Saturday, June 19, 2010

Joe Joe is still alive!

Sorry, I was burried deep in my burrow for sometime now. No worries tho! I have now come up for air and essentials.

Whats been going on? I have started back at the gym!!! I know, I know...Broseph is back in full action. However Im takin it a different approach. Im not going for Mongaloid status. I just want to be in shape, good cardio health, and have a TAN! I will no longer look like the vampires off of Twilight!!!

First day back in the gym was AWFULL! Im just glad there was noone in there to watch that pathetic display of "lifting" weights. I started the first day with Chest/Triceps. I know when I was back in gym mode my sets were 135lbs-10x, 225lb-8x, 265lbs-6x, and on a good day...315lbs 3-4x. Now...pfffttt...HAHAHA. I didnt get of 165lbs. It was so bad. Then ran a mile after the workout. I love running. I sleep alot better and I feel so much better afterwards.

Then I get in the tanning bed. I ask my buddy if he had some lotion. He also is a pale one so I didnt think to look at the lotion he gave me. 4 minutes into it it felt like someone set me on fire and was trying to put me out with a screwdriver! FUCKING TINGLE!!! I got out looking purple. I wanted to kill the bastard! Thank God that shit doesnt last but like 30 minutes. Worst 30 minutes EVER. Now, the gym is more of the routine now. Now longer feeling the BAD sore anymore. I new I had to get in the gym when Id be sitting at the the tables and Id feel alittle pooch creep over the belt. NOT PIMPIN!!!

Hmmm...what else what else...OH...June 18th (yesterday) was my BIRFDAY!! YAAAY ITS MAH BIRFDAY YAAAAY!!!! Its so sad. Now-a-days...its just another day for me. I remember being little and the only thing you looked forward to was Christmas, and your birthday...and summer. Now...shit. Another day...pft. I wish I could spend just one day back when everything was so simple. No worries. Ehh..wouldnt we all, right?

Also, my garbage ass job...we where on a schedule to where I was getting every other weekend off and atleast 2 days during the week off. Now...Sunday-Thursday. SHIT BLOWS! Not only am I missing out on all the awesome tournys and juicy cash games online on Sundays, but its really messing up my relationship with Ashley. We hardly ever see each other anymore. I work at night btw...so we only see each other in passing all week. When the weekend comes...shit, I hardly have any time for poker any more. It sucks. I guess I could play some during the week, but its ganna have to be cash only. Which is fine...just really wanted to keep working on my tourny game.

Which brings me to my next part!

POKER!

Well, alot to tell you people. I had almost been felted. Yes, completely B-R-O-K-E. I have the worst bankroll management ever, FYI. Its kind of like "Rounders". If I can get into a big game and shoot for the fences...Ill do it everytime. Regardless of my bankroll size. Its good, but bad at the same time. My $ rollercoasters pretty much on a month to month basis. I am fully confident in my game...which is why I dont limmit myself to small stakes. The only time youll see my playing small games, A) thats all they have or B) its all I HAVE. If I have made a huge run lately...your ganna see me sitting in for as much as possible. Bad side...well...all or nothing!

Well that happened. But, as usual...I have bounced back from crushing small live games and owning HU omaha on Full Tilt. I would also like to add...at any point there are several people I have the uhh..."Power of borrowing" option available to me, but...I dunno. If I make a HUGE score, which I am at any time capable of doing, I dont wanna cut anyone in on it. Maybe for a tourny situation, but not cash. Well...i say that now...maybe in like huge OOBER game. Anyways...I nickle and dimed myself back to a nice size, playable bankroll, and it feels good!!

That being said...I will never change my style of play. Im not bragging... but Im never playing scared. No matter if I have 100k in my pocket or $10 in my pocket. Fearless poker, is winning poker. At the same time...I have got to get my bankroll under control. I real in a POKER PRO mag one time...that the younger you are the more you are able to take these kind of swings. Young and powerful players dont mind going broke, because they see they have all the time in the world to rebuild. The older you get, however...well...you start going broke then...They say it can drive you to the point of depression in some cases. I dont want that to be me. I want to be able to always be comfortable playing the stakes I choose.

Talked to Monk-master-flex from time to time since he has been in Vegas. Poor bastard has been getting roasted. I think he actually just took down his first tourny last night! Good for you man. I told you! Swings...come and go. Keep the gears grinding and make that money. Nice job bro! Oh, and he texted me like 10 min after midnight and wished me a Happy Birthday! Nice Hand sir! Well played!

On to other things. Im not ganna mention this guys name...but I got a friend request on facebook, followed by a message to join the PTN.com grounp. Have any of you heard of this before!?? Its CRAZY. Kind of bullshit really. Dont mean to say it like that...but really. Its a series of videos and computer software that step by step tried to teach you winning technniques in poker!

