prob the best skit ever
can i talk to you for a minute??
jagerbombs are delish.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
thats amore
to my first love,
in the beginning, it was nothing but bliss. our relationship was beautiful, you amazed me to no end. but now things have changed. i have grown and developed, and you have stayed the same. i certainly have dreamed and even asked that you would follow my footsteps, but you are too stuck in your ways to understand. times are a changing, is it too much to ask for a little effort out of you? it certainly seems to be. i will always love you Sportscenter, but not the way i used to.
Love,
Biggs
sad but true. ever since that magical day at the end of elementary school when my fam finally got some basic cable!1! i was hooked. sportscenter was like my dream, the perfect hour for a skinny, overly interested and semi nerdy sports fanatic that i have been almost my entire life. even up until this past year, i would sometimes watch the same episode of sportscenter twice in a row, because the highlights and analysis were better then anything else on tv. nothing like playing poker with sc on in the background. but something's different. there are a number of possibilites, it could be the love affair with Brett Favre this summer, where i refused to turn it on, because i couldn't deal with any more brett. it could have been the fact that your soccer highlights are limited to a 2 minute espn deportes spot while nascar gets five minutes on a bad night (what could be more riveting then watching cars go around in a circle hundreds of times?) or even just my general frustration that there is baseball tonight in january, but no weekly soccer review while the mls and epl are in season. now i dutifully turn to fsc to see the highlights from the night before in the world of futbol. and i haven't looked back.
I don't feel it is too much to ask for one half hour a week minimum or even some good epl highlights on saturday and sunday night. there is almost always a top play from that day from the epl, and yet the lack of coverage is appalling. espn has done brilliantly with euro coverage, mls coverage, usmnt coverage, and have rights to 2010, and yet, sportscenter and general programming lag painfully behind. so i urge you espn, reconsider. find the time for me, and for all the other soccer starved fanatics out there. for you can either give me the love, or lose me forever.
biggy
in the beginning, it was nothing but bliss. our relationship was beautiful, you amazed me to no end. but now things have changed. i have grown and developed, and you have stayed the same. i certainly have dreamed and even asked that you would follow my footsteps, but you are too stuck in your ways to understand. times are a changing, is it too much to ask for a little effort out of you? it certainly seems to be. i will always love you Sportscenter, but not the way i used to.
Love,
Biggs
sad but true. ever since that magical day at the end of elementary school when my fam finally got some basic cable!1! i was hooked. sportscenter was like my dream, the perfect hour for a skinny, overly interested and semi nerdy sports fanatic that i have been almost my entire life. even up until this past year, i would sometimes watch the same episode of sportscenter twice in a row, because the highlights and analysis were better then anything else on tv. nothing like playing poker with sc on in the background. but something's different. there are a number of possibilites, it could be the love affair with Brett Favre this summer, where i refused to turn it on, because i couldn't deal with any more brett. it could have been the fact that your soccer highlights are limited to a 2 minute espn deportes spot while nascar gets five minutes on a bad night (what could be more riveting then watching cars go around in a circle hundreds of times?) or even just my general frustration that there is baseball tonight in january, but no weekly soccer review while the mls and epl are in season. now i dutifully turn to fsc to see the highlights from the night before in the world of futbol. and i haven't looked back.
I don't feel it is too much to ask for one half hour a week minimum or even some good epl highlights on saturday and sunday night. there is almost always a top play from that day from the epl, and yet the lack of coverage is appalling. espn has done brilliantly with euro coverage, mls coverage, usmnt coverage, and have rights to 2010, and yet, sportscenter and general programming lag painfully behind. so i urge you espn, reconsider. find the time for me, and for all the other soccer starved fanatics out there. for you can either give me the love, or lose me forever.
biggy
Thursday, August 28, 2008
fml
ugh. nothing like playing cash games, making more then i will at work tomorrow, and then still having to get up and go to work tomorrow. fml.
tomorrow, i write a love letter in the blogaments. get ready.
peace.
tomorrow, i write a love letter in the blogaments. get ready.
peace.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
bleeding red white and blue
Random reflections from the U.S. game
-National team games get me fired up like none other. Seriously the blood flows when I turn them on. Especially when watching them with my boys. The only thing that is better is going to them with my boys. Its also amazing that I have at least ten friends who are real solid USMNT supporters, and at least 5 of them didn't come from a soccer background. word to you kmad, trev, petah, nuge, and clayt.
-After the game, my brother was ready to fight someone. He was so pissed at how cheap the Guatemalans were, it was amazing. He isn’t quite as big of a US fan ( you messi argentina bum) but seeing his rage was amazing. That and the fact that he is coming to South Africa for the world cup makes me joyous
-I saw this "Eddie Lewis, new to the Galaxy, talks to Nick Green of the Daily Breeze and reveals that he thinks the Guatemalans targeted him personally because he was just signed by the Galaxy and their teammate Carlos Ruiz was sent packing." today, and I seriously hope some of the guys who play in the MLS inflict some pain upon carlos ruiz. Dude is scum. That is the nicest way I can put what I really think about him.
-USsoccer.com has solid highlights and behind the scenes action from the game, which I am a big fan of. Even though they interview pretty much the same guys every time. I want to hear what Gooch has to say about the game, or maybe demps. That woulda been an interesting one, considering he was not so pleased when he got pulled midway through the second half. Check out the first vid, it is sweet.
