DQB sucks... esp when you get stacked by it...

No narration necessary. This HH says it all.

Full Tilt Poker Game #4767119575: Table Woodmore (6 max) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:33:31 ET - 2008/01/06
Seat 1: lethalphorce ($496.80)
Seat 2: rakata ($534.30)
Seat 3: 1timedealer ($792.60)
Seat 4: Parra Poker ($547.90)
Seat 5: thyoun ($357.40)
Seat 6: RecessRampage ($777.80)
thyoun posts the small blind of $2
RecessRampage has 5 seconds left to act
RecessRampage posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RecessRampage [Qh Qc]
lethalphorce folds
rakata raises to $14
1timedealer folds
lethalphorce is sitting out
Parra Poker folds
thyoun folds
RecessRampage raises to $44
rakata calls $30
*** FLOP *** [9s Qs Ks]
RecessRampage bets $65
rakata calls $65
*** TURN *** [9s Qs Ks] [Kc]
RecessRampage has 15 seconds left to act
RecessRampage bets $110
rakata has 15 seconds left to act
rakata raises to $220
RecessRampage has 15 seconds left to act
RecessRampage raises to $668.80, and is all in
rakata calls $205.30, and is all in
RecessRampage shows [Qh Qc]
rakata shows [Kh Kd]
Uncalled bet of $243.50 returned to RecessRampage
*** RIVER *** [9s Qs Ks Kc] [2s]
RecessRampage shows a full house, Queens full of Kings
rakata shows four of a kind, Kings
rakata wins the pot ($1,067.60) with four of a kind, Kings

DQB is nice... esp when you double up!

Sorry for the lack of hand history posts that I'm sure you all have come to expect. Ever since my Windows went down and I switched over to a Mac, I don't have Pokertracker (though they are coming out with PT3 which is compatible with a Mac) so I can't really post analysis type hands since generally, I don't pick hands to post about during a session but rather, it happens during the review stages. So far, my 6 max results have been mixed... I was doing well last night but as I got caught up in the silly FullTilt promotion (silly because I'm a sucker), I noticed a severe drop off in my performance and started spewing chips like crazy... having said that, this certainly helped...

Full Tilt Poker Game #4758571857: Table Tuscarora (6 max) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 9:03:29 ET - 2008/01/06
Seat 1: gomore ($608.40)
Seat 3: Bandit84 ($420)
Seat 4: RecessRampage ($410)
Seat 5: Lovenit2 ($76)
Seat 6: jeppg1111 ($745.85)
Bandit84 posts the small blind of $2
RecessRampage posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RecessRampage [8d 8h]
Lovenit2 folds
jeppg1111 raises to $14
gomore folds
Bandit84 folds
RecessRampage calls $10
*** FLOP *** [7d 8c 8s] <--- DQB!!!
RecessRampage checks
jeppg1111 has 15 seconds left to act
jeppg1111 has requested TIME
jeppg1111 bets $15.15 <--- interesting bet
RecessRampage has 15 seconds left to act
RecessRampage raises to $30.30
jeppg1111 has 15 seconds left to act
cHusTLe9 sits down
cHusTLe9 adds $80
jeppg1111 has requested TIME
jeppg1111 calls $15.15

To be honest, that weird bet made me think he actually had a fairly big hand that he was trying to slow play on this fairly safe looking board. And since I've been fairly aggressive with fluctuating chip count, I felt that I could actually make some serious money if he in fact had like an overpair.

*** TURN *** [7d 8c 8s] [Ks]
RecessRampage has 15 seconds left to act
RecessRampage bets $68
jeppg1111 has 15 seconds left to act
jeppg1111 raises to $136
RecessRampage has 15 seconds left to act
cHusTLe9 is feeling angry
RecessRampage has requested TIME
RecessRampage calls $68

*** RIVER *** [7d 8c 8s Ks] [4d]
RecessRampage has 15 seconds left to act
RecessRampage bets $160
jeppg1111 raises to $320 <--- worst raise ever. I only have $70 behind. How would I fold anything?
RecessRampage calls $69.70, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $90.30 returned to jeppg1111

*** SHOW DOWN ***
jeppg1111 shows [Ts Js] a pair of Eights <--- LMAO
RecessRampage shows [8d 8h] four of a kind, Eights
RecessRampage wins the pot ($819) with four of a kind, Eights
jeppg1111 stands up

I was aware of my image but I'm not even gonna try to say I played this right or anything. This guy played his hand horribly, got involved in a pot he had no business being in and made a bluff on the river that made no sense considering I only had $70 left and the pot was like $700... Only thing I fold is A high... And with all that action, how did he think I had nothing???

Honest, I'm a luckbox!!! and being a collection degenerate...

The flop was ok but I really liked the river.



I played in the Mookie and that didn't go so well. I ended the night 22nd out of the 53 players. I don't really care about that. Hell, I don't even really care about winning that thing right now. Sour grapes? No. I just want to knock Mookie out so that I can get a banner for this empty site of mine. That's the only reason I've played the past two weeks... and yet this week, I never saw Mookie at my table... that's a bad beat in my book.

On a different note, there were some funny discussions that happened at my table. Jamyhawk read my blog about how I'm obsessed with points and pointed out how he got a kick out of it because he has a similar mentality... with the McDonald's Monopoly promotion (am I violating some sort of copyright laws here???). Then PokerBrian joined in on the discussion about how he's hooked on that as well. I think someone else may have joined in on the convo but I can't remember off the top of my head so if you are reading this and you wanna get linked for your valuable comedic input on the McDonald's Monopoly pieces, let me know in the comments. It was funny though... cuz I can totally relate.