I think the first package is like $50...the the other package, which you apparantly MUST have to finish what you started in the first...is fucking $300!!! They have Montel Williams advertising it on the website!!! I mean...people will pay that??? REALLY! I might just open up a local shop here in town and be like a poker tutor! Charge..psh...shit...$50 an hour, and if we play online, Ill charge a %50 take!!!

Come to find out, the people want you to sell these things to other players for a comission! Theres like 5 different ways you can earn money through it. FUCK THAT! "Oh , yeah man..you shouldnt have called on the river with your set on a 4 card flush board...here...buy this package deal for $350 and youll see why."

SEE!?

Hell....if your interested let me know...Ill give you the guys name...find me on facebook and send me a message. Ill hook you up.

Thats all I got for now.

Be cool peoples!

Lat3r

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Posted up.

Yet another night of being wide awake and headbusting adventures. I will be so glad when I am able to quit this God forsaken job I have, and am able to rejoin the rest of the day-walkers once again.

I haven't wrote since the NOLA update. Simply because...mmm...oh, shit. Duh...Im top mofo in lazyness.

Poker, well...I had a really bad session the other day. 5/10 half/half game. Was in Marksville, FYI. Due to previous comments that were wrote via facebook notes, I will not say much about the players, or the game structures there. Wait...man FUCK THAT.

I went and played a really DEEP game peoople. So deep that hell, I shouldnt have been playing it. There were maybe 2 other players at the table, excluding myself, that were good players. Rest...psh...no comment. So here I was sitting for short while everyone else had several G balls. No worries, I was overly confident in my ability to pick my spots and chip up on these whales.

Besides the fact that the floor guy was in no hurry to seat me, (probably due to my past comments) The game seemed very light in play. They still were opening WAY to much preflop...as due all morons. Your usual 6 callers. However, after flop...it was just showdown after showdown...until...drum roll please..........

OMAHA STARTED.....

OMFG...these guys are just...wow. That is one dangerous combo. Whales+omaha=land mines. It was so nasty to watch. The play was just terrible. I bluffed several spots on the river after check/check then a dumbazz leads out for maybe 1/4th the pot. Other than that....I couldnt win flips to save my life. Got it in with middle set vs AA and flush draw. These fucking tards host one of the deepest games in the state and they dont let the players run it twice. WTF. Horseshoe in shreveport lets them and its a 2/5 game!!

I guess that shows you that the Horseshoe actually cares about keeping there players happy, and hopes they come back to play at there establishment.

Whoa, sidetracked...so yeah, due to the fact that the place is fucking begging for my $5 rakes, we cant run it twice. Roasted...A on turn.

Abunch of other stuff happened as well...but I really dont want to write about it. Im just now getting over that whole ordeal. Really shitty time and donksville, USA.

Talk to monkey briefly over Facebook. Hes already rolling toward the holy land.
That dude is fucking WILD. Talking to me on facebook, playing a 90plyr sng, watching a movie, and DRIVING.....yes...D-R-I-V-I-N-G.
Good luck sir. God speed! Haha, but no, serious dude...be carefull.

Saw a house, well, a "vacation home" that can be rented for a month in vegas for $1700! 3 bedroom 2 bath!! If the house really looks like the pictures show...wow. Talk about a deal. Fully furnished...10 min. from strip. Hell yes. If any of you would like to get in on this for possibly NEXT summer let me know. I would like to try and book something sometime in Dec, or Jan. That would be the TITS!
Fly out, post at your own spot for 4 weeks....
"Oh, hang on bro, someones calling me...
Hello? Oh hey man whats up? Word. Shit....chillin at the house. Oh, nah man, Im at my house in VEGAS." BALLLLIN!!!

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Steaming...time to vent.

I really don't get it. I just...wow...I cannot get online tournament poker. Its fucking epic failure after failure.

Im sitting here playing the Hundo-Turbo...or whatever gay name Fulltilt has given this tournament. Just grinding away...pretty much coasting this whole tourny. 8 away from the $ I think. This clown from russia has been getting it in with shit like Q8, 10-4...just fucking trash...granted the way he gets it in is pretty slick...good spots to make plays, but with fucking trash!!! Against rocks...that havent played hands in like hours. AND WINS!!! Wins them all!!!

Im two away from the button with AJ of hearts. Standard raise. He calls from SB. HU with a flop of Jd-Jc-3d. He checks, I raise maybe 1/2 pot. He insta shoves.....pft...i mean...WTF is going on. Is anyone else folding here? Anyone? If you are out there please call me and explain this. Cause I called this sick fucker and I get to see 3's...pocket 3's. Ummm...did I do something to someone for this wicked, twisted karma slash bad luck slash bullshit to be happening to me?

I will say this. This sick shit is only going down in tournys. Cash is different. Ive been crushing the small stake HU games. Usually leaving the match up at least 3 buy-ins. Omaha is still up and down. Im still trying to make myself fold big hands. Its hard to fold small full-houses when transitioning from holdem. I know 90% by betting patterns alone that I have to be beat...but I end up calling none-the-less. Im getting better tho. Thats pretty much the only hole in my omaha game as of right now. I really hope to move up in stakes soon. Would like to be making thousands instead of hundreds in one session. But hey, wouldnt we all?