-Please people in Chicago, Columbus, and Denver get out to the US qualifiers, sell the place out, pack the house with red white and blue, be obnoxious and make life suck for the opposing teams. PLEASE. For those of us who cannot (yet anyway). The crowd was solid in Guat, lets make playing the US in the states an away game, instead of a neutral site or even home away from home for these other teams
-Check the onetwo initiative, to hopefully help foster this idea. Join it on facebook if you have one, even if you don’t plan on seriously participating. Just getting the word out would be a huge boost to its rather pitiful current membership.
-Check out a couple other solid blogs, who I read rather obsessively.
theoriginalwinger
theoffsiderules
peace
-National team games get me fired up like none other. Seriously the blood flows when I turn them on. Especially when watching them with my boys. The only thing that is better is going to them with my boys. Its also amazing that I have at least ten friends who are real solid USMNT supporters, and at least 5 of them didn't come from a soccer background. word to you kmad, trev, petah, nuge, and clayt.
-After the game, my brother was ready to fight someone. He was so pissed at how cheap the Guatemalans were, it was amazing. He isn’t quite as big of a US fan ( you messi argentina bum) but seeing his rage was amazing. That and the fact that he is coming to South Africa for the world cup makes me joyous
-I saw this "Eddie Lewis, new to the Galaxy, talks to Nick Green of the Daily Breeze and reveals that he thinks the Guatemalans targeted him personally because he was just signed by the Galaxy and their teammate Carlos Ruiz was sent packing." today, and I seriously hope some of the guys who play in the MLS inflict some pain upon carlos ruiz. Dude is scum. That is the nicest way I can put what I really think about him.
-USsoccer.com has solid highlights and behind the scenes action from the game, which I am a big fan of. Even though they interview pretty much the same guys every time. I want to hear what Gooch has to say about the game, or maybe demps. That woulda been an interesting one, considering he was not so pleased when he got pulled midway through the second half. Check out the first vid, it is sweet.
-Please people in Chicago, Columbus, and Denver get out to the US qualifiers, sell the place out, pack the house with red white and blue, be obnoxious and make life suck for the opposing teams. PLEASE. For those of us who cannot (yet anyway). The crowd was solid in Guat, lets make playing the US in the states an away game, instead of a neutral site or even home away from home for these other teams
-Check the onetwo initiative, to hopefully help foster this idea. Join it on facebook if you have one, even if you don’t plan on seriously participating. Just getting the word out would be a huge boost to its rather pitiful current membership.
-Check out a couple other solid blogs, who I read rather obsessively.
theoriginalwinger
theoffsiderules
peace
Monday, August 25, 2008
facebook taunts me
no really. i keep getting the "22 and still single?" ad. really facebook, did you have to sell out my age and my relationship status? do you really think im gonna be like "wow you are so right. I did not realize i am 22 and still single, thanks for pointing that out AND giving me a website to help solve that major problem"
facebook. solving my relationship problems. nice life.
facebook. solving my relationship problems. nice life.
the city
so my boy trev calls me up friday, lets me know he's headed for the city, drivin up from socal to kick it with his boy garrett who lives there. im stoked cuz i havent seen either of them in days and we are def goin out and doin it up, which is sweet cuz everybody has left for school, and i have nobody to go out with. so sat night i jump on bart from ptown, and get into sf about 10pm. they pick me up at bart on 16th and mission with some more friends and we head for the marina. im stoked cuz i still hadn't gone out in the city yet, even though ive been old enough for days.
first place we head out to is Kelley's Tavern. We roll in and it seems like a pretty cool scene, its pretty crowded and they are bumpin some hip hop. We cruise to the bar get some drinks, and I'm looking around the place and see a signed Red Bull New York jersey on the wall. I was super stoked, cuz anyone who has anything related to the MLS up in their joint is cool with me. I wanted to take a picture, but some girls were in the way, and later as i had more to drink i fully forgot, because well, alcohol does not help you remember. we chilled there for a while, talked to some ladies (who unfortunately i remember 0 of their names and pretty much nothing about, trev confirmed that the one i chatted with for a while was cute) and then we peaced and headed for matrix philmore.
this place was a supposed to be a little more club like, as we were all lookin to get our dance on. the location and setup of the place was super sick, but the vibe was just off, the people on the dance floor were not dancing and it was a bummer. so little pop for so much possibility. trev and i hit some patron and we were both feelin real nice, but the fact that we couldn't really hit the dance floor was a bummer. we got some pizza, then went back to g's place and crashed.
woke up, wathced super sunday which was glorious cuz i finally got to see the fulham highlights, brilliant stuff fellas, then we snagged some costco pizza pre spanish cup thing that was on today, it was a real good game, until we all fell asleep in the second half. i hate when im too tired to focus on soccer, its a huge bummer. took bart back to the east bay, rockin my super fly chicago fire jersey from last year, the last one that says fire on it, which i like way better then the new ones. now im puttin in a sesh, plus about a bi at 100pl08, but played aa3q poorly pre when guy in front of me potted and i just called, but w/e.
on a slightly more random not, Fox Soccer Channel has the worst commercials. they are sooooo bad. in fact they are bad enough that some of them get the SLO rating, as in SLO has a lot of really bad small town commercials that are like homemade. one would think that advertising on FSC would be a good idea considering the ever growing appeal of the epl in the states, but maybe thats just me.
first place we head out to is Kelley's Tavern. We roll in and it seems like a pretty cool scene, its pretty crowded and they are bumpin some hip hop. We cruise to the bar get some drinks, and I'm looking around the place and see a signed Red Bull New York jersey on the wall. I was super stoked, cuz anyone who has anything related to the MLS up in their joint is cool with me. I wanted to take a picture, but some girls were in the way, and later as i had more to drink i fully forgot, because well, alcohol does not help you remember. we chilled there for a while, talked to some ladies (who unfortunately i remember 0 of their names and pretty much nothing about, trev confirmed that the one i chatted with for a while was cute) and then we peaced and headed for matrix philmore.
