I had a pretty horrible run last night playing tilty and not picking spots well. I am still properly rolled for 50 nl. the government isn't paying me like they should be so I cashed out all but enough to play some limit games. I am going to take a month or less and play stud high, stud/8, and maybe some plo/8 all fixed limit. I had made an effort to learn them earlier and gave it up. Once I am back in a good financial situation I am going to go back to playing no limit and some plo. I am going to try and get some rakeback which would be awesome since i'm playing so much now.

That's about it. I doubt anyone cares but I am trying to keep posting in case I get famous and people read all my old posts.

adam

My kind of town

I spent the weekend in Chicago instead of going home for Labor Day. My Aunt Jan has season tickets to the Cubs and gave me one for Saturday and one for Sunday. The games were great and Chicago won both. I stayed with a friend from back home and her roommates. She knows some really interesting people in Chicago, and we happened to end up at a house party where everyone but the two of us was a law student at Depaul. It kind of depressed me to think that house parties in my future are going to consist of 18-21 year old girls and fraternity guys. Neither of which can probably hold a decent conversation or challenge me like the Depaul group did. C'est la vie.

Poker is going okay. I played 50 plo yesterday and lost 2 buyins. I just missed some hands, and I think I played ok. I played a breakeven stretch of 100 PLO which is my first time playing that high in either plo or nlhe.

I have a fair amount of homework due over the next 7 days so I'm going to cut this a bit short. I may post some more stuff on Chicago later.

Speaking of Chicago, if you've never had your hair pulled you're missing out. I enjoyed it a lot. (assuming opposite sex here).

plowned

I've been playing pot limit omaha for about the last week since the no limit grind was starting to make my face hurt. It's worked out well as I have had a lot of success with my limited grasp of the game combined with people trying really hard to burn/ throw money at me. i have moved up quickly from 25 to 50 plo with a lot of success. I am currently at about 1.8k or so bankroll wise after cashing out for expenses this month since the government is giving me my cheddar yet. At about 2.3k or so I am going to begin to play 100 nl and plo and probably have someone sweat me my first few sessions at each.

College is going well and doesn't seem like it will be too demanding after all the hype it recieved. I have found a church to attend with what appears to be a good group of people. I'll check out their campus ministry tomorrow and see what happens.

Hope life is treating you well.

adam

sick heater

I am down about a buyin from my high of a1440 or whatever. I cashed out 250 from by br for expenses, so I'm not sure when I'll take my shot at 50. My game feels good today. My br is like 1200 or so. I'm up about 150 in plo and the same in no limit today. Hands like the following were pretty standard. Villian is money hater of the week because me not having a king high flush or better here with 150bb is ridiculous.

Seat 1: prsNNN ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: Timo Gabriel ($51.95 in chips)
Seat 3: SiRElwooD3 ($15.20 in chips)
Seat 4: epdog ($47.25 in chips)
Seat 5: icecold12406 ($43.10 in chips)
Seat 6: harly ($19.50 in chips)
epdog: posts small blind $0.10
icecold12406: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to epdog [Ac 4c]
harly: folds
prsNNN: folds
Timo Gabriel: calls $0.25
SiRElwooD3: folds
epdog: calls $0.15
icecold12406: checks
*** FLOP *** [5c Tc 7s]
epdog: bets $0.75
icecold12406: folds
Timo Gabriel: calls $0.75
*** TURN *** [5c Tc 7s] [3c]
epdog: bets $1.75
Timo Gabriel: raises $3.25 to $5
epdog: raises $41.25 to $46.25 and is all-in
Timo Gabriel: calls $41.25
*** RIVER *** [5c Tc 7s 3c] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
epdog: shows [Ac 4c] (a flush, Ace high)
Timo Gabriel: mucks hand
epdog collected $91.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $94.75 | Rake $3
Board [5c Tc 7s 3c Ts]
Seat 1: prsNNN folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Timo Gabriel mucked [Jc 8c]

running bad at poker and things i want to do before i die

I have played pretty horribly the last 2 days and found out that my government money is going to start later than i thought it would. I cashed out my monthly profits so that puts me down to 1k again. I'm not real keen on grinding it out up to 1500 but i may take some shots at 1300 or so. We'll see.

I watched an old episode of Scrubs while waiting for the pick-up artist to start. There was an old lady who didn't want dialysis and the doctor tried to talk about all the things people should do before they die. In honor of that I am going to list some of the things I want to do before I die in no particular order.

go to Italy, have one MMA fight that is sanctioned and tickets are sold and stuff, do one of those crazy driving schools, go somewhere and do the weekend shooting thing at Valhalla or something. see a bunch of concerts, find someone 21 to go to the Colbie Caillat concert with me who's a girl. I will post more as I think of them in future blogs.

taking it easy

My family came up and I am pretty close to all the way moved in. I went and me the Army Reserve unit I'm going to be a part of and they seem a bit too excited for what I'm trying to accomplish. I have to go to Bloomington next weekend for training so we'll see how it goes. I have had a pretty good month so far. If I get up 2 buy-ins I'll be rolled to move up. I still need to get my Army money going so if that starts late I could be sucking for cash.

update for august

My goal for the month is 45k hands and making good decisions. I also want to move up to 50 nl permanently bankrolled at 1500. It's going to be tough to get the hands in because I'm moving to Champaign starting tomorrow. I have put off packing but I've had a good 3 days playing so far. If any of my buddies who read this are heading to Chicago from southern IL or KY give me a call since I'm on the way.

In honor of Poker Bob and his excellent blog, www.moneyhater.com, I have chosen my person who hates dollars most so far this month.

Seat 1: HoboJaws ($32.45 in chips)
Seat 2: redscorpionx ($31.80 in chips)
Seat 3: Lenin123 ($12.70 in chips)
Seat 4: I pRaXiS I ($24.85 in chips)
Seat 5: meriquezzo ($48.55 in chips)
Seat 6: epdog ($43.80 in chips)
HoboJaws: posts small blind $0.10
redscorpionx: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to epdog [Qh Qc]
Lenin123: folds
I pRaXiS I: folds
meriquezzo: calls $0.25
epdog: raises $1 to $1.25
HoboJaws: folds
redscorpionx: folds
meriquezzo: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [3h Qs Kd]
meriquezzo: checks
epdog: bets $2.25
meriquezzo: raises $2.25 to $4.50
epdog: calls $2.25
*** TURN *** [3h Qs Kd] [7h]
meriquezzo: checks
epdog: bets $7
meriquezzo: calls $7
*** RIVER *** [3h Qs Kd 7h] [Td]
meriquezzo: bets $35.80 and is all-in
epdog: calls $31.05 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
meriquezzo: shows [5s Ad] (high card Ace)
epdog: shows [Qh Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)
epdog collected $84.95 from pot

Nice hand, sir.