Side note...if any of you play call of duty / modern warfare 2 on xbox...my gamertag is R0njeremy24. I pretty much own. If your trying to come play with me and just have a friendly, fun time..pft...Fun? I stopped having fun in 03'. You want fun go play fucking teather ball. I bless em with headshots. Matter of fact. Going to fire up the box now...amongst other things to fire up...OH! DOH! lol

lat3r

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

New Orleans was NOT the big easy.

Ive been back from the circuit trip for about a week now. Sorry I havent updated since, just been busy around here and the ol lady was getting ready to go on a cruise with her family. Anwyways, Yeah...compaired to last year, this years trip was a complete FAIL. From what I can gather it was a mixture of bad spots by me, and the truly TERRIBLE players that lurk in the dirty south of N.O. I shall now branch off into the next paragraph and begin from A and go to Z. Buckle down, and excuse the language.

Well, to start things off, NOONE wanted to go with to make the roadtrip. I had some friends wanting to save $ to go to vegas right around now. I cant blame those people. Me however, Im not paying flight and hotel to travel all the way over to vegas to play 1/2. Not knocking it, just doesnt make since to me. Others that where ganna go ending up dumping all of their teeny tiny bankrolls before hand. So there I was. Me and Mr. GPS....and lots of tracks via IPOD. The tourny started at noon, plus if the registration line was like last year, you needed to be there at least an hour early. I think I left around 5:30am. Didnt hit any traffic from B.R.
Oh shit, wait...rewind...I got fucking owned in Washington parish. Apparently due to the economy being in a shit storm, all these bunkass towns are poppin bastards left and right. 6mph over the speed limit and your getting tagged buddy! I was passing a diesel over a bridge, along with 3 other cars...YES...THREE OTHERS!!!! When coming back down the bridge there is officer fuck face. Tagging me...the last mohegan of the pack. GREAT! Gettin that fixed as we speak you cock sucker!

After that ordeal, no more problems on the way in. Got into town I guess close to 10. Tried to park in the casino parking lot...OWNED. "Sorry sir, we are at maximum capacity." SHIT...another bad beat to tack on. Im really not familiar with the back roads of this area, so when I was told to find new parking, that was just music to my ears. I knew where my hotel was, but didnt pre pay for parking there. Made moves that way...think like 4 blocks down Poydras, right off Camp st. There she was...Queen & Crescent Hotel. Oh look...public parking right across the street in what seem to be a very nice building for just parking...SCORE. Until I see its almost $50 for 24hr parking. HOLY F#CK!!! Piss...oh well. Ticket please!
I grab all my stuff...well the one big gym bag full of clothes and my poker bag (the stringed bags that basketball players cary). Go down the elevators and am Now facing the opposite side of the building. Walk around wall to front exit... OMG. Its a bank. A very well dressed, upitty class bank...and I walk right through the lobby, bags in hand, making moves....PSH...How I roll. I piss excellence.

Hotel was nice. Bar out front...wi-fi. Unpacked and layed down for maybe an hour. Kept trying to get in touch with monkey. Fucker never answered.
"Ok, lets go knock out this registration crap." Whoa...yeah, line...bigger than last year. It was easily wrapped all the way back to the poker room. Line slow as piss at first, then they opened up all the computer stands at Douche Bags Cove. Little gay dudes walking by asking for "bevaragezzzz, cocktailzzzz". Was creepy...all the exagerated zzzz at the end of all there words was deffinitely engaging peripheral vision at all times. Better not ease up on Joe Joe.

As the line picked up noticed some of the Facebook posse'. Steve Frezer walked by making sure everyone had Players Cards and ID's. Monkey finally called and I gladly broke the news of the Guiness World Record line....and then he gets a gift from above....Steve hooks him up. FUCKER!!!
Dwyte Pilgrim walked up on the line with the "WTF" face. LMAO. Which by the way...Dude, I dont know if that was your ol lady with you. If so, NICE JOB!!!
That being said. I shall cover my own azz right now.

Ashley...I still love you. You are my little scoop of hotness. Do not kill me because I gave someone else a compliment.

Moving on...

I decided to go play cash until the tourny started. Only game open was 2/5. Long storty short, I could have raked in a 6-700 pot if I hadnt opened my big damn mouth. I flopped a gut shot...turned a pair with it, then river fired a big/ almost pot size bet. Dude tanked...well when he counted out 325 in green I honestly thought he was ganna call...so I tried to pop some lingo in their and play mind tricks. Yeah, didnt work...He called after that. SHIT!!!! Could have freerolled the tourny and still been up for the day. S.O.B!!!!!

Oh well...lesson learned. He later told me that the bet was perfect. He was folding. He was just counting to do so to save face when he laid down his big pair. I felt better knowing the bet itself wasnt getting called. Next time, Mouth stays zipped.
i actually chip back up almost to even before I leave. Thank GOD!!!

