My New Year's Resolution

Play more MTT's

Calling Stations

PokerStars Game #36662426228: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25 USD) - 2009/12/13 21:21:12 ET Table 'Georgia III' 9-max
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: hero ($30.95 in chips)
Seat 2: Castro1957 ($6.40 in chips)
Seat 3: PiggyVault ($4.50 in chips)
Seat 4: kymssang4 ($5 in chips)
Seat 6: dima_player2 ($8.90 in chips)
Seat 7: billsir ($10.40 in chips)
Seat 8: wally2goood ($21.20 in chips)
Seat 9: BenHu ($28.35 in chips)

Castro1957: posts small blind $0.10
PiggyVault: posts big blind $0.25
baobao520: sits out

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [Kh Kd]
kymssang4: folds dima_player2: folds
billsir: folds
wally2goood: raises $1.75 to $2
BenHu: folds
hero: raises $28.95 to $30.95 and is all-in
Castro1957: folds
PiggyVault: folds
wally2goood: calls $19.20 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($9.75) returned to hero
*** FLOP *** [9h 2d Th]
*** TURN *** [9h 2d Th] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [9h 2d Th 5h] [8d]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
wally2goood: shows [9s 7s] (a pair of Nines)
hero: shows [Kh Kd] (a pair of Kings)
hero collected $40.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY *** Total pot $42.75 Rake $2.10

Board [9h 2d Th 5h 8d]
Seat 1: hero (button) showed [Kh Kd] and won ($40.65) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: Castro1957 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: PiggyVault (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: kymssang4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: dima_player2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: billsir folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: wally2goood showed [9s 7s] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 9: BenHu folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Some People Should Not Be Playing Poker

The other day i was driving and saw this familiar face scrounging through a trash bin, i regularly play with this guy at the Hawaaian Gardens CAsino, $3/$6 Limit Omaha. I'm thinking picking up plastics is just a hobby for this old guy.

That same night I played Limit Omaha and that same Old guy sits to my right, Im a raiser and i like to build pots but that night i could not seem to do it against this guy. I even gave him a freebie when I checked the nuts on the river on one of the hands. He is very passive and could hardly see the flop, he is just giving away his money, when he finally lost all his money(mostly to me), he stood up, wished everybody goodluck and left. I felt really bad for the guy, I wanted to give him his $100 back but i'm sure he'll just blow it again on the felt.
As I was driving home, i could not stop thinking about him and saying to myself, "I hope I dont become like him".

Anyway, I like to ask some of you, HAve you ever felt bad for any of your poker opponents(except friends and relatives), complete stranger when they are losing?

Cute Baby

PokerStars Game #36189551963: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25 USD) - 2009/12/03 11:31:48 ET Table 'Lesath V' 9-max
Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Rivaldo95 ($6 in chips)
Seat 2: gena goal ($6.10 in chips)
Seat 4: Jose_A135 ($14.95 in chips)
Seat 5: seadragon68 ($4.65 in chips)
Seat 6: kurgadon ($34.10 in chips)
Seat 7: hero ($15 in chips)
Seat 8: Lisamari ($5.85 in chips)
Seat 9: Jinxers ($28.60 in chips)
kurgadon: posts small blind $0.10 kobenator: posts big blind $0.25 hitsman125: sits out

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [5d 3d]
Lisamari: folds
Jinxers: folds
Rivaldo95: calls $0.25
gena goal: folds
Jose_A135: folds
seadragon68: folds
kurgadon: calls $0.15
hero: checks

*** FLOP *** [6d 4d 7d]
kurgadon: checks
hero: checks
Rivaldo95: checks

*** TURN *** [6d 4d 7d] [3s]
kurgadon: checks
hero: checks
Rivaldo95: bets $0.75
kurgadon: folds
hero: calls $0.75

*** RIVER *** [6d 4d 7d 3s] [7c]
hero: bets $1.50
Rivaldo95: calls $1.50

*** SHOW DOWN ***
hero: shows [5d 3d] (a straight flush, Three to Seven)
Rivaldo95: mucks hand
hero collected $5 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5.25 Rake $0.25 Board [6d 4d 7d 3s 7c]
Seat 1: Rivaldo95 mucked [Ac 5c]
Seat 2: gena goal folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Jose_A135 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: seadragon68 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: kurgadon (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 7: hero (big blind) showed [5d 3d] and won ($5) with a straight flush, Three to Seven Seat 8: Lisamari folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: Jinxers folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Cuadro De Alas Part Deaux

