrecker6: bets $2
ekillian: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [6d 7s Tc 2c] [6s]
wrecker6: bets $5
ekillian: calls $5
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wrecker6: shows [9d Ts] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
ekillian: shows [Qh Td] (two pair, Tens and Sixes - Queen kicker)
ekillian collected $16.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $17.50 | Rake $0.85
Board [6d 7s Tc 2c 6s]
Seat 1: SandyH99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: aligned1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: (ZAD) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ekillian (button) showed [Qh Td] and won ($16.65) with two pair, Tens and Sixes
Seat 6: wrecker6 (small blind) showed [9d Ts] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sixes
Seat 7: jglotz (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: MagicLasso folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: jessemx225 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

So the other day I dropped over $65 at NL50 with a set over set incident and some bad play. So today I set out to recover the money at 25NL. My initial goal was to make $35 and I thought that was a lofty goal.
A couple hours later (I think. I really have no idea) I had made $100 and I had $360 in play spread over 5 tables. That's over 14 buy-ins! This was thanks to my profit and the rebuy glitch.

The most interesting hand was actually a hand that I lost. Here she is.

PokerStars Game #3825095321: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/02/01 - 02:01:56 (ET)
Table 'Electra IV' Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: kearndogg ($13.05 in chips)
Seat 3: jeast237 ($24.10 in chips)
Seat 4: dendawg ($31 in chips)
Seat 5: tatankaho ($35.05 in chips)
Seat 7: ekillian ($108.65 in chips)
Seat 8: ktsexy ($17.65 in chips)
ktsexy: posts small blind $0.10
kearndogg: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ekillian [8h 7d]
jeast237: folds
dendawg: calls $0.25
tatankaho: calls $0.25
ekillian: calls $0.25
ktsexy: calls $0.15
kearndogg: checks
*** FLOP *** [9c 3d 7c]
ktsexy: checks
kearndogg: checks
dendawg: checks
tatankaho: checks
ekillian: checks
*** TURN *** [9c 3d 7c] [7s]
ktsexy: bets $0.50
kearndogg: folds
dendawg: raises $0.50 to $1
tatankaho: folds
tatankaho leaves the table
ekillian: calls $1
ktsexy: calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [9c 3d 7c 7s] [Ad]
ktsexy: bets $0.50
dendawg: raises $9.50 to $10
ekillian: folds
ktsexy: calls $9.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dendawg: shows [7h 9h] (a full house, Sevens full of Nines)
ktsexy: mucks hand
dendawg collected $23.05 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $24.25 | Rake $1.20
Board [9c 3d 7c 7s Ad]
Seat 1: kearndogg (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: jeast237 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: dendawg showed [7h 9h] and won ($23.05) with a full house, Sevens full of Nines
Seat 5: tatankaho folded on the Turn
Seat 7: ekillian (button) folded on the River
Seat 8: ktsexy (small blind) mucked [As 3s]