Tourny starts...Huge crowed. Im down in the middle. Table 52, seat 4. Terrible...from start to end...terrible. I found that my cash style of play was taking over to begin with. Playin hands that shouldnt be played. 3 bullet firing...just everything you were NOT suppose to do. I started off that way mainly cause from first glance...It looked like I was the best player at my table. I really thought I could own these fools. Well with a little mixture of card dead and donkatrons....that left me with 20% of my starting stack going into level 3 when I get moved to a new table.

Up to the stage again!!! Nice...to bad I have a garbage stack this time when I make my table entrance. I last maybe...MAYBE one more level. Get my A8 in UTG and get called by Button with 10's. He flops a set...turns a full. Later peoples.

I would rather sit here, not knowing what happened and just blame it on bad players and just running bad. Truth is...I should not have been playing that aggressive. I should have left cash game in the poker room. Everything that happened was my fault. I hate knowing that. Because now, I the only way to have personal resolution will be waiting for a whole year before I can go back to the same place and show that room that I can play. I can make deep runs. If dont get what Im saying, your just not a competitive person like I am , I guess.

Get ahold of monkey after I get roasted...come to find out...I lasted longer than he did. WHAT?? 8 hands monk? WOW! Shit happens....After he finished up online in his hotel, we made moves to try to Holy Grail of sushi out. We walk the somewhat humid/slighty warm, yet windy walk all the way down to the place...BOOM...another bad beat.

"Oh, hey guys...yeah, sorry...we dont open for another Hour and half..."

We both agreed he was way to excited to tell us that. Like he was waiting at the door to tell people, sorry...we dont want your money just yet.
We go to another spot, cajun food. My type of stuff as well. Really good food. I got alligator parmesian/ stuffed mushrooms, and a chocolate cake that would make you a diabetic in one bite.
We had good convo. Caught up on what has been happening poker related/and not. Made fun of our cracked out waitress and the starving buss boy that was no doubt eating all my left overs.

Then we get the gameplan of crushing sng's in our minds. Stroll over to the meat locker and slab out $125 with a $20 last longer. Get intro'd to "Smoke". Young guy from B.R. Cool as ice water. Im not a sng person at all...so I get chopped 3rd or 4th out. Go sign up for the nightly while Im having nothing else to do.

Hours go by of just killing time, and throwing the accassional dice when I walk past it.

Nightly begins. WOW...deck hits me in the face. Before the first level is over i have over 20k in chips. Started with 5k

End up meeting Bill here from the website! All of about 20 sec. Didnt shoot the shit or nothing...was straight up "Hey, your Joey? Oh hey, Im bill!" nice to meet you yada yada, and then didnt see him the rest of the night?! Dude, cold beers and good food next time. No doubt!

Get moved to smokes table. We owned that bitch! Moving in on weak 3x bets, check raising all in on weak c-bets...and everytime...showing the bluff. "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, good for the game, weeeeeeee!!!!!" Hahaha
That was the funnest time at a table in a lonnnnng time.

Yeah, all this sounds like surely Joe Joe shipped it!

WRONG...bubbled...fucking....bubbled. Thank God I had saves with the 2 amigo's.

That ended at like, shit....almost 3am. I went straight to the hotel...grabbed a crown and coke from the bar on the way up and just relaxed. Strongest drink from a bartender ever FYI! Thank you sir!!!

Came back home the next day. yeah, yeah, I know...hit and run.

Couple of things made that call. Family, mothers day, ol lady stuff.
All n all it was a fun trip...not profitable to say the least, but fun still.

Okay, Its 5pm and I just woke up 2 hours ago and starving. Ill update again tom. about some good online runs here lately.

lat3r

Friday, April 30, 2010

P.L.Ohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Decided to go to the Horseshoe on Wednesday night to catch a cash game session. Picked up Robert here in town and we rolled out around 5pm. As usual...I hall ass and dont get stopped not one time. Maybe because they had everyone else pulled over as we zoomed by. Ill take it!

We get out call ins as soon as we get in Bossier. We show up to the poker room and all the 1/3 games are full. They have a list for 2/5 so I sign up for that. I see a seat open in the back table and ask is that a free seat. The woman said it was the 2/5 PLO game. "OHHHHH SHIT!!!"

"Well Ill be taking that seat if you need me mam."

I walk over to see how much money was involved. I dont think they have a max here. 1 seat was down to 3hundred and some change, 2 was around 6-7hundred, 3 had 1k, 4 about 2k, 5 had the most at the time...nice little stack of $500 chips...had to be around 6k. I would sit in the 6 for short. ($500) The 7 was a cool younger guy name Matt. 8 was random black guy that was in over his head, and 9 was a really solid player...well...he was a very tight player...and thats what you need to be in a 9 handed omaha game.