PokerStars Game #36102488242: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25 USD) - 2009/12/01 12:33:53 ET Table 'Ninina VII' 9-max
Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: hero ($22.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Atad16 ($43.80 in chips)
Seat 3: zombi player ($5 in chips)
Seat 4: Slowmo84 ($4.65 in chips)
Seat 5: Blackantz ($4 in chips)
Seat 6: seadragon68 ($5.45 in chips)
Seat 7: Schellihno ($19.05 in chips)
Seat 8: FIushGordon ($25 in chips)
Seat 9: rusher_NiNja ($25 in chips)

Atad16: posts small blind $0.10 zombi player: posts big blind $0.25

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hero [Ac Ad]
Slowmo84: folds
Blackantz: folds
seadragon68: folds
Schellihno: calls $0.25
FIushGordon: calls $0.25
rusher_NiNja: raises $2.25 to $2.50
hero: raises $3.25 to $5.75
Atad16: calls $5.65
zombi player: calls $4.75 and is all-in
Schellihno: folds FIushGordon: folds
rusher_NiNja: calls $3.25

*** FLOP *** [Th As Tc]
Atad16: checks rusher_NiNja: checks hero: checks

*** TURN *** [Th As Tc] [8s] Atad16: checks rusher_NiNja: checks hero: checks

*** RIVER *** [Th As Tc 8s] [Ah] Atad16: bets $5 rusher_NiNja: folds hero: raises $7 to $12 Atad16: calls $7

*** SHOW DOWN ***
hero: shows [Ac Ad] (four of a kind, Aces)
Atad16: shows [Js Ks] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
hero collected $25 from side pot
zombi player: mucks hand
hero collected $19.50 from main pot

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $46.75 Main pot $19.50. Side pot $25. Rake $2.25
Board [Th As Tc 8s Ah]
Seat 1: hero (button) showed [Ac Ad] and won ($44.50) with four of a kind, Aces
Seat 2: Atad16 (small blind) showed [Js Ks] and lost with two pair, Aces and Tens
Seat 3: zombi player (big blind) mucked [8d 8h]
Seat 4: Slowmo84 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Blackantz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: seadragon68 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Schellihno folded before Flop
Seat 8: FIushGordon folded before Flop
Seat 9: rusher_NiNja folded on the River

RAIL ADDICTION

Since this FTOPS started, i could not get enough of railing these events, I kept telling my self to play cash games instead of railing but I always end up railing even though I'm running good lately on my cash games.

Dont know why I'm addicted to it, watching these famous and unknown people gives me the satisfaction, like the other day I was watching a Fulltilt pro Thomas Bihl, he was cruising the Razz FTOPS event then boom suddenly he's out, I was very dissappointed.

Other Pros I railed are Aaron Bartley, Chip Jett and his lovely wife Karina, also railed Rkrouk and AKJHoosier.

Cuadro De Alas

PokerStars Game #35169948883: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25 USD) - 2009/11/10 12:02:03 ET

Table 'Cressida II' 9-max Seat #5 is the button Seat 1: zjxgzl ($37.70 in chips) Seat 2: MINITAX ($30.05 in chips) Seat 3: mmnax ($4.65 in chips) Seat 4: Chrisy14 ($8.10 in chips) Seat 5: johan75a ($23.40 in chips) Seat 6: TuteBube ($30.55 in chips) Seat 7: TNSMJT ($18.35 in chips) Seat 9: Hero($35.25 in chips)

TuteBube: posts small blind $0.10 TNSMJT: posts big blind $0.25 buszido: sits out

*** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Hero [Ah Ac]
Hero: calls $0.25
zjxgzl: folds
MINITAX: folds MINITAX leaves the table
mmnax: folds
Chrisy14: folds
johan75a: folds
TuteBube: folds
TNSMJT: raises $0.50 to $0.75
kobenator: raises $1.25 to $2
TNSMJT: calls $1.25

*** FLOP *** [As 2h Ad] TNSMJT: bets $16.35 and is all-in Hero: calls $16.35
*** TURN *** [As 2h Ad] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [As 2h Ad Kd] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TNSMJT: shows [Js Qs] (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
Hero: shows [Ah Ac] (four of a kind, Aces)
Anakin_Ali joins the table at seat #2
Hero collected $35 from pot TNSMJT leaves the table

*** SUMMARY *** Total pot $36.80 Rake $1.80 Board [As 2h Ad Kd 2s] Seat 1: zjxgzl folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: MINITAX folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: mmnax folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: Chrisy14 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: johan75a (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: TuteBube (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 7: TNSMJT (big blind) showed [Js Qs] and lost with two pair, Aces and Deuces Seat 9: Hero showed [Ah Ac] and won ($35) with four of a kind, Aces

Try Again Next Year Mr.Phil Ivey

So dissappointed Ivey did not win, I have a man crush on Ivey that i have dreamt that we were showering together and checking which one has a bigger ROI if you know what I mean.

For some reason my ROI is shrinking, could be the cold weather though.

Midnight Madness

Last night i got bored while railing Fulltilt FTOPS Stud H/L, so i fired up 3 events, $6.50 KO 90 man sng, $3.30 KO mtt and the $11 Midnight Madness. I'm a cash game player so I'm not that good at these tournament Poker, I used ABC poker and managed to money on all 3 events.

Took 5th on that $6.50 90man sng for $36 + $4 KO's, then 45th out of 1099 on the $3.30, got $7.69 + $2 KO's and lastly folded my way to 19th out 2451 players on that Midnight Madness for $96.

Midnight MAdness is what gave me the excitement, i was down to 2 bb on the initial phase after my QQ got cracked by JT suited, i was short the whole time, i was half BB on the bubble(351 players)then managed to picked small pots along the way, roller coaster ride and it ended at 19th place, it felt like I was making out with Megan Fox at one moment then realized it was Rosie Odonnell, you know what I mean.

So now I got 79% roi at Fulltilt, nick is GATJOSERIZAL and this is the OPR link, http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/fulltiltpoker/GATJOSERIZAL/poker/results/0F66FA161086476395680C309DA7DE94.html?t=2

Phil Ivey is Asian

Phil Ivey told me that he maybe black but he's asian from waist down, that's why he's scared to have a girlfriend coz she might rat him out and there goes his Poker Career.

Finally Won a $2.20 180 SnG

I'm mainly a cash game player but when i gather enough FPP i turn it to T$ then that's the only time i play sng's and dont have time to play MTT's.

I've been trying forever to win this $2.20 180 sng at Pokerstars and finally won one yesterday and its a whopping $108, woooohooo.

Back to Goldstar

There goes Platinum Star VIP level, not able to maintain this level because im done playing for the month and i only able to get 5,500 VPP, you need 7,500 VPP to stay at Platinum level, oh well.

Gays Just Want to Have Fun

Last Sunday I went to Commerce casino and decided to play $100 nl instead of my normal game of $4/$8 LHE, sat down and noticed 2 other peeps called in for table change.

Turns out 5 gay friends are playing, one is wearing women clothing which is nothing unusual for me but I felt like I'm in a Brokeback Mountain convention or somethin. They are loud especially when somebody get rivered, so the Poker Supervisor had to come down and warn them to tone it down.

Then came down a hand between one of the gay guys versus an Old man on the table, it was a raised pot, Old man bet and Gay guy went all in, Old man tanked and looked at the Gay guy and so the Gay guy look at him back and decided to stick his tongue out provocatively(like seducing somebody) and that did it, the Old man folded his Top pair and the Gay guy showed his 2nd pair bluff, table erupted in laughter and the poor Old man called for a table change.

