some stuff

Well Omaha got kind of annoying, so im mostly back to 1/2 NL hold em. I sometimes one table 1/2 PL omaha though.

Also, on the reccomendation of a fellow poker player i know, i picked up Dan Harringtons first volume(of two, other isnt out yet) on No limit hold em tournaments. Im only about 3 0pages into it but its very good so far. Im wagering itll be the best poker book out there.

switched to Pot Limit Omaha ring

PLaying 1/2 PL and 2/4 PL Omaha. They people are beyond bad, but the variance is killing me. Id wbe way up but the bad beats have been untimely, coming in the top 3 biggesthands ive had. Such as this one, in which i was a 3:1 favroite. Some guy rereraises me all in with nothing but a king high flsuh draw, wow:(

PokerStars Game #1096165859: Omaha Pot Limit ($2/$4) - 2005/01/18 - 20:19:02 (ET)
Table 'Eulalia' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Hoops ($130 in chips)
Seat 2: The Butcher1 ($146 in chips)
Seat 3: CBass ($239.20 in chips)
Seat 4: fistik ($844.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Ckrad ($644.45 in chips)
Seat 6: tor66 ($252.25 in chips)
Seat 7: spagettiman ($67.10 in chips)
Seat 8: Blue Shark ($252.70 in chips)
Seat 9: demon1 ($346 in chips)
fistik: posts small blind $2
Ckrad: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Ckrad [Jc 8h 8s 4d]
tor66: raises $4 to $8
spagettiman: folds
Blue Shark: folds
demon1: calls $8
Hoops: calls $8
The Butcher1: calls $8
CBass: calls $8
fistik: folds
Ckrad: calls $4
*** FLOP *** [8d 6s 2s]
Ckrad: checks
tor66: checks
demon1: bets $12
Hoops: calls $12
The Butcher1: calls $12
CBass: calls $12
Ckrad: raises $107.50 to $119.50
tor66: folds
demon1: raises $218.50 to $338 and is all-in
Hoops: folds
The Butcher1: folds
CBass: folds
Ckrad said, "ok lets gamble, i have nuts at the moemnt"
Ckrad: calls $218.50
*** TURN *** [8d 6s 2s] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [8d 6s 2s Qc] [9s]
Ckrad said, "dang"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ckrad: shows [Jc 8h 8s 4d] (three of a kind, Eights)
demon1: shows [Ks Ah Js 7h] (a flush, King high)
demon1 collected $759 from pot
Ckrad said, "hahahahaha"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $762 | Rake $3
Board [8d 6s 2s Qc 9s]
Seat 1: Hoops folded on the Flop
Seat 2: The Butcher1 folded on the Flop
Seat 3: CBass (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: fistik (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Ckrad (big blind) showed [Jc 8h 8s 4d] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 6: tor66 folded on the Flop
Seat 7: spagettiman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Blue Shark folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: demon1 showed [Ks Ah Js 7h] and won ($759) with a flush, King high

SIGH

same as usual, i make final table in good chip pos. Short stacks suck out like 10 times, i get no cards then i finalyl get good cards and lose. Took 7th in the 55$ tourny and played basicalyl perfect. Woo. Thats makes it 7th, 5th, and 7th, for the week. SIGH.
Also made top 9 in 500 FPP tourny for 215 more touryn dollars.

hmm

PLayed a 22$ tourny last night, did pretty well. Had a large mix of good beats and bad beats early. I got my aces beat, then beat aces etc. I had a big stack with three tables left and was playing aggresively trying to get a stack for final table where ive had bad luck lately. I was doing well despite some bad situations i made a few moves to regain chips. Then at 2k/4k i made it 16k to go with KK after cutoff limped, i was on button btw. BB calsl all in for his last 12k and KSWeezer calls from cutoff. Flop comes low i bet 16k he folds. BB had 830, he flopped a pair of 3s though. Turn 3, DOH. Woulda put me at like 150k in chips and i woulda been able to bully easily. Oh well. I still do my best and make final table like 3rd in chips. Too bad it took fordever to get to top 9 so the blinds are huge. Some guy has over 400k and i make is 24k to go 2 from button with AJo. He goes all in and i have to fold leaving myself 100k. Then on my big blind short stack goes all in for 14k so i call 6k more and he has 55 i lose the coinflip. im down to like 80k at this point at blnids go up to 6k/12k, ug. im 4th of 7 left. I push in from cutoff with 88 and BB calsl all in for 42kish with ATo. Board is 23453 and he wins with straight. I get QQ UTG that same round and get all folds :l I blinds down to 18k, 6k of wihhc is in the SB. Idiot guy goes all in UTG and i call but hit the rail when 4 clubs fall and he hits king high flush. Ug, i dont really feel icould have played any better. From 50 left and on i payed basically perfect just couldnt get anything going. The fact the 400k guy kept going all in on my BB didnt help either. Oh well. 7th is better than 10th i guess. I got like $80 but first was $3380.

I plan on playing some PS tournies tonight because i finished all my reading.

stuff

Been playing some tournaments and a mix of .5/1 and 1/2 games. I got 5th in a 55$ tourny, took a tough beat to get busted. Also i did the 215$ tourny after a winning a satellite seat from a 27$ sng. Ended u pgetting like 600th out of 2300...Never really got enough momentum i guess. My bankroll is healthy again at least so ill keep doing tournies here and there when i have time.