Long story short...I ended up almost in the green for 2k. The first couple of pots I got involved in were alittle jar'ing. A continuation was almost half my stack. After I chizzled my way to about 1k I was able to start opening up and play my game. I sniffed out 3 weak river bets and stuck out a check raise of over $400 each time. Matt caught on to one of em...Told me stealing in this state is Illegal. We both laughed. Said he was ganna be in NOLA for the circuits. Hope so. Cool cat.

Turned a straigh flush and river paired the board...got no love when I bet pot in river to look like i was buying. GRRRR. I did wax this bitch for a $1800 pot. Loved every minute of it. First let me paint the picture of this woman.

When she walked up to the table, a couple people already knew her. Her name was BB I think. Anyways, this was a redneck asshole of a woman. Man hands and all. She counts out 1k under the table and gets 9 in black and 4 in green. Can see there is ganna be alot of action coming from her way. All she can say when me, matt , or another young black guy take a pot is "Damn Eldorado kids..." or "Time to put the children to bed"
Finally I told her, "I dont fucking play at the Eldorado...who are you talkin too? Are you ADD? Tourrettes?? Cuz you are spouting off random shit that is offending some and getting on my damn nerves." Matt concurs...black dude just laughs his ass off. She shuts up for like maybe 10 min. Then we get in the juicy hand that stacks her bitch-ass!!!

I started straddling so the table joined in. I was 2nd to act after the straddle. I called, BB called, the tight 9 seat called. When it got to Matt he made a 3x raise. The black guy called, I called, then BB.....BB bets the pot. WOW. Thank you for telling me you have at bare minimum naked AA's. Matt calls the $120, black guy does, as do I (Kd-Td-3c-4d). Flop is Kh-7h-4s. Black guy checks, as do I. BB bets $450..Matt folds, black guy folds. I tank.

OK...this silly witch would pot it with AA here no doubt. But she would also with top set, leaving my 2 pair dead in water. Also, if she had AA with flush draw, she has already told the table she runs it once. Never twice. So here I am stuck with a decission of fold or shove. Not flatting. You know Joe Joe. Gamble Gamble...SPIN IT!!
I shove...she calls. I think I might have said I flopped two pair...either way she said that was good..that she had AA. Well the turn brougt me a 10c..then river 4c. FULLHOUSE. Ship that shit. Black guy and Matt could have kissed me they were so happy I stacked the evil wicked witch of the west. Tipped the dealer 2 greeny's. He was my new BFF after that tip. Lol.

Didnt stay long after that. Didnt need too... Robert got sniped by the old schools in the 1/3 when he finally sat down. I would have slid him another buy in but I was ready to get back on the road. Maybe next time Rob.

NOLA...MAY 7th...be there!!! Joe Joe will be in the building. I repeat...IN...THE...BUIDLING.

Deuce!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Weeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Okay. Monday morning. Got back from OK, Sunday at around 2 am. I am now freshly charged (5am) and through with being in zombie mode. How did Winstar go you say?? BAHAHAHA!!! Joe Joe did work!

We left here around 11am Friday morning, praying to God we didnt hit Dallas traffic around 3-5pm. Right before we left, I thought it would be a good idea to smash some codine cough syrup...just for the simple fact to help put me out for that 6 hr drive. On top of that, I had eaten a PB and banana sandwich, and washed it down with a nice tall glass of milk. Yeah, starting to sound like a really bad mix huh?

We get in on the road, stop and get gas, seeds, drinks...We dont even make it to Flatwoods exit and I have to hurl. LMAO. Apparently the OG syrup doesnt take kind to my belly. It came up looking like Strwberry Nesquick...with some nanna's mixed in. Easy was just laughin away at my expense as well. Its all good...I would have laughed at myself as well.

After the puke had sub-sided...I passed out. Woke up almost out of Dallas. That was fucking great. So glad I slept through all that crap. Cruised alittle bit more and made our Denton exit. (We have a buddy that lives there...think i might have stated that before...if not...boom..bless you with knowledge) We all just hung around the apt for a minute, then got changed and ready to make the 45 min drive into OK.

When we pulled into the casino parking lot, it was like the first time seing it all over. WOW!!!! This place was under construction when I came the first time. Now, its finished...and it is fucking ENORMOUS! I think they said its the 2nd biggest casino (length wize). The theme is...well...the world! They have like 12 different parts of the world (Rome, Venice, London, etc. etc. ) All over the casino. It is very, VERY sharp inside. The only reason you go into the actually casino part would be for table games, and food...which btw they have some badass places to get the grub on. My fav is Zahrs. Its an Italian join...great fried pickles!

As for the poker room. Well, the hallway that connects the poker room to the rest of the casino is under construction, so you actually get to park right by the old Emergency exit and walk right in to the lounge area, swing the corner and BOOM...you are right there by the counter. That place is something else. I think they had 12 1/2 , 8 2/5's, and the High stakes area had 2 5/10's...all had HUGE stacks. It was a great feeling. Was ready to do work instantly.