Anyway, i wasn't happy with my play, got it all in with bottom set on a flop of 345 and one Gay guy who looked like Rupaul(Rupaul.com) got A2, no help on both turn and river and I was down a hundo. I changed table after that beat and was playing $4/$8 LHE when suddenly i heard a lot of yelling, it's between the Gays vs a midget Vietnamese guy, from what I gathered it was something about string bet. Then after 5 minutes, saw all the Gays being escorted by Security out of the Poker room , not sure why but I guess too much Gayness is not good.

Luckily for me I was able to recover my losses and won about $18 and called it a night. Outside the Casino, I saw the Gays smoking something and laughing, this is just one of those weird night for me.

Finally Platinum

Dear Hero,

Congratulations! You have achieved PlatinumStar VIP status.Your VIP level lasts for the rest of this month and all of next month.This entitles you to the following rewards:

- 150% FPP Multiplier - you now earn 2.5 FPP credits for every 1 VPP credit earned- PlatinumStar VIP Store access - choose from new and exclusive merchandise in the PlatinumStar store- USD 30,000 Weekly VIP tourneys - Saturdays at 14:30 ET for a 100 FPP buy-in- USD 75,000 Weekly VIP tourneys - Saturdays at 14:00 ET - FPP satellites available- USD 100,000 Monthly VIP tourney - last Saturday of each month, free entry- Sunday Million turbo satellite with 5 added seats - Sunday 14:30 ET

These exclusive VIP tournaments can be found in your PokerStars game lobby under the 'Tourney > VIP > All' tab.

To remain a PlatinumStar, you need to earn at least 7,500 VPPs next month to maintain your level.Earn 100,000 VPPs within the calendar year you can earn Supernova VIP status and even greater rewards. To learn more about the VIP Club and the rewards offered, visit our web page at http://www.pokerstars.com/vip

Regards,

The PokerStars Team

49 Victoria Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2LD

*******
Reached Platinum 836 am Sept 29. I actually lost $75 chasing Platinum level but gained more than 12,500 fpps which im probably going to use to buy a $150 gift certificate(12,000 fpp). 60,000 more VPP's and i'll reach supernova but i doubt i'll get there, i miss playing at Fulltilt.

Philippine Katrina

OMG, such a bad week for me and my fellow Filipinos, so many died due to this horrific flooding, my heart goes out to those affected and perished, I am actually crying while blogging and just could not believe the devastation caused by this typhoon. Stay safe everybody.

Platinum Obsession

I want to make Pokerstars Platinum VIP level so bad but not bad enough to take a work dayoff to get to it. Im currently only 2500 VPP away from Platinum, at the moment im juggling family, work and online poker.

Well, join me in my quest to make Platinum VIP level, i will try to update everyday as to how many more VPP i need, its September 16 and i have until midnight on September 30th.

I normally multitable a mixture of $1/$2 shorthanded LHE, .5/1 Limit Omaha full ring, .5/1 Seven card stud and .25/.50 NL full ring, depending on my mood. I know Pot Limit Omaha is the fastest way but i suck at it. You need 7500 VPP per month to get to Platinum level, wish me luck.

Update I:Sept. 17, only able to sneaked in 1 hr of play today,
2391 left.

UPDATE II: Sept 18, played 2 hrs but got spanked on my Holdem games so had to take it easy and play low stake Limit Omaha and 7 card stud, only able to generate 142 VPP, 2249 left. Big push this weekend, lets see if i can outsmart my fellow weekend donkeys.

UPDATE III;Sept 21, -not a lot of poker for the past 3 days, 1705 VPP left to go.

UPDATE IV;Sept 22, 1501 VPP left

UPDATE V;Sept 23, 1298 VPP left

UPDATE VI;Sept 24, 995 VPP left

UPDATE VII;Sept 25, 702 VPP left

UPDATE IX: SEPT 28, 195 VPP left

First Royal Flush this Year

I hit quads and straight flushes but this is my first Royal flush this year not much action though.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?4682394
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4682394P

You are playing too much when...