this place was a supposed to be a little more club like, as we were all lookin to get our dance on. the location and setup of the place was super sick, but the vibe was just off, the people on the dance floor were not dancing and it was a bummer. so little pop for so much possibility. trev and i hit some patron and we were both feelin real nice, but the fact that we couldn't really hit the dance floor was a bummer. we got some pizza, then went back to g's place and crashed.
woke up, wathced super sunday which was glorious cuz i finally got to see the fulham highlights, brilliant stuff fellas, then we snagged some costco pizza pre spanish cup thing that was on today, it was a real good game, until we all fell asleep in the second half. i hate when im too tired to focus on soccer, its a huge bummer. took bart back to the east bay, rockin my super fly chicago fire jersey from last year, the last one that says fire on it, which i like way better then the new ones. now im puttin in a sesh, plus about a bi at 100pl08, but played aa3q poorly pre when guy in front of me potted and i just called, but w/e.
on a slightly more random not, Fox Soccer Channel has the worst commercials. they are sooooo bad. in fact they are bad enough that some of them get the SLO rating, as in SLO has a lot of really bad small town commercials that are like homemade. one would think that advertising on FSC would be a good idea considering the ever growing appeal of the epl in the states, but maybe thats just me.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
it's business time
def one of my fav songs ever. if you haven't seen flight of the conchords, its a great show that i highly recommend and their music is really good even though most of it is more lighthearted and clever then normal musicians.
they also created one of my favorite sayings,
its business time.
peace
FML
i will go vomit now
Full Tilt Poker Game #7763310575: $2 + $0.25 Rebuy (58923866), Table 7 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:44:04 ET - 2008/08/23
Seat 2: tyoung3701 (112,301)
Seat 3: Melinda440 (94,076)
Seat 4: me (167,328)
Seat 5: bigdaddyjsg (50,213)
Seat 6: gailyishous (214,316)
Seat 7: Yalanomatis (84,553)
Seat 8: Schoobydoo (148,293)
Seat 9: nyy486 (59,420)
tyoung3701 antes 500
Melinda440 antes 500
me antes 500
bigdaddyjsg antes 500
gailyishous antes 500
Yalanomatis antes 500
Schoobydoo antes 500
nyy486 antes 500
nyy486 posts the small blind of 2,000
tyoung3701 posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [2h 2c]
Melinda440 folds
polyballer9 calls 4,000
bigdaddyjsg folds
gailyishous calls 4,000
Yalanomatis folds
Schoobydoo folds
nyy486 calls 2,000
tyoung3701 checks
*** FLOP *** [7d 5d 2d]
nyy486 checks
tyoung3701 checks
polyballer9 has 15 seconds left to act
me bets 14,321
gailyishous has 15 seconds left to act
gailyishous raises to 28,642
nyy486 folds
tyoung3701 folds
me calls 14,321
*** TURN *** [7d 5d 2d] [Ac]
pair the board one time?? checks
gailyishous has 15 seconds left to act
gailyishous bets 40,000
pair the board one time?? calls 40,000
*** RIVER *** [7d 5d 2d Ac] [Js]
FML checks
gailyishous checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gailyishous shows [Kd 8d] a flush, King high
FML mucks
gailyishous wins the pot (157,284) with a flush, King high
The blinds are now 2,500/5,000 with an ante of 600
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 157,284 | Rake 0
Board: [7d 5d 2d Ac Js]
Seat 2: tyoung3701 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Melinda440 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: FML mucked [2h 2c] - three of a kind, Twos
Seat 5: bigdaddyjsg folded before the Flop
Seat 6: gailyishous showed [Kd 8d] and won (157,284) with a flush, King high
Seat 7: Yalanomatis folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Schoobydoo (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: nyy486 (small blind) folded on the Flop
three hands later.
Full Tilt Poker Game #7763325275: $2 + $0.25 Rebuy (58923866), Table 7 - 2500/5000 Ante 600 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:46:17 ET - 2008/08/23
Seat 2: tyoung3701 (104,101)
Seat 3: Melinda440 (84,876)
Seat 4: me (87,986)
Seat 5: bigdaddyjsg (48,513)
Seat 6: gailyishous (299,558)
Seat 7: Yalanomatis (105,153)
Seat 8: Schoobydoo (146,593)
Seat 9: nyy486 (53,720)
tyoung3701 antes 600
Melinda440 antes 600
polyballer9 antes 600
bigdaddyjsg antes 600
gailyishous antes 600
Yalanomatis antes 600
Schoobydoo antes 600
nyy486 antes 600
polyballer9 posts the small blind of 2,500
bigdaddyjsg posts the big blind of 5,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [9c 9d]
gailyishous folds
Yalanomatis folds
Schoobydoo raises to 15,000
nyy486 calls 15,000
tyoung3701 calls 15,000
Melinda440 folds
me has 15 seconds left to act
me raises to 87,386, and is all in
bigdaddyjsg folds
Schoobydoo calls 72,386
nyy486 folds
tyoung3701 calls 72,386
*** FLOP *** [3h 2d 2h]
Schoobydoo bets 58,607, and is all in
tyoung3701 calls 16,115, and is all in
Schoobydoo shows [Th Td]
tyoung3701 shows [Ks Qs]
me shows [9c 9d]
Uncalled bet of 42,492 returned to Schoobydoo
*** TURN *** [3h 2d 2h] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [3h 2d 2h 5h] [4h]
Schoobydoo shows a flush, Ten high
tyoung3701 shows a pair of Twos
Schoobydoo wins the side pot (32,230) with a flush, Ten high
me shows two pair, Nines and Twos
Schoobydoo wins the main pot (286,958) with a flush, Ten high
me stands up
tyoung3701 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 319,188 Main pot 286,958. Side pot 32,230. | Rake 0
Board: [3h 2d 2h 5h 4h]
Seat 2: tyoung3701 showed [Ks Qs] and lost with a pair of Twos
Seat 3: Melinda440 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: polyballer9 (small blind) showed [9c 9d] and lost with two pair, Nines and Twos
Seat 5: bigdaddyjsg (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: gailyishous folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Yalanomatis folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Schoobydoo showed [Th Td] and won (319,188) with a flush, Ten high
Seat 9: nyy486 folded before the Flop
seriously. how do you call there with TT. you could have folded. ugh. was playing some real solid poker too. tight life.
