Poker Weekend
Friday, November 04, 2005
If all goes well, this weekend and upcoming week will be jam packed with Pokery goodness. But lets first look at yesterday's poker action.
I played two heads-up matches against Veneno. I could probably play HU v. Veneno every day for 2 months and not get bored of it. I won only the first game, but it was for $10. The 2nd game was for $5, based on V's request. Her rule of thumb: if you lose one game, drop to a lower a buy-in. It's a faulty rule because it'll make it harder to climb out of the hole, but it's also pure genius, because often one loss begets another. My record against V is 4-3, which isn't too shabby, seeing as she is a blogger v. blogger Heads-Up specialist (although you wouldn't know from the HUC2).
I then played a $20 freezeout with GCox on Titan. This was too high for my current bankroll, probably, but I love freezeouts. I became short-stacked (I ALWAYS BECOME SHORTSTACKED!) and pushed in the cut-off with 22. One player called with A4o, and hit the 4 on the flop. Then I hit a four-flush. Booya! In the vey next hand, I held AKo and pushed one from the cutoff. I was called by K8c! We both hit Ks, but he hit runner runner flush to take me out. Booya! GCox placed 19th, which must have been dissappointing. I have to admit though, G is one of those players whose game I really admire. Him and "dreamy" Scott. (Just looking at his blog, it appears he was in the same tourney and placed in the top 10!)
Oh well. At least I have some poker to look forward to. On Saturday, if I am at all able, I am jumping into Pauly's 1pm $10 MTT on PokerStars. In that same vein, if I can swing it, I want in on Wil Weaton's $10 MTT of PokerStars tonight. Realistically speaking though, I have plans to go back to LI with wifey Kim tonight, and we should be at my mother-in-law's tomorrow, helping her clean out a storage closet. My weekend is packed with fun activities!
On Sunday, I have gotten the go ahead from wifey Kim (aka She Who Must Be Obeyed, in a nice way of course) to play in Little Acorn Man's UK v. US SNG. My money is on America. If we could whoop their ass in the Revolutionary War, a stupid SNG should be no problem. Don't bluff until you see the whites of their cards!
Other than that, wifey Kim has brunch plans Sunday morning, while I will be waiting for the cable guy to deliver our 2nd DVR box. While I'm waiting, might as well play! I plan on finishing my Paradise Poker bonus via PSO (referral code: HighOnPoker) and earn myself just about enough PSO points for a $100 BestBuy gift certificate. I can thank Aussie Dave for helping me out, as well as an unknown player for also using my referral link. Whoever you are, make yourself known so I can spread the love! And while you are at it, quit being such a prag and check out VegasPokerPro for gift certificates, poker chips, and other gifts that are even easier to earn.
So, I am thinking about putting money into Party Poker because of Kipper's recent success in the Step Tourneys and other players hyping up the Shootout tourneys. But I may also need to deposit money into Poker Stars for Acorn's SNG. In anticipation, I withdrew $50 from Titan last night. I checked my Neteller account when I got confirmation that the withdrawal went through, and what do I see? $100! I guess I must've already withdrew $50 a couple of days ago. Long story short, I just found myself an extra $50! Sweet! Of course, that'll probably go to cover my HUC2 loss (and GCox's loss, since I never paid him for the HUC1).
Finally, the end of Genoa has caused my homegame to rise from the ashes. This Wednesday I plan to hold a $20 rebuy tourney at my apartment. I also hope to have a 2nd game scheduled for next Saturday, when wifey Kim will be in Connecticut.
That's all for now.
I love poker. Pokery, poker, poker. Here it goes down, down into my belly...
posted by Jordan @ 11:05 AM,
4 Comments:
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At 11:59 AM,
GaryC said...
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I admire your aggression also, J. I think we could find a pretty solid player if we were to merge your aggression and my tight-assedness.
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At 2:27 PM,
Dave said...
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May just join in the fun on some of those tourneys this weekend. Wil Wheaton's and Dr Paulys sound like a good excuse for MTT action. I'm going to be in a couple of freerolls over on Absolute also as I just signed up with them and get to do a new depositors freeroll. Woot. Wish me luck. I took half my bankroll out of Poker Stars to fund my bonus whoring over at Absolute. Maybe see you on the Stars bloggers tourneys later on... pokerdwarf on Poker Stars.
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At 2:55 PM,
Jordan said...
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Chip, I hoped you used PSO or VPP when signing up for Absolute. If I'm not mistaken, you've used PSO before, so I'm sure you used it this time.
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At 11:49 PM,
Yoyo (Poker Poison) said...
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Wow..thanks for the kind words Jordan. I definitely enjoy the challenge of playing HU matches with you. Anytime! And I don't always drop in the price of the games I play, but you have a better track record against me than most..and my bankroll is running low..so I was being more reserved. It was a sign of respect. I didn't think I could beat you easily.
