$1500 WSOP On TV

Okay,

My 15 minutes may have been 15 nanoseconds for my CHIPS. When you watch the WSOP $1500 NL event on ESPN and see Matusow throw his hands up in celebration, it was him beating my AA with his QQ. U can see my chips.

Damn, I sure do hope that Andy Warhol was wrong and that was not as close as I get to a bracelet. I was so happy the way I played in that event. The bracelet will get closer, but it will take just that to make it more special than cashing in my first WSOP event.

Until next time,

Good Luck and See You at the Felt..................

Back to Stars

Okay,

I have been running bad on line the last month. Could not find a cash to save my bankroll. Put $100 onto PokerStars and played the $11 rebuy event. 1325 players, cashed finishing 130. In order to do that, I had to pull a rabbit out of my hat a couple of times. My stats are below:

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 254 hands and saw flop:

9 out of 30 times while in big blind (30%)
6 out of 29 times while in small blind (20%)
23 out of 195 times in other positions (11%)
a total of 38 out of 254 (14%)
Pots won at showdown - 10 of 17 (58%)
Pots won without showdown - 18

Zero bluffs, one suck out and waited for big hands. worked, got one bad beat, got short and found a way to the money. Oh well, see you all on Wednesday at the $220 NLHE. Until then,

Good Luck and See You at the Felt..............

Weekend Update

Damn I hate poker sometimes. I don't even have to play it to feel that way.

I went to Kentucky this weekend to play a two-man multi-format golf tournament that I have played in a number of times. Now Grip Sr. and me have never made the greatest of teams, but we can put it together on occasion and really post a good score. Not this weekend. A 79 and 78 ended our weekend on a bad note. Poker has obviously kept me away from the course too much. Balance needs to be found, as I have said before.

Friday night, went out to eat with Mrs. Grip. Got home and unceremoniously lost $200 at PLO (.25-.50 blinds). Key hand, I had built up my initial $50 into $135. Should have gone to bed. One player had $80 and all others were under $50. Turn top set of Ks, with a nut straight on the flop. River makes the nut flush for $80 stack, runner runner style. Don't win another hand and quit after the fourth buy in.

After I got done with golf on Sunday, I drove down to Murray, KY and sat in a 10-20 game that my friend from Princeton, KY has just started. Saw Big Man Bob V. played for an hour before I headed back to music city. Won $505 in a little over an hour and a half. Good game, predictable action. Nice win.

Going forward, I will avoid the 15-30 for a while. I have to come up with a different style to attack that game. I will prepare appropriately and will pulverize their weak play. I just need to come up with a game plan and stick with it. I will be back with a focus that those players cannot deal with soon. It will be sweet, I guarantee it.

I am going to play the $200 NL this Wednesday and hopefully the poker gods will allow my hands to hold up late. Any way, until next time.....

Good Luck and See You at the Felt................