session ended up, i cashed in 3 of 6, made an FT,
and now want to punch myself in the face. ugh.
Full Tilt Poker Game #7763310575: $2 + $0.25 Rebuy (58923866), Table 7 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:44:04 ET - 2008/08/23
Seat 2: tyoung3701 (112,301)
Seat 3: Melinda440 (94,076)
Seat 4: me (167,328)
Seat 5: bigdaddyjsg (50,213)
Seat 6: gailyishous (214,316)
Seat 7: Yalanomatis (84,553)
Seat 8: Schoobydoo (148,293)
Seat 9: nyy486 (59,420)
tyoung3701 antes 500
Melinda440 antes 500
me antes 500
bigdaddyjsg antes 500
gailyishous antes 500
Yalanomatis antes 500
Schoobydoo antes 500
nyy486 antes 500
nyy486 posts the small blind of 2,000
tyoung3701 posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [2h 2c]
Melinda440 folds
polyballer9 calls 4,000
bigdaddyjsg folds
gailyishous calls 4,000
Yalanomatis folds
Schoobydoo folds
nyy486 calls 2,000
tyoung3701 checks
*** FLOP *** [7d 5d 2d]
nyy486 checks
tyoung3701 checks
polyballer9 has 15 seconds left to act
me bets 14,321
gailyishous has 15 seconds left to act
gailyishous raises to 28,642
nyy486 folds
tyoung3701 folds
me calls 14,321
*** TURN *** [7d 5d 2d] [Ac]
pair the board one time?? checks
gailyishous has 15 seconds left to act
gailyishous bets 40,000
pair the board one time?? calls 40,000
*** RIVER *** [7d 5d 2d Ac] [Js]
FML checks
gailyishous checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gailyishous shows [Kd 8d] a flush, King high
FML mucks
gailyishous wins the pot (157,284) with a flush, King high
The blinds are now 2,500/5,000 with an ante of 600
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 157,284 | Rake 0
Board: [7d 5d 2d Ac Js]
Seat 2: tyoung3701 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Melinda440 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: FML mucked [2h 2c] - three of a kind, Twos
Seat 5: bigdaddyjsg folded before the Flop
Seat 6: gailyishous showed [Kd 8d] and won (157,284) with a flush, King high
Seat 7: Yalanomatis folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Schoobydoo (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: nyy486 (small blind) folded on the Flop
three hands later.
Full Tilt Poker Game #7763325275: $2 + $0.25 Rebuy (58923866), Table 7 - 2500/5000 Ante 600 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:46:17 ET - 2008/08/23
Seat 2: tyoung3701 (104,101)
Seat 3: Melinda440 (84,876)
Seat 4: me (87,986)
Seat 5: bigdaddyjsg (48,513)
Seat 6: gailyishous (299,558)
Seat 7: Yalanomatis (105,153)
Seat 8: Schoobydoo (146,593)
Seat 9: nyy486 (53,720)
tyoung3701 antes 600
Melinda440 antes 600
polyballer9 antes 600
bigdaddyjsg antes 600
gailyishous antes 600
Yalanomatis antes 600
Schoobydoo antes 600
nyy486 antes 600
polyballer9 posts the small blind of 2,500
bigdaddyjsg posts the big blind of 5,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [9c 9d]
gailyishous folds
Yalanomatis folds
Schoobydoo raises to 15,000
nyy486 calls 15,000
tyoung3701 calls 15,000
Melinda440 folds
me has 15 seconds left to act
me raises to 87,386, and is all in
bigdaddyjsg folds
Schoobydoo calls 72,386
nyy486 folds
tyoung3701 calls 72,386
*** FLOP *** [3h 2d 2h]
Schoobydoo bets 58,607, and is all in
tyoung3701 calls 16,115, and is all in
Schoobydoo shows [Th Td]
tyoung3701 shows [Ks Qs]
me shows [9c 9d]
Uncalled bet of 42,492 returned to Schoobydoo
*** TURN *** [3h 2d 2h] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [3h 2d 2h 5h] [4h]
Schoobydoo shows a flush, Ten high
tyoung3701 shows a pair of Twos
Schoobydoo wins the side pot (32,230) with a flush, Ten high
me shows two pair, Nines and Twos
Schoobydoo wins the main pot (286,958) with a flush, Ten high
me stands up
tyoung3701 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 319,188 Main pot 286,958. Side pot 32,230. | Rake 0
Board: [3h 2d 2h 5h 4h]
Seat 2: tyoung3701 showed [Ks Qs] and lost with a pair of Twos
Seat 3: Melinda440 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: polyballer9 (small blind) showed [9c 9d] and lost with two pair, Nines and Twos
Seat 5: bigdaddyjsg (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: gailyishous folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Yalanomatis folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Schoobydoo showed [Th Td] and won (319,188) with a flush, Ten high
Seat 9: nyy486 folded before the Flop
seriously. how do you call there with TT. you could have folded. ugh. was playing some real solid poker too. tight life.
session ended up, i cashed in 3 of 6, made an FT,
and now want to punch myself in the face. ugh.