-you play too much when you stay away from kids playing bubbles, you are scared to bubble

-When at the zoo, the tigers, the elephants and the lions don't excite you anymore. Instead, you jump for joy when you saw the ... DONKEY! (from Pokermanila)

-When your boss calls you into his office to give you a raise and you instantly say I reraise. (PokerRoad)

-When your student fails a probability quiz, you call him a fish.(PokerRoad)

Quickest way to get T$

I've been looking for ways to get T$ quick, the 210 fpp satty to Pokerstars Quarter million takes a while to finish, so I finally saw in another forum that there's another satellite to Quarter million that's quicker and it's the 280 fpp hyperturbo.

Wow this is the bomb, i played 8 of them and won 5 for a whopping 55 T$, sold it to my buddy for $55 even and I got an additional $55 on my account, and it took me less than an hour for the whole 8 to finish.

Freeroll Itch

I tried to register for a freeroll but Pokerstars said i should consult my doctor first and so i did and apparently im allergic to freerolls, no wonder i get rashes when i play freerolls at Fulltilt, they should have warn me first, bastards.

Goodbye No Limit

I finally decided and convinced my self that No Limit cash games is not for me, its just a vicious cycle that keeps repeating. I would win like a gran playing shorthanded Limit but lose it all playing No Limit, its just sick.

Reason why i keep playing No Limit is i get to maintain my gold status and accumulate more fpps to get stuff, you dont even have to play a hand especially if you have at least 10 tables open, you'll get lots of fpps. I already bought some caps and shirts using fpps and one $200 electronic gift certificate(13,000 fpps).

No limit is also giving me the ultimate poker rush especially when winning a big pot from a cold stoned bluff, amazing feeling. Limit game is so boring, playing limit is like having to suck on Cow's tits instead of Jennifer Tilly's tits and believe me I had the privilege of sucking on JEnnifer Tilly's humungous tits and would have bang her too if my alarm did not sound off.

So here i am quitting No Limit and will forever be stuck on sucking Cow's tits so as not to lose my bankroll, Goodbye No Limit.

I Beg Your Pardon

Well, im not really running so good at Fulltilt but there was an incident two days ago where a beggar is bugging the hell out of one guy, apparently they are distant relative. So after a couple of rounds i won a pretty big pot and the beggar congratulated me little that he knows im down so much money. Then he started asking me for money, $5 is the minimum transfer at FT so i told him i cant, then started saying good stuff about me, saying he's been to Long Beach California, I know he could just be using google to get all these info but for some reason it worked, i sent him $5.

I know you'll going to say I'm stupid, I'm down at least $2000 at Fulltilt but i still gave away money, my reasoning is I used to be broke, i was so broke I go to KFC and lick other peoples fingers, he he he.

Anyway, growing up in Manila, I used to sell sampaguita flowers in Cubao, Philippines just to get by, i ate one meal a day just so i can use the money for my schooling.I have a soft spot in my heart for beggars, I even gave away money at Pokermanila members, not big but enough to make them say thank you from the heart.

And its a good feeling to give back, you all should try it, its better to give than to receive so they say.

Cinco Veces Por Pabor

This 5X FPP during Happy hour at Full Tilt is the bomb, i was able to get 3 $26 tokens out of it, normally takes me a week to get one token but was able to do get 3 in one day.

It would have been 4 tokens if not for freakin Aaron Bartley, yup same pro i mentioned in my past blog entry.

1800 fpp just started, Aaron raised 3X bb UTG and I went all in at SB with Aces, he flopped trip tens and Im out.

Anyway, yall can use this fpps too to buy stuff at Fulltilt store.

Sad Day, MJ passed away

Michael Jackson is the true King of Pop, I can't believe he is not with us anymore. I'm sure he's in a better place now, this world is just so cruel to him.

I grew up with his songs, from Beat it to Thriller and some other great songs he has, he was also credited with a lot of dance move, from moon walk to the shifting hips move. Imho, he's bigger than Elvis and the Beatles, he will forever be missed.

Here, Flushy Flushy

Heart is my favorite suit so I had to post these hands, feel free to analyze my moves coz im not a no limit player, I'm just glad I won these hands coz Im normally on the losing end.