We finally catch a seat at 1/2. Granted this isnt the 5/10 that I wanted to play, but I really didnt want to go sit with 1k and have the rest at like 4-5k. I just wasnt ready to risk that much first day here. Not to mention i was still tired as piss.

Eric and I get sat at the same table. He sits in 3, me in 4. Couple of orbits go by and I get 7h-3h 2nd to act. I make it $8...gets to Button, (Ive played with this guy in Kinder before. Young asian/american dude. Really ABC style.) He makes it $20. Why hello there Big Pair. I call you. Flop comes 4s-5h-4h...YESSSS...hahah...daddy likes. I check with the intent of check raising all in...without a doubt. He could have JJ or QQ and might have it in his blood to dump em, or if not...hey, its a race...im down. He bets pot, I shove, he calls. Turn is dud...6h on river...straight flush...Shizzip it. Oh...he had to black AA. duhhhhh

So, first day is looking damn good. That was the only nasty luckbox type shit that happen the rest of the day. The rest was just me murking the table. I had dead on reads, and made some really huge plays. One hand was with a new guy that showed up. Had an image of being the table prick. Was a solid player from what I could tell.
I get AQh and make it $10. He calls...HU to flop. Comes 10 high. I make it $14...yeah, fucked up. It was a weak C-bet and I even caught myself looking a bit noobish putting the bet in there. Well he raises me. I really put him on making a read here and not having a hand. I float. Turn doesnt help...nor makes a scary board. I check. He bets 1/2 pot. Ok...Now I think he might have A10...maybe JJ. He starts to make me believe he has something now. I cant give up just yet. If a river brings a Hob-goblin...im pulling the trigger. I call...river is Ks. I take about 5 sec. "Im all in." He tanks...asks if im really that Kamikazee with AK. I dont say a word..he folds QQ face up. Guy next to me tells him good fold...I decide to show it. "Sheah, good fold huh". LOL . Made some more good reads. Sniffed out weak bets. Was a great 1st day.

We leave around 2am. Get back to the apt. Brush the teefs and hit the floor old school style. Easy had the couch...fucker called it as soon as we walked in. Bastard!
Slept till aournd 10am. Woke up and put on some American Gangster while everyone took their time to wake up. Took a shower and changed clothes. Felt amazing to have a fresh shower. Not to mention, well...does anyone else know what Im talkinb about here. Most apts and hotels water makes you all sticky after you shower. Well his didnt!!! That was epic. SCORE!!!

We decide on Hooters for lunch. Have the only girl in there that looked like they felt sorry for her at the interview as our waitress. Got some more fried pickles and 10 wings. She came and sat by Easy tryin to do the flirt-to get tipped routine. Basically what came out of that was she admitted to being hooked on aderals for days at a time and liked to party. LOL. Dirty skeeze...go get me some more sweet tea!!!

We roll back to winstar. Walk in, name on list...yada yada yada. Get seated at a new table. Easy sits as well. Across the table this time. We tie into a couple of hands. Cant check em down either due to others in the hand. Was kind of aggrivating, cause niether one of us where wanting to fuck up each others action. Wasnt too bad tho. I get down to about $120. I limp with 85c. Flop comes 10h-8s-4h. I check, as do the other 2 players. Turn is 5d. I bet pot...they both call. Yuk....until the 5h hits the river. Flush arrives, as does my full. I hollywood...shove for value..both call. Shizzip it again. Now we are in the plus area! NICE!

I guess today was ganna be the day to bluff. Thats pretty much all I did. Got in a hand with a young guy to my right. Limped with 76o. Flop was Q22. I take that back...i was in BB. I check... he leads out. Okay. You were UTG. You might have a Q..maybe you were sneaky with KK or AA hoping to get raise preflop so you could pop it then. Either way...im in BB and there was no raise pre...so I can very well represent a 2. I call. Turn is another Q. I check. He bets pot. OKAY....ahem ahem.
I just dont see you, well some good players might, betting the Q here. If I called you on the flop you can very well put me on a full by now. So lets say you do have a Q...why not check and let me hang myself on river. Keep in mind, this is still noobs. I would think twice here against diff apponents. I call. River is crap. I bet 80. He dumps it. I was waiting to get the pot raked before I mucked and some guy asked to see the Q or 2. I told em to pick one. He picked the 7. Guy that I was in the hand with was like WTF...pocket 7's. I told him to flip the other over if he liked. When he saw it...he left. :)

Another hand. Had 10-7 diamonds i believe. In the pot with one other old school. Flop is 9-8-7 with 2 hearts. I bet, he calls...eeeesh. Turn is crap. I bet again. He calls again...damnit. Bout to pump the breaks I guess. River is 5c. So on this board is a 4 card straight and a backdoor club flush. I check...old school stares at the board and reaches...goes to bet and stops, puts its all in. I tanked...made a read...put him on busted flush. I call. He had 10-4. same straight draw as me...that will work too. Good read Joe Joe.