Friday, August 22, 2008
fulham makes me cry
im just predicting the future: tomorrow i will wake up, have like ten minutes to make it on time to our mens league game, we will win and clinch the league, i will come home and be happy. and then i will see how bad fulham played and lost, and then i will cry. mark my words. im just hoping they actually start dempsey, and that he stops playing like he is in a fog, and that will carry over to the usmnt. that would be nice
last nights sesh was minimal, ended up playing wii, then the spa. tonight i dialed up some donkaments, and immediately my jenky mofo computer locked up. playing on two sites is just too hard for old bessy here, which sucks, so i quit out of both, then trillian and firefox and entered the magic combination (ie starting tilt and getting all the tables up, then closing the lobbys, then stars doin the exact same). It is pretty much like apollo 13, where they had to figure out how to repower everything with a certain limited supply of power. except this is my computer, and it is not quite as pressing of an issue as it was in the movie. jumped in a $5 360 man, a $4 180, a $2 multi all on stars, and a $5 horse, $2 rebuy and midnight madness on tilt. some fun hands so far:
PokerStars Game #19826771327: Tournament #102281962, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/08/23 - 00:52:56 (ET)
Table '102281962 7' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: TheVaughnz (795 in chips)
Seat 2: me (2665 in chips)
Seat 3: squirtybm (1595 in chips)
Seat 4: Sinomengirl_ (4750 in chips)
Seat 5: carolina2114 (4580 in chips)
Seat 6: mdh6424 (1070 in chips)
Seat 7: Wonderdino (5445 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: tomasson (1445 in chips)
Seat 9: crzychinaman (2495 in chips)
polyballer9: posts small blind 25
squirtybm: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [Ks Ad]
Sinomengirl_: raises 100 to 150
carolina2114: folds
mdh6424: folds
Wonderdino: folds
tomasson: folds
crzychinaman: folds
TheVaughnz: calls 150
me: raises 400 to 550
squirtybm: folds
Sinomengirl_: calls 400
TheVaughnz: raises 245 to 795 and is all-in
me: calls 245
Sinomengirl_: calls 245
*** FLOP *** [6s 2d 2c]
me: bets 1870 and is all-in
Sinomengirl_: folds
Uncalled bet (1870) returned to polyballer9
*** TURN *** [6s 2d 2c] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [6s 2d 2c 6h] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
me: shows [Ks Ad] (two pair, Sixes and Deuces)
TheVaughnz: shows [As Qh] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
TheVaughnz collected 2435 from pot
lol sick turn and river. i thought the original raiser was weak, but my iso squeeze didnt work quite how i planned.
this hand is simply explainable as i play terrible pre, and run terrible the rest of the way
PokerStars Game #19826498915: Tournament #103768235, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/08/23 - 00:37:08 (ET)
Table '103768235 8' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: MRopp05 (3030 in chips)
Seat 3: WEEDVILLE (2945 in chips)
Seat 4: moraljac (2230 in chips)
Seat 5: Gregori (2785 in chips)
Seat 6: me (2050 in chips)
Seat 7: wyldeyed (3525 in chips)
Seat 8: eeEntropy (1825 in chips)
Seat 9: FaustianDeal (1225 in chips)
moraljac: posts small blind 50
Gregori: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [As 7s]
me: calls 100
wyldeyed: folds
eeEntropy: folds
FaustianDeal: folds
MRopp05: folds
WEEDVILLE: folds
moraljac: raises 200 to 300
Gregori: folds
me: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [6c Ts 8s]
moraljac: bets 400
lol i has draws!!: raises 1350 to 1750 and is all-in
moraljac: calls 1350
*** TURN *** [6c Ts 8s] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [6c Ts 8s 5c] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
moraljac: shows [Kd Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
i has a draw!!and nothing else: shows [As 7s] (high card Ace)
moraljac collected 4200 from pot
and by far the hand of the night. how do aces hold here? pretty much amazing.
PokerStars Game #19826727768: Tournament #102281960, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/08/23 - 00:50:15 (ET)
Table '102281960 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: handicapper7 (1605 in chips)
Seat 2: pmptwnhstlr (885 in chips)
Seat 3: thong33 (2300 in chips)
Seat 4: me (1730 in chips)
Seat 5: rustycarson (3190 in chips)
Seat 6: phlii (760 in chips)
Seat 7: 7777mar7777 (1190 in chips)
Seat 8: spDallas (3900 in chips)
Seat 9: Hydonis (950 in chips)
polyballer9: posts small blind 50
rustycarson: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [4h Kc]
phlii: raises 660 to 760 and is all-in
7777mar7777: raises 430 to 1190 and is all-in
spDallas: raises 2710 to 3900 and is all-in
Hydonis: folds
handicapper7: calls 1605 and is all-in
pmptwnhstlr: calls 885 and is all-in
thong33: folds
me: folds
rustycarson: folds
Uncalled bet (2295) returned to spDallas
*** FLOP *** [5h 4d 2d]
*** TURN *** [5h 4d 2d] [7d]
rustycarson said, "WOW"
*** RIVER *** [5h 4d 2d 7d] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
spDallas: shows [Ah Ac] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
handicapper7: shows [8h 8d] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
spDallas collected 830 from side pot-3
7777mar7777: shows [Th Ts] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
spDallas collected 915 from side pot-2
pmptwnhstlr: shows [Qs Qd] (two pair, Queens and Fives)
spDallas collected 500 from side pot-1
phlii: shows [Kd Kh] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
spDallas collected 3950 from main pot
insouthbeach is connected
mytwocards is connected
chuannguyen is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
uh fold equity one time? rofl, nh sir. also he fully used his timebanked. i was 99% sure i was getting slowrolled by some garbage pair.
