April 29, 2006

Played a few sngs today. I played 1 heads up $22 sng and lost, so i fired up 2 $55 10=man sngs on party. Had AA on both within the first 15 mins...one netted me about 450 chips and the other cost me 90% of my chips...had a dude call me with AQs and hit a flush. so, i fired up another sng and ended up winning one. So, im up 63 bucks...gonna try to play more and more...hopefully play about 4-6 sngs a night.

April 24, 2006

Well, I have been dabbling in the heads up sngs with mixed results. I started out messing around and got killed. then, my friend told me he found them easy, which I interpreted as a challenge because I had not experienced the same thing...so I decided to start to play with more purpose.

I have been up and down, but doing solid. Had a funny $22 heads up sng today. we played over 20 mins and i had him all in and behind in every level, but he sucked out every time. I just got incredibly unlucky...and the final hand, he had just over 2000 chips, so i had just under...blinds were 200/400 and i pushed K10s. He calls with AA, of course. so I fired up a $33 because i want to win some $$ if I win, so I have Q6 and min raise. He min raises back to me and the flop comes 2 6 7. I bet out, he pushes...at this point, i just say fuck it and call. He has 52 and my 6s are looking better! turn comes....5! mother F#&!er!! River hits, 7! JUSTICE!

I am heading to the gym, up 5 bucks. i just dont think these heads up sngs are worth it...they are tough to play a few at a time...i gotta get back to the regular sngs.

April 19,2006

My first night back wasnt pretty. I messed around with heads up sngs and ran into some tough luck and bad play on my part. i really felt like a fish...never got into that comfort level, but i will keep on playing and hopefully get back into the groove. Ended up dropping a few hundred last night...hoping for a better night tonight. im gonna play a heads up sng and hit the gym.

So far, won a heads up 22 sng in 3 hands, went and ran 2.75 miles, and then won another 22 sng on the first hand...up 36 bucks, woohooo a winning night.

Ok, actually this first part of the entry was for april 18th. anyway, just starting. lost a few...finally got into a groove, was patient, 6 left, i had JJ raised and had 1 caller, 5 hi flop, he checks i bet pot, he pushes, i call. he shows 99, 9 on turn...not the reward i was looking for. hopefully will turn around...im gonna play for a few hours tonight.

on the bubble...im the 2nd big stack and get AJ on the button...shortstack, has just under half of my stack pushes and i call...he has A9 and catches a flush! my fuckin luck is horrible! still alive though...hoping to cash my first 10 man sng since i started playing again lol how sad

Ok im heads up with a 1:3 chip disadvantage...lets see if those heads up sngs are helping lol

TOOK HIS ASS DOWN!!

April 16, 2006

So I changed up my date format...but no one will notice :)

I thought I would take this opportunity to say Happy Easter to everyone.

I want to get back into playing and hopefully this week will be my week. Working out is a priority and so is my project...hopefully my friends will pick up the slack on my project and i will be disciplined with my working out. What I am asking from myself in terms of playing poker is truly minimal...1 hour a night. I guess I am just feeling rusty and am not mentally ready for a losing session. I need to power through this and just fuckin play!

April 12, 2006

Played 2 $11s to get started...didnt wanna jump into the 77s. now im in 2 22s...didnt play the first 2 very well...

not dong well in the small buy ins...weird play and im just not used to it...after i get these done, i dont know if im gonna jump to the 77s or not. i am getting up, but just making bonehead moves and calls...very rusty....i dont wanna let myself get like this again. when you have a good thing going, dont take it for granted!

I finally settled down and played my game...built up some chips and lost a coin toss with JJ to AK...so i rebuilt and lost A6 to K5. frustrating...but a good sign that i am getting back in the groove.

well, despite some rough luck, i played well and lost 3 hands where i was all in and ahead. hands arent holding up...still feel out of sync, but am getting closer to playing good poker....still trying to press a bit too much, but i think i reigned that in and am ready to log a few more...still down under 70 bucks, so cant really complain.

Playing well with no results...about to crap out on my empire account...so that was a worthwhile free 25 bucks from empire....cashed out over 300 and lost the rest getting back in the game...then again, i am chip leader on a 33 right now and if i win i will be up for the night lol

lost KQs to K9o...i love this game...

now im shortstacked...sucks, not a nice welcome back. fucked again, A3s loses to 68. lost more 3 to 2 and 3 to 1 hands today...so happy i played the lower stakes tables...but maybe i took those losses because i was at a lower stakes table. regardless, i feel better about my game and am ready to move up tomorrow.

Saturday 4/1/2006

Wow, I havent posted in a week. I am almost as bad as Ric.

I guess my new job has been taking up a lot of my time...and i have been going to the gym and stepping up my work on my project...testing will start soon and i will have a good idea about the future of my project here in a month. Poker has taken a back seat this month, but i have a feeling it will return this month. i am shooting for 120 sngs and a 15% ROI. That is my goal for April and it is very attainable! I have always been able to play 120 sngs...the only way I will allow myself to drop below that threshhold is if my project is making me money...lets see if i log any tonight...