$5 Bracket Pool

I run a $5 Bracket Pool on CBSSports.com. You can transfer via FTP, PS, or PayPal. Last year 1st place won $333. Let me know if you want in.

Boat

End of February Poker Summary

The Good:
- Made Iron Man Bronze
- Still alive in Survivor Donkey Island. Started w/16 and we are down to 11 players. Come join us on Sunday & Wednesday nights!
- Up $39.78 in NLO8 Ring Games

The Bad:
- Down to ~ $600 in the Ferguson Challenge.
- Down $24.86 in NL Hold'em Tournies
- No live games

The Ugly:
- Down $147.97 in Omaha Tournies

The Micros - Episode 3

Awesome as usual!

Donkey Island Begins!

After much hoopla and anticipation, the 1st ever Donkey Island begins tonight with the $1 Rebuy. Thanks to BuddyDank and Goat for making this happen. It's Poker meets Survivor. I'm on Team Fish. All the details on the contest can be found here: http://survivorpoker.blogspot.com/

Should be fun.

Wish me luck!


Boat

January Poker Summary

The Good:
Made Iron Man - Bronze
+$94.70 in Omaha Tourneys, including winning the $5.50 PLO8 on FTP on 1/24.
Above $700 now in the Ferguson Challenge

The Bad:
No Live Play
-$27.76 in Holdem Tourneys (59)
-$7.56 in Omaha Cash Games (Would be + if you count rakeback!)

The Ugly:
Just a pathetic showing in the WPBCOOP on PS. Didn't cash in any event. Barely got a Main Event Seat & couldn't convert it into anything.

Looking Forward to February:
Part of the Fish Tribe on Survivor Donkey Island which starts Feb. 13th.
Continue to focus on NLO8 cash games and PLO8/NLO8 tourneys.

New Micros Episode!

PokerStars World Blogger Championship

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! The WBCOOP is a free online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers, so register on WBCOOP to play.

Registration code: XXXXXX 219656

Bad Beat Leads to Cool App

I just want to win 1/2 the time I'm a 86% favorite!

Check out this one that just happened. Cruising along @ Level 10 in the Super Stack $15K....

Full Tilt Poker Game #27073411345: Super Stack $15K Guarantee (210067339), Table 151 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:07:49 ET - 2011/01/07
Seat 1: Armageddon96 (5,930)
Seat 2: rudonelazio (12,190)
Seat 3: UK_Pompey (18,751)
Seat 4: wycka99 (20,257)
Seat 5: Cem1984 (18,296)
Seat 6: Nata922 (3,345)
Seat 7: TBakerman123 (13,869)
Seat 8: SmBoatDrinks (9,660)
Seat 9: matthemouth24 (13,210)
SmBoatDrinks posts the small blind of 100
matthemouth24 posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SmBoatDrinks [Qc Qs]
Armageddon96 folds
rudonelazio folds
UK_Pompey folds
wycka99 folds
Cem1984 has 15 seconds left to act
Cem1984 folds
Nata922 folds
TBakerman123 raises to 400
SmBoatDrinks has 15 seconds left to act
SmBoatDrinks raises to 1,400
matthemouth24 folds
TBakerman123 calls 1,000
*** FLOP *** [Td 5c 8d]
SmBoatDrinks bets 8,260, and is all in
TBakerman123 calls 8,260
SmBoatDrinks shows [Qc Qs]
TBakerman123 shows [9d 9s]
*** TURN *** [Td 5c 8d] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [Td 5c 8d 6d] [Jd]
SmBoatDrinks shows a pair of Queens
TBakerman123 shows a flush, Jack high
TBakerman123 wins the pot (19,520) with a flush, Jack high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19,520 | Rake 0
Board: [Td 5c 8d 6d Jd]
Seat 1: Armageddon96 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: rudonelazio didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: UK_Pompey didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: wycka99 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Cem1984 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Nata922 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: TBakerman123 (button) showed [9d 9s] and won (19,520) with a flush, Jack high
Seat 8: SmBoatDrinks (small blind) showed [Qc Qs] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 9: matthemouth24 (big blind) folded before the Flop


So after having to watch my language a bit with the 2 youngest in the room I had to look up the odds myself on that one.

85.7% favorite on the flop when it all went in.
Even after the bad turn card I was still a 70.7 favorite to win.

Anyway, used the Card Player odds calculator & noticed they had an app for the iPhone, so I downloaded it & it's pretty slick. It was free @ the iTunes store, where they did have others & some cost $. Anyone pay for any of those?

Now I can calculate how bad my beats are in live games. Look out!

The Micros - Holiday Special

Win-Win!

Finally played some live poker in Vermont.

While searching the intertubes a while back for possible live games I came across a cool site.

Basically they have several live sites around the state that play weekly, but all are at least an hour away, so I played in the Full Tilt Poker tourney 4 weeks, and won 2 of them to qualify for the end of season live tourney, which I'll call the Vermont State Championship.

Anyway, one of the live sites was hosting a charity fundraiser for the local fire dept. this past Saturday, so I decided to make the 1 hr drive from Montpelier to St. Johnsbury.

The St. Johnsbury Fire Department, Santa’s Fund will be holding a benefit tournament on Saturday, December 11th, at The Chill Zone on 397 Railroad Street in St. Johnsbury, VT.

Registration and $5 Satellites start at 4pm, Tournament starts at 6pm. Cash games, Blackjack and other casino games will be running before and after the tournament.

No Limit Texas Hold’em
$25 buy-in, unlimited re-buys during the first 4 blind levels
2,500 starting chips
20 minute blind levels
Standard WSOP blind schedule (25/50, 50/100, 100/200, 100/200/25, etc.)

We ended up w/20 players, so 2 tables. I bought in for the initial $25, then had to rebuy after losing on the river in a coin flip. After the 4 levels you were allowed to buy 1 or 2 add-ons, so I bought both. Knocked out one guy when I flopped a set of 8's, and another when I was priced in w/a flush draw.

We combined @ 9 players, and the top 4 got paid, but I needed 1st or 2nd to turn a profit! I was the only one of the final 4 that had invested $100, as the others were in for $25, $25, and $55. Went card dead for awhile, but managed to play big stack poker vs some of the small stacks. Once we got heads up we were pretty even, so I offered to chop & we split $475. All for a good cause!

Wish me luck Sunday in the unofficial Vermont State Championship!

The Micros

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Boat

Vermont Home Games

Got the family moved last week, so I am officially relocated to Vermont. The closest casino is 2-1/2 hours away. I need to find a decent home game here, so hook me up if you know anyone near Montpelier!

Thanks & Good Luck!

Boat

Casino Montreal

Played 1-2 NL @ the Montreal Casino last night. Biggest Casino in Canada. Nice poker room. Was an Ace on the turn or river away from $5700 as part of the Bad Beat Jackpot. One guy flopped quad queens, other guy had AA. Jackpot is over $183,000, so I'd take over $90K for getting my aces cracked!

Oh yea, taking a peak at your cards & seeing R, D, and V instead of K, Q, and J takes a bit getting used to!