PokerStars Game #19827076905: Tournament #102281962, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/08/23 - 01:12:16 (ET)
Table '102281962 7' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: who has the nuts? (3870 in chips)
Seat 3: squirtybm (1420 in chips)
Seat 4: Sinomengirl_ (4770 in chips)
Seat 5: carolina2114 (7075 in chips)
Seat 6: mdh6424 (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: Wonderdino (5220 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: tomasson (1145 in chips)
Seat 9: JustinBaker (1000 in chips) is sitting out
carolina2114: posts small blind 50
mdh6424: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to i has the nuts? [7h As]
Wonderdino: folds
tomasson: folds
JustinBaker: folds
i def has the nuts: raises 200 to 300
squirtybm: folds
Sinomengirl_: folds
carolina2114: folds
mdh6424: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Qc 5d 9h]
mdh6424: bets 400
rofl I DEF HAS NUTS: raises 3100 to 3500
Rock Rob 2 is connected
mdh6424: folds
Uncalled bet (3100) returned to polyballer9
oh, nuts collected 1450 from pot
rofl nice fold sir: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
still in three of the donkaments, meh. im not that amused. i should play better.
does anyone have a hand history converter that works with blogs?? if so holla at me.
peace
last nights sesh was minimal, ended up playing wii, then the spa. tonight i dialed up some donkaments, and immediately my jenky mofo computer locked up. playing on two sites is just too hard for old bessy here, which sucks, so i quit out of both, then trillian and firefox and entered the magic combination (ie starting tilt and getting all the tables up, then closing the lobbys, then stars doin the exact same). It is pretty much like apollo 13, where they had to figure out how to repower everything with a certain limited supply of power. except this is my computer, and it is not quite as pressing of an issue as it was in the movie. jumped in a $5 360 man, a $4 180, a $2 multi all on stars, and a $5 horse, $2 rebuy and midnight madness on tilt. some fun hands so far:
PokerStars Game #19826771327: Tournament #102281962, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/08/23 - 00:52:56 (ET)
Table '102281962 7' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: TheVaughnz (795 in chips)
Seat 2: me (2665 in chips)
Seat 3: squirtybm (1595 in chips)
Seat 4: Sinomengirl_ (4750 in chips)
Seat 5: carolina2114 (4580 in chips)
Seat 6: mdh6424 (1070 in chips)
Seat 7: Wonderdino (5445 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: tomasson (1445 in chips)
Seat 9: crzychinaman (2495 in chips)
polyballer9: posts small blind 25
squirtybm: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [Ks Ad]
Sinomengirl_: raises 100 to 150
carolina2114: folds
mdh6424: folds
Wonderdino: folds
tomasson: folds
crzychinaman: folds
TheVaughnz: calls 150
me: raises 400 to 550
squirtybm: folds
Sinomengirl_: calls 400
TheVaughnz: raises 245 to 795 and is all-in
me: calls 245
Sinomengirl_: calls 245
*** FLOP *** [6s 2d 2c]
me: bets 1870 and is all-in
Sinomengirl_: folds
Uncalled bet (1870) returned to polyballer9
*** TURN *** [6s 2d 2c] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [6s 2d 2c 6h] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
me: shows [Ks Ad] (two pair, Sixes and Deuces)
TheVaughnz: shows [As Qh] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
TheVaughnz collected 2435 from pot
lol sick turn and river. i thought the original raiser was weak, but my iso squeeze didnt work quite how i planned.
this hand is simply explainable as i play terrible pre, and run terrible the rest of the way
PokerStars Game #19826498915: Tournament #103768235, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/08/23 - 00:37:08 (ET)
Table '103768235 8' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: MRopp05 (3030 in chips)
Seat 3: WEEDVILLE (2945 in chips)
Seat 4: moraljac (2230 in chips)
Seat 5: Gregori (2785 in chips)
Seat 6: me (2050 in chips)
Seat 7: wyldeyed (3525 in chips)
Seat 8: eeEntropy (1825 in chips)
Seat 9: FaustianDeal (1225 in chips)
moraljac: posts small blind 50
Gregori: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [As 7s]
me: calls 100
wyldeyed: folds
eeEntropy: folds
FaustianDeal: folds
MRopp05: folds
WEEDVILLE: folds
moraljac: raises 200 to 300
Gregori: folds
me: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [6c Ts 8s]
moraljac: bets 400
lol i has draws!!: raises 1350 to 1750 and is all-in
moraljac: calls 1350
*** TURN *** [6c Ts 8s] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [6c Ts 8s 5c] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
moraljac: shows [Kd Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
i has a draw!!and nothing else: shows [As 7s] (high card Ace)
moraljac collected 4200 from pot
and by far the hand of the night. how do aces hold here? pretty much amazing.