PokerStars Game #29657317271: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/22 12:07:08 ETTable 'Catriona V' 9-max
Seat #8 is the buttonSeat 1: Jeremysl98 ($25 in chips) Seat 2: bizest ($40.20 in chips) Seat 3: Daergy ($10.50 in chips) Seat 4: NyGiant_92 ($14.90 in chips) Seat 5: azevedofla ($22.80 in chips) Seat 6: galle69 ($20 in chips) Seat 8: kobenator ($19.15 in chips) Seat 9: zotti1978 ($26.25 in chips)

zotti1978: posts small blind $0.25Jeremysl98: posts big blind $0.50galle69: posts small & big blinds $0.75

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kobenator [Ah 6h]
bizest: raises $0.50 to $1
Daergy: folds
NyGiant_92: folds
azevedofla: calls $1
galle69: calls $0.50
kobenator: calls
$1zotti1978: folds
Jeremysl98: calls $0.50

*** FLOP *** [9h Jh Kh]
Jeremysl98: checks
bizest: checks
azevedofla: checks
galle69: checks
kobenator: checks

*** TURN *** [9h Jh Kh] [7d]
Jeremysl98: checks
bizest: bets $1.50
joep888 has returned
azevedofla: calls $1.50
galle69: calls $1.50
kobenator: raises $2.50 to $4
Jeremysl98: folds
bizest: folds
azevedofla: folds
galle69: calls $2.50

*** RIVER *** [9h Jh Kh 7d] [2c]
azevedofla leaves the table
galle69: checks
kobenator: bets $6.50
galle69: calls $6.50

*** SHOW DOWN ***kobenator: shows [Ah 6h] (a flush, Ace high)galle69: mucks hand kobenator collected $28.10 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $29.50 Rake $1.40 Board [9h Jh Kh 7d 2c]Seat 1: Jeremysl98 (big blind) folded on the TurnSeat 2: bizest folded on the TurnSeat 3: Daergy folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 4: NyGiant_92 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 5: azevedofla folded on the TurnSeat 6: galle69 mucked [Jd Qc]Seat 8: kobenator (button) showed [Ah 6h] and won ($28.10) with a flush, Ace highSeat 9: zotti1978 (small blind) folded before Flop

PokerStars Game #29658031567: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2009/06/22 12:31:49 ETTable 'Mimosa II' 9-max

Seat #5 is the buttonSeat 2: PerelkaLysy ($61.55 in chips) Seat 3: charlib46 ($50.75 in chips) Seat 5: kobenator ($21.40 in chips) Seat 6: Basadoni ($49.25 in chips) Seat 7: smile large ($60.40 in chips) Seat 8: ilushin1978 ($15.75 in chips) Seat 9: erto13 ($112.30 in chips) Basadoni: posts small blind $0.25smile large: posts big blind $0.50

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to kobenator [Ah Ks]zbgerman leaves the tableilushin1978: folds erto13: folds PerelkaLysy: folds ilushin1978 leaves the tablecharlib46: raises $1.50 to $2kobenator: calls $2Basadoni: folds smile large: folds
*** FLOP *** [7h Qh 5h]charlib46: bets $3kobenator: calls $3
*** TURN *** [7h Qh 5h] [6h]charlib46: bets $7kobenator: calls $7
*** RIVER *** [7h Qh 5h 6h] [Td]Brutal Daze joins the table at seat #8 charlib46: bets $14kobenator: calls $9.40 and is all-inUncalled bet ($4.60) returned to charlib46
*** SHOW DOWN ***charlib46: shows [Tc Th] (a flush, Queen high)kobenator: shows [Ah Ks] (a flush, Ace high)kobenator collected $41.45 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $43.55 Rake $2.10 Board [7h Qh 5h 6h Td]Seat 2: PerelkaLysy folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 3: charlib46 showed [Tc Th] and lost with a flush, Queen highSeat 5: kobenator (button) showed [Ah Ks] and won ($41.45) with a flush, Ace highSeat 6: Basadoni (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 7: smile large (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 8: ilushin1978 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 9: erto13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

For better look, http://www.pokerhand.org/?4392867

Aaron Bartley is my Hero

Yesterday I was browsing through Fulltilt tourneys and saw lots of Red Pro, like David Pham and Stuart Patterson playing $150 event.

