Sick Hand and a bad Sunday

The flop was checked around and we got it all in on the turn. The river actually helped me get about 1/2 of my chips back.

It was an all around pretty bad Sunday for me. I finished 3rd in a FTOPS ME sat where top 2 got seat. In the brit blogger game I barely missed the much needed points. And just about every 0ther tourney I got fkd one way or the other. When I start losing like this I keep registering for more tourneys and blowing through my bankroll. Just as I am typing this I get fkd again in the 5050. I 4 bet donk and after taking all of his time he can't get away from his hand, which I of course know I'm beat when he calls.

No Power

I sat down at the computer around 9:30 on Monday night getting ready to play the Riverchasers tourney. As I was reading the day's news, the lights shut off, then back on, then back off, then back on (shit, please not a 3rd time), then back off. Damn............
I work for the power company and know if the breaker trips a 3rd time, it goes to lock out. Lockout means the breaker can not be put back into service until a lineman patrols the lines to find the problem and make sure there aren't any more hazards.....at least 2 hours.
So I sat on the couch and was asleep before 10. This has to be the earliest I have fallen asleep in months. See ya at the tables.

Nice river... and vegas plans

I called the LAG UTG raiser hoping to hit the flop here. Player behind me decided to call also. UTG player made a C bet on the flop which i decided to just call since there was a player left to act behind. Player behind called also. I figure with an overpair he would raise and a small chance he flats with a 4 but likely to raise w/the spades and 2 players in. So I put him on a draw.
The turn gives me a straight flush draw. Initial raiser bets again and I raise hoping both players fold. Player behind me reraises all in and I have to call hoping he doesn't have the full house. Sure enough he does but I hit the only card in the deck that could beat his full house. It feels good to be on the winning side of that for once.

This is the first time I have played a cash game in quite a while. I have always made a profit in cash games but I get very bored playing them. Usually when I go to Vegas I only play tournaments. I always plan on playing cash games but end up at the roulette or craps table. This year I am going to force myself to sit down and play, so I'm going to try and mix in some cash games with my daily tourneys and sngs.

As of right now, here are my tournament plans for my Vegas trip.
June 17- $200 O/8 limit at Binions
June 18- $300 NLHE at Caesar's
June 19- $300 NLHE at Caesar's
June 20- $500 NLHE Venetian
June 21-$500 NLHE at Caesar's
There is a $500 PLO at Venetian on the 19th that I will try to satellite into, as well as the 1k buy-in tourney on the 21st. I still haven't ruled out playing event 39 at the WSOP on the 20th. I may try to satellite in or I will need to win a seat or have another big cash in a MTT to be able to do so.

FreeRollllllllin..........

I have been playing good in MTT's lately but unable to get past final 3 tables for a decent cash. So today, on my anniversary, I not only make it to the FT but was able to get a big chip lead HU. I told my wife that I would only play the blogger today and she didn't mind. However, I went ahead and enrolled in the monthly RTR freeroll not expecting to last longer than the Blogger tourney. So she was pretty upset with me during the whole final table. In my defense, I am pretty sick so if I wasn't playing I would've been lying on the couch anyway.

The first hand of HU we got it all in on this hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #11889528036: RakeTheRake.com $25,000 FR (88600968), Table 26 - 12000/24000 Ante 3000 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:22:22 ET - 2009/04/26
Silly Pirate (Observer): nice !&$%ing hand
Seat 7: Shabazz Jenkins (1,253,348)
Seat 9: sfanants (638,152)
Shabazz Jenkins antes 3,000
sfanants antes 3,000
sfanants posts the small blind of 12,000
Shabazz Jenkins posts the big blind of 24,000
Shabazz Jenkins: gg
The button is in seat #9Silly Pirate (Observer): amazing
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Shabazz Jenkins [9s 9d]
Silly Pirate (Observer):
ggsfanants raises to 72,000
Shabazz Jenkins raises to 1,250,348, and is all insfanants calls 563,152, and is all in
Shabazz Jenkins shows [9s 9d]
sfanants shows [As 3h]
Uncalled bet of 615,196 returned to Shabazz Jenkins
*** FLOP *** [Tc Kh 8h]
*** TURN *** [Tc Kh 8h] [3c]
Silly Pirate (Observer):
shabazz if u win this which i know u will please ship me 5
*** RIVER *** [Tc Kh 8h 3c] [3s]
Shabazz Jenkins shows two pair, Nines and Threes
sfanants shows three of a kind, Threes
sfanants wins the pot (1,276,304) with three of a kind, Threes
Silly Pirate (Observer): !&!$
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 1,276,304
Rake 0Board: [Tc Kh 8h 3c 3s]
Seat 7: Shabazz Jenkins (big blind) showed [9s 9d] and lost with two pair, Nines and Threes
Seat 9: sfanants (small blind) showed [As 3h] and won

That was an $1800 3 on the river. Damn.

Happy 1st Birthday Cody!

Today is my son's 1st birthday and my wedding anniversary. Cody was a BIG suprise and was totally unexpected. My wife was planning on going back to work once my youngest daughter started 1st grade. The day after the first day of school we found out she was pregnant. Not too long before, we had given away all of our baby clothes and furniture.

After having 3 kids I couldn't imagine having another baby in the house, but now can't imagine life without him.

So close again....

Congrats to TuscaloosaJohn for taking down the Big Game. It was a very tough final table. My AK ran into the much better hand A9 held by 1Queens Up1 and I finished 3rd. I got the much needed points but would have been nice to take this one down.

Also, congrats to 2BA and Heffmike for making the final table of both blogger tournaments today.

Almost 2 for 2

If I could just stick to these SNGs my ROI would be great. I end up spending my profits chasing the big score in tournies. I've noticed these being a lot softer on weekend nights. Anyone else think the games are softer on Friday and Saturday nights?

I finished 2nd in the Mookie on Wednesday which moved me up to 2nd place in the points standings and giving me a great start in April's points race.

Congratulations to 1Queens Up1 for taking down the the March points race.