PokerStars Game #19826727768: Tournament #102281960, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/08/23 - 00:50:15 (ET)
Table '102281960 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: handicapper7 (1605 in chips)
Seat 2: pmptwnhstlr (885 in chips)
Seat 3: thong33 (2300 in chips)
Seat 4: me (1730 in chips)
Seat 5: rustycarson (3190 in chips)
Seat 6: phlii (760 in chips)
Seat 7: 7777mar7777 (1190 in chips)
Seat 8: spDallas (3900 in chips)
Seat 9: Hydonis (950 in chips)
polyballer9: posts small blind 50
rustycarson: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to me [4h Kc]
phlii: raises 660 to 760 and is all-in
7777mar7777: raises 430 to 1190 and is all-in
spDallas: raises 2710 to 3900 and is all-in
Hydonis: folds
handicapper7: calls 1605 and is all-in
pmptwnhstlr: calls 885 and is all-in
thong33: folds
me: folds
rustycarson: folds
Uncalled bet (2295) returned to spDallas
*** FLOP *** [5h 4d 2d]
*** TURN *** [5h 4d 2d] [7d]
rustycarson said, "WOW"
*** RIVER *** [5h 4d 2d 7d] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
spDallas: shows [Ah Ac] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
handicapper7: shows [8h 8d] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
spDallas collected 830 from side pot-3
7777mar7777: shows [Th Ts] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
spDallas collected 915 from side pot-2
pmptwnhstlr: shows [Qs Qd] (two pair, Queens and Fives)
spDallas collected 500 from side pot-1
phlii: shows [Kd Kh] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
spDallas collected 3950 from main pot
insouthbeach is connected
mytwocards is connected
chuannguyen is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
uh fold equity one time? rofl, nh sir. also he fully used his timebanked. i was 99% sure i was getting slowrolled by some garbage pair.
PokerStars Game #19827076905: Tournament #102281962, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/08/23 - 01:12:16 (ET)
Table '102281962 7' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: who has the nuts? (3870 in chips)
Seat 3: squirtybm (1420 in chips)
Seat 4: Sinomengirl_ (4770 in chips)
Seat 5: carolina2114 (7075 in chips)
Seat 6: mdh6424 (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: Wonderdino (5220 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: tomasson (1145 in chips)
Seat 9: JustinBaker (1000 in chips) is sitting out
carolina2114: posts small blind 50
mdh6424: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to i has the nuts? [7h As]
Wonderdino: folds
tomasson: folds
JustinBaker: folds
i def has the nuts: raises 200 to 300
squirtybm: folds
Sinomengirl_: folds
carolina2114: folds
mdh6424: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Qc 5d 9h]
mdh6424: bets 400
rofl I DEF HAS NUTS: raises 3100 to 3500
Rock Rob 2 is connected
mdh6424: folds
Uncalled bet (3100) returned to polyballer9
oh, nuts collected 1450 from pot
rofl nice fold sir: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
still in three of the donkaments, meh. im not that amused. i should play better.
does anyone have a hand history converter that works with blogs?? if so holla at me.
peace
Thursday, August 21, 2008
grinding and grinding
playing some cash games for the first time in a prob a week. i have pretty much decided that playing after work is futile, because I usually just don't care and tilt my money off wayyyy too easily, or i get super frustrated and it is like my job extended. which is not good. because my goal is to a) make money and b) have it not suck while making money.
I do want to say something that has helped me so much in building a bankroll was signing up for rakeback. it is so clutch for anybody who is playing online, especially if you are playing small stakes, because the rake takes so much of a bigger cut of your profit. if you don't have it, get it, and if you are considering starting playing online, make sure you sign up for rakeback first. it has been worth a ton of money to me just since november. rakeupdate is cash money, click here to go there
i will update post sesh, which might be short, since im playing omaha hilo, and it looks like we are gonna play wii bowling at the same time
I do want to say something that has helped me so much in building a bankroll was signing up for rakeback. it is so clutch for anybody who is playing online, especially if you are playing small stakes, because the rake takes so much of a bigger cut of your profit. if you don't have it, get it, and if you are considering starting playing online, make sure you sign up for rakeback first. it has been worth a ton of money to me just since november. rakeupdate is cash money, click here to go there
i will update post sesh, which might be short, since im playing omaha hilo, and it looks like we are gonna play wii bowling at the same time
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
"the US has just won a street fight in Guatemala"
couldn't have been much more true. the game was poorly played by the US, and they didn't look particularly special. However, a win is a win, and certainly on the road it is a brilliant win. scattered thoughts from the game:
-wtf espn. cut away from the baseball game and go straight to the soccer. the pennant race is not going to be decided in august anyway. bump them onto espn classic.
- Landon needs to attack from the wings when he gets the ball out there. He did way too much pulling the ball back when either driving a ball in to streaking forwards or dribbling at defenders were both much more dangerous options.
- On the same note, that kinda went for the whole team. where was the creativity/flair? I think it is time to bump bradley or mastroeni from the center mid, and let either dempsey/adu have a run as a withdrawn forward with the other as an attacking mid. we aren't beating world powers attacking like tonight, and unless Bradley gets some attacking freedom, two dmids is not getting it done.
- well done Chingy. you didn't do much early, but second half you were a difference maker. loved the backscreen on Boca's goal, and your workrate up top was first class.
- Oh how having Damarcus beasley on the field changes things. We miss you D, get back to fitness quick please.
-Carlos Ruiz is a piece of crap. how he didn't have a red by sixty in is beyond me
-Scrappy win fellas. good teams win even when they suck, and so does the US apparently.
Usain bolt is incredible, his running is so dominant. It made me think how sick Olympic track events would be with soccer players only. think of donovan, messi, eto'o and torres all squaring off in the 200. the combinations would be awesome.
-wtf espn. cut away from the baseball game and go straight to the soccer. the pennant race is not going to be decided in august anyway. bump them onto espn classic.