Bnch of other nasty shit happened....slow played AA with a board of 99Q-5-9. Got all his chips with my 9's full vs his 9's full of Q.

Then the icing if you will...

I get 64h. UTG...I make it $10...Gets back to the other big stack. we both have around 5ish...maybe close to 6 a piece. He raises from BB to $35. I call.
Flop is 3-5-10 rainbow. Uh oh...sneaky time. He bets 3/4 pot. I call. Turn is money maker. 7s...10 was a spade to. He bets pot...I shove. I really like to shove right here. The table knows me as a gambler, so I might have picked up a flush draw here. He tanks...for a LONG time. I put my head down. Tried as hard as I could to look like I was bluffing. Wasnt working...he started making comments of I must have a set. When he said that, I knew he was about to fold. I had to do something..Fast.

"Well, I guess if you had AA or KK you would have snapped called." That was it...that got him. "So your saying KK are good?" I didnt say yes, I didnt say no either...I just looked at the board like I might have missed something. Couple of seconds went by. "So you really dont have a set?". "I promise, I do not have a set."

"Well, I hope not...I call."

I flipped over the nut straight, and he showed his 2 red AA.

BOOM.

He could not believe that someone raised with, and called a reraise with 64 suited. I did like the guy...but hey, it poker.

That really summed the trip up. I ran the game over. Made good reads, good plays, in good spots.

We left to go back to Louisiana straight after the session. Wasnt a bad drive home. Was just glad to be back. Well I guess thats enough for now.

Later peoples.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Up again...Ambien anyone???

I really can't remember a time my sleeping was more screwed up than it is now. I have been assing out at 4-5 in the afternoon and waking up at midnight WIDE OPEN. Its so retarded. The ol lady has about had it. Tho I cant complain to much. Havent had to put on the oven mits, or pet hair in a bout a week. (Those of you who didnt catch that...thats what the guys around here call puttin in time with better halfs. Get it??? Pet the hair...as in, "I love you so much baby...Lets cuddle.") Or the the oven mits. Well, thats pretty self explanitory. Nothing is open except Circkle K, and Im just about burnt out on Mt. Dew and sunflower seeds. I sometimes get lucky and am able to make it to Taco Bell. SOMETIMES!!!

Been a pretty laid back week I guess. Just gettin ready for Winstar this weekend. We might have added a few more people to make the journy. I have a couple things I need to take care of Friday morning before we leave, so we should be rolling towards Texas around 10 or 11am. Hopefully we beat Dallas traffic. That shit is GOD AWFULL. If we do hit it...hell...might have to hit a BK session. (BK is another term that Im sure you people dont know about, nor am I ganna share unless asked personally).

Online has been up and down now that Im up playing against the Euro's. The tournys and SNG's have been really easy...but cash...well, the euro's sure do like to gamble. They dont keep any pots small. If they have a flush draw...they always seem to semi-bluff. Which wouldnt make it to big, but there I am with either an over pair to the board or a set or a flopped straight. Havent got sucked out to many times, but they have stung me once or twice. If I would have won all those showdowns, damn...i think i would be up about 2k just in cash games. Didnt get REAL deep in the MTTs, but cashed regardless. The sng's were alittle better. Took down a $10/90plr. That was the best finish out of the sng's. Rest where 3rds, 1 2nd, and couple of bricks. Good few days regardless.

Anybody seen the $1 Main event tournys on FT!?!?! Like 10k people!!! WTF!!!! I mean, as a player, you cant pass that opportunity up, but DAMNIT MAN...10k PEOPLE. JESUS. I havent played one yet, but I think Ill start taking the stab every weeked from here on out. FTOPS are coming up I believe. Or the mini maybe, not sure. Ganna play a couple of those. Would like to ship something semi large. Would be nice to be free-rolling NOLA of the circuit.

Speaking of NOLA, if you havent decided on coming to this event...You really need to sit down and ask yourself this..."Why am I a moron? Why havent I already gotten My hotel?" NOLA is off the chain. Cash games poppin left and right, and Every tourny (especially the early ones) have a great crowed! They added a HU event too. REALLY looking forward to playing this one. I pride myself in HU cash...well I say pride. I play it alot lately. I really like getting deep and having the chance to get creative. That being said, I dont know how well my style will do in a tournament style HU match. Im sure Ill still be able to run my original play book...just have to change a few things up. I have been talking so much shit to Monkey about this event that I better come through with at least a top 5 finish. I told him to see if he could swing something to where he and I would be matched up first round. LOL.

Now, Im not trying to stir bad blood between me and Ol Monk. But we are both competitive. I like him as a player and person, and I think it would be a great match competitively, and not to mention a pretty good time to cut up and play some cards. That being said....BRING IT MOFO!!!!

Talk to him briefly about Hotel setup down there. I have a buddy that is ganna let me crash at his place for the first weekend I am down there. After that, Im tredding water by myself. Monkey said there was a place down there for like $40 a night. FIND IT DUDE. That would be clutch! If not, Ill either be commuting from home, or stuck paying $100ish a night at another hotel. Guess Ill deal with it when the time comes. Huge procrastinator. YEssssir!!!