"Hi, yes, can I have the quarterpounder combo with coke. Oh, and can you supersize that?" (so I can get an extra game piece)

Then the discussions that followed on the table were anywhere from eating McDonald's twice a day, several times a week, to seeing if you can get a job there during the promo or have a family member work there during the promo, or being a fake health dept inspector, etc. It was degeneracy at its finest. Of course, Mike will probably advocate donating any winnings to charity cuz he is morally superior to myself (which my friends will tell you isn't really that hard). But hey, FYI, I do donate money to St Jude's every year so stick it! I also donate (or used to) money to VA Home for Boys... of course, in return, we get to use their gym once a week for 2 hrs to play basketball... Hey, if I don't get anything in return, that's -EV right? Huh? Am I missing something???

And btw, my Vegas plans are set, vacation time has been approved, flights are booked... I just need to get myself a hotel room. Degeneracy at its finest. Can't wait for December!

Oh, and one more thing... tonight, I'm playing Lucko in our Heads Up Championship. I have no idea what time. If we hash something out during the day, I'll post it here... not that anyone would be interested.

DQB and HUC5

I love lucksacking when I'm "trying out" the 5-10NL table. It's no presto but 66 has been good to me. Not quite the largest pot I've won but close. Dem Quads Bitches!!!



Alright, so on to the main topic for today. I haven't really mentioned much in my past posts but over the course of what feels like the past few months, I've been a part of this Heads Up Challenge 5. Now, admittedly, Fuel had to twist my arm a little to enter because I wasn't too comfortable with my heads up game so I kinda thought it would just be a waste of money. Nonetheless, after some coaxing and trash talking from him, I decided that I'll enter and see how it goes. Surprisingly, I won all three of my matches so far in a complete sweep and so I'm currently 7-0... 3 more wins for me to take the title. Along the way, I beat a former HUC champion (HUC 3), WillWonka and in the Final 4, I beat Matt in the best of 5 series to advance to the Finals... against none other than lucko himself. Now for those of you that don't know... Lucko's blog was one of the first blogs I've read. I'm not even sure how I found his blog because until I started blogging one day, I wasn't even a reader of blogs. I guess maybe I did a random search or something and found his. Nonetheless, from the moment I saw his blog, I kinda became a fan... and by kinda, I mean totally. And I actually learned a lot from the things he mentioned in his blog. So, to say that taking this title by defeating Lucko would be sweet is an understatement. When I first entered this challenge, I didn't really care... I wanted to keep it respectable and advance to the second round or something but I didn't think I'd make it this far. Now that I have, I want the title sooooo bad... Yes, Fuel, so I can be like you, as you so cleverly pointed out in your email yesterday. See the bracket below to see my road to the Final.



Now so far, I didn't really post anything about this challenge because I didn't have much to say... or rather, I didn't have much that I wanted to share with my readers. Especially because I knew that some of my potential opponents read my blog, I didn't want to tip off anything. I don't think Lucko really reads my blog (he might occasionally stop by but that's about it) and I don't think anything I share here is gonna give him any advantage since he probably already knows this stuff.

So, I will say one thing to any of my former opponents who read this... I have one confession to make. I lied to you guys. I wasn't quite the cardrack that I told you I was. Did I get good cards and timely cards? Definitely. But I didn't have good cards every time I raised. And I think I raised often. And by often, I mean 99% of the time. I was gonna do that until I got pushed back and no one so far has pushed back at me. I also did switch gears every now and then so that I didn't become predictable. So I would sometimes call down with top pair and win at showdown, I'd bet top pair at other times, etc. But even in between matches, I'd tell them how sick of a run of cards I was getting... I wanted to give them the image that I was actually catching cards so that my frequent raises would be moderately respected. And that's all I needed. I didn't need them to totally believe me but as long as that was in their heads, I felt that my mission was accomplished. Am I a jerk for lying? Hell no. This is poker. Friends away from the table, war on the felt. Right?

And btw, I'm not in any way indicating that it was easy for me to win. Don't get me wrong. Again, getting timely cards and also being able to hit the flop and avoid bad beats in a close race-type situations (even a 60-40 or 65-35) was key to me winning. So don't take this is a "I actually schooled you but I was being nice about it" type of way. This is not, in any way, intended to come out that way.

I'm pretty sure Lucko will give me a hell of a game and I look forward to it. I think our showdown is tentatively scheduled for Thursday. God, I really hope my Friday post is something along the lines of "I'm the HUC5 Champion!!!" or "Move over Fuel, here comes the new champ" or something along those lines. Oh well, if not, back to the drawing board for HUC6.

Lucko, if you are reading this, just remember that every time I raise, I have AA. Just FYI.

DQB!!!

In a span of 4 hands... see the top right hand corner.





I had two fantasy football drafts this weekend but I'm not posting my rosters and analysis/thoughts about them until I'm done with my last FF draft on Wed. I don't want to give out my thoughts and strategies since some of the guys in the bloggers league do read my posts. But I will say this. I was pretty happy with both of my drafts. They were both keeper leagues (only one player though) so the make up of the draft changes a little but not too much. I hope everyone had a nice weekend... now it's back to the grind.