- Landon needs to attack from the wings when he gets the ball out there. He did way too much pulling the ball back when either driving a ball in to streaking forwards or dribbling at defenders were both much more dangerous options.
- On the same note, that kinda went for the whole team. where was the creativity/flair? I think it is time to bump bradley or mastroeni from the center mid, and let either dempsey/adu have a run as a withdrawn forward with the other as an attacking mid. we aren't beating world powers attacking like tonight, and unless Bradley gets some attacking freedom, two dmids is not getting it done.
- well done Chingy. you didn't do much early, but second half you were a difference maker. loved the backscreen on Boca's goal, and your workrate up top was first class.
- Oh how having Damarcus beasley on the field changes things. We miss you D, get back to fitness quick please.
-Carlos Ruiz is a piece of crap. how he didn't have a red by sixty in is beyond me
-Scrappy win fellas. good teams win even when they suck, and so does the US apparently.
Usain bolt is incredible, his running is so dominant. It made me think how sick Olympic track events would be with soccer players only. think of donovan, messi, eto'o and torres all squaring off in the 200. the combinations would be awesome.
the road starts now
us vs guatemala, on espn2 or espn classic.
do work fellas do work.
me thinks we pull out a 2-1 win, with goals from landon and eddie "maligned" johnson
do work fellas do work.
me thinks we pull out a 2-1 win, with goals from landon and eddie "maligned" johnson
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
the onetwo initiative
so today, after spending some lovely time at work on www.ussoccer.com and watching some videos to distract myself from the fact that i still had 6 more hours of work left, i stumbled upon the Men's National Team: Playing in Guatemala vid. it was talking about the stress of playing in a different nation and how some of the players deal with the adversity of not only playing in front of a hostile crowd, but the fact they deal with people calling their rooms at 3am, radio stations setting up outside their hotel, fans jeering them at the airport and the like. pretty legit stuff. but when these teams come to play the US in the US, do they face the same sort of treatment? not usually. why not? shouldn't their games on the road be as stressful as possible BEFORE the game starts too? I certainly feel like it. and that is where the onetwo initiative rears its (optimistically) very ugly head.
basically, the onetwo initiative is an attempt to organize US Men's National Team fans across the US to rally behind our boys and also make life suck for their opponents. i will start a group on facebook that allows us to connect and work on how to screw with the Guatemalans, the Cubans, the T&T fellows, and quite certainly the Mexicans, along with any other team the US might face along their road to WC2010. Unfortunately, because a) i am poor and b) i am on the west coast, I can only do so much. but if someone can get me the hotel name and room numbers in Chicago, Columbus or any other city in the US, I would love to waste my precious family plan cellphone minutes giving mr. ruiz and mr. blanco calls to discuss items such as why they suck and that nobody likes them. because its time to take being a fan of the USMNT to a whole new level. so, if you are interested, post, or look on facebook for "the onetwo initiative" and join up, so that we can start acting like the rest of concacaf, while playing like the beast the US national team is.
peace
basically, the onetwo initiative is an attempt to organize US Men's National Team fans across the US to rally behind our boys and also make life suck for their opponents. i will start a group on facebook that allows us to connect and work on how to screw with the Guatemalans, the Cubans, the T&T fellows, and quite certainly the Mexicans, along with any other team the US might face along their road to WC2010. Unfortunately, because a) i am poor and b) i am on the west coast, I can only do so much. but if someone can get me the hotel name and room numbers in Chicago, Columbus or any other city in the US, I would love to waste my precious family plan cellphone minutes giving mr. ruiz and mr. blanco calls to discuss items such as why they suck and that nobody likes them. because its time to take being a fan of the USMNT to a whole new level. so, if you are interested, post, or look on facebook for "the onetwo initiative" and join up, so that we can start acting like the rest of concacaf, while playing like the beast the US national team is.
peace
allow me to reintroduce myself
to define luckbox united is the groundwork for this blog, luckbox coming from the poker world, as if you have a box filled with luck that lets you run good at critical times, and united from the futbol world, as in dc united, or yet more appealing, the united states of america. the passion for both poker and soccer are really what are driving me to write, along with some other topics like style and class, both of which i have little of but have great aspirations of. my name is biggy, and i love nothing more then snapping a brilliant free kick into the box and watching one of my teammates bury it with their head past a keeper. i also love lamp. after aspiring too long to write more, i think it is time to take some action. if one was to ask me what currently is running through my head in terms of top 5 topics, they would be
-US men's national team world cup qualifying, and pretty much the USMNT in general
-how soon the summer ends and i go back to school, with the intent to star on the club team
-learning to beat 50nl better
-hoping that i can find a nice Earthquakes jersey in the next two weeks
-and wondering what i am going to do with my life in 5 months when I graduate
if any of this seems borderline interesting, maybe i will be worth your time. if not, maybe you are so bored that i am worth your time no matter how dumb you think i am. if i am not worth your time, i recommend googling www.theoriginalwinger.com or www.theoffsiderules.blogspot.com as they are both blogs i enjoy greatly, and are certainly worth your time.
peace
-US men's national team world cup qualifying, and pretty much the USMNT in general
-how soon the summer ends and i go back to school, with the intent to star on the club team
-learning to beat 50nl better
-hoping that i can find a nice Earthquakes jersey in the next two weeks
-and wondering what i am going to do with my life in 5 months when I graduate
if any of this seems borderline interesting, maybe i will be worth your time. if not, maybe you are so bored that i am worth your time no matter how dumb you think i am. if i am not worth your time, i recommend googling www.theoriginalwinger.com or www.theoffsiderules.blogspot.com as they are both blogs i enjoy greatly, and are certainly worth your time.
peace
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