Back to Winstar schedule. The have really good nooner tournys. Hopefully I can cash deep in the one on satr. I really want to get in their 5/10 game. It gets really big. Last time I went there, they had a crazy asian guy that everyone called George W. LMAO. He always keeps a rubberband roll in his coat pocket. Has to be at least 20-30k in there. He's an OG for sure. Doesnt speak alot of english...but he knows us. "OHHHHHHHHH...Louisiana boyssss...veryyyy goooodddddd." Hahaha. Cool dude. Dealers know us as well too. We have a good reputation of tipping VERY WELL. Not this $1 a hand you win shit. You give me the heat...Im ganna hit you back bro! No doubt.

Well, cant think of much else to talk about...oh shit. Just hit me. I have a 2007 yamaha R1 crotch rocket that I love/hate. It was the worst impulse buy I will probably ever make. Well due to me always being on the road, I dont ride it and I have been stuck paying the note on it for quite some time. I finally got a bite on it. Hopefully it pans out. If not...all the rest of you out there. Its summertime...and the ladies love the crotch rockets!!! Google it or go to my facebook page if you want to see what it looks like....comes with a $400 Icon helmet and gloves. Yeah yeah yeah...Im tryin to sell shit...bite me!

lat3r peoples!!!

Friday, April 16, 2010

The weekend is upon us.

Sitting here tryin to 4 table some cash on fulltilt, and pretty much begging for something interesting to come on t.v. Doubt it. Nothing ever is good on tv around this time of the weekday. There are fools that arent at work! Hook a brother up!!!
Anyways. RECAP....Omaha, did not go as good as planned. Still up around 8 buyins for the week tho! Speaking of not going as planned....Just limped UTG with AA. Gets back to button, he 3x...BB 3.5x, I flat...button shoves...BB shoves, "Hell yes daddys Hungry!!!" Im up against Ad-Kd, and QQ...AWESOME. "Oh, you flop the nut flush? Hooray!!" FML.

The other 3 tables seem to be doing alright for the time.
Hope everyone has a good weekend. I, on the other hand, shall be going to work...all 3 days. Hey, its how I roll. Living the dream and such. My sleeping schedule is still all messed up. As soon as I put in at least 5 hrs on here, Im crashing hard!!! Anyone ever figure out if they are going with the crew to Winstar next weekend? If you scared, say you scared! Later!!!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

So this is blogging?

So most of you know that I have always wrote my road trip experiences on facebook. Well, time to switch things up a bit. I have been given the chance to "post up", along with some other great players, on a great poker site that I feel represents the Gulf Coast in a great way. If you got to my blog through facebook, go check the site out. www.gulfcoastpoker.net

SO, I guess just start from here ay?

What's been going on? Hmmm...well. After last weekend when me and my boy "Easy" went to Shreveport to snipe some fools in cash, Ive just been chillin back in town. Got completely fed up with my girlfriends apartment. Went to walmart and bought anything that said dissinfectant. Came back and did a complete deep clean. (Im usual not a clean freak, but It was getting pretty damn redonkulous) Dusted the ceiling fans, shampoo'd the carpets, dishes, trash, windex....it took about 5hrs and 4 trips to the dumpster before I could just sit back and take in what I had done. I love being in a freshly clean house tho. Makes you feel good...warm and toasty. That is until a week later when Im sure she will have it looking like complete ass all over again. F*ck it.

Its 9:11 am and I woke up at 7pm last night...yeah, insomniac. Ballin!!!!
I plan on playing some Fulltilt later this afternoon. I have been running very good in PLO past week. As of lately, I have really been trying to force myself in grinding out some MTT's. I really need to start playing tournys. I get so down on myself for not even trying. When I started playing, tournament poker was basically painted as a big waste of time to me. Everyone I knew was playing cash...thats it. Im alittle skeptical on how well Ill do in them once I really start taking it serious. My game/style really favor cash. But, I guess adjustments are apart of the game, right? RIGHT?!?!

Well, sorry its short, but I have lots to do today before I am able to sink back into this laptop. Might go get some crawfish. For those of you who have never had them...wow. Sucks to be you!

Oh yeah...some more poker news from Joe Joe's corner. I will be goin up to Winstar casino next weekend. Think its in Thackerville, OK. Some wierd name. Staying with a buddy in Denton, TX then driving up. Its real juicy over there. All stakes are. The 1/2 is full of community college kids gambling thier student loans or daddys $$$. 2/5 is your working class. Couple of good players in these games. The gambling chinese guys are all over these tables as well. Then...the holy grail of winstar. Located in the High Stakes room. 5/10 & 10/20. Usually consist of wealthy Texas money, and local pro's. BIG GAME. Lots of $$$ on these tables.

If any of you are down for the trip, we will be there. Do it....DO IT!!!