Then I went to the $1 10k event and saw one Red pro named Aaron Bartley and I wondered if Fulltilt is paying him to play this low stake event or he is just bored, I mean if I'm a red pro I will not play low stakes tourneys because my reputation is at stake, they may think I'm busto and make fun of me.

Anyway It's nice to see a red pro playing $1 tourneys and hope to see more, we would like to learn from the best.

By the way, last live event money of Aaron was August 2006 for a cool 47 gran.

God got pwned

Last Sunday, i decided to play at the Commerce and God was playing too, for all you non-believers, God exist and he is fond of poker.

So I sat down at the $100 No Limit table, God was directly in front of me, his beard seems perfectly cut. He seem to be in a good mood and singing "What If God Was One Of Us".

Anyway, I raised AsJs MP and God flat called me in the BB, flop was A,9,4 rainbow. He checked and I bet 3/4 the pot and he went all in, wow, i said to my self, "how would you like to be check raised by the almighty?", not the greatest feeling. So I decided to ask him some questions, first was, "that good huh" but he did not answer and could not seem to make eye contact, I asked him again, "you got an Ace" but he would not budge and seem can not hold it anymore and finally said, "i only got the 9", I instacalled and won the pot.

He further said that, "you know I cant lie, im God and lying is not setting a good example, I thought there would be less questions on low stakes", I agreed with him and nodded my head, felt sorry for the guy.

That put him on tilt, and he wasted another $1,000, he finally stood up and said, "I'm done, darn I was gonna use that money to build a Church in Nicaragua, oh well that's Poker".

When he was walking out of the Commerce, one guy asked him to take him to heaven with him and God answered, "sure if you can spot a me $500", the guy agreed and gave him five $100 chips, he looked at our table and yelled, "Deal me in".

God is back baby!!!!

Multitabling Equals Free Money and Stuff

I'm loving Pokerstars right now, I'm now at platinum VIP level and hope to reach Supernova. I achieved this by multitabling 0.50/1.00 Limit, .25/50 NL, and .25/.50 7 card Stud and I accumulated lots of FPP's.

So far I have used my FPP's to satellite into events, get T$, bought caps and T-shirts. I want to try the 5000 FPP turbo takedown but I have ballet and quilting classes on weekends so I cant get to these events.

I'm thinking of buying DVD's but all they have are poker related DVD's, they should have the classics like "Gone with the Wind", "Wizard of Oz", "Gigli" and the all time favorite "Brokeback Mountain".

If you want to accumulate FPP's fast I recommend multitabling, I'm a shortstacker so there's not a lot of thinking involve, I usually open 14-18 tables, you can get 2000 FPP's easy in one seating especially if you are on Platinum VIP level. The disadvantage however is you will not win big when you multitable/shortstacking but the variance is less.

Goodluck at the tables degenerates!!!

The Swine Flu Pandemic

Wow, this is not good, this Swine flu is spreading like Britney Spears legs, so many people died and more are infected every hour. According to studies, swine flu came from a person who were up close and personal with his pig, maybe he did the nasty thang with his pet pig and that's how it all got started.

Mexico just cant catch a break, after apologizing for the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua now this pandemic happens, it really sucks for them but I'm sure they can contain these cases, they are known to be Mexicans and not Mexican'ts.

Anyway, last time I had a flu was when I opened an account with Absolute poker, I can describe the bad feelings I had when suffering from a flu from these 3 scenarios,

-its like getting bad beats for a week.
-its like being a sex slave of Kathy Liebert for a week.
-its like getting touch inappropriately by Amarillo Slim for a week.

I know this is kinda lame and in poor taste but I'm doing this to put a smile on everybody's face much like when the Southpark peeps said that Canada already apologized for Celine Dion and Bryan Adams.

Busto Club

My horses(people I staked) did not pan out in the last SCOOP events so I'm down a lot and officially busto but its ok I got good health, my wife loves me.

If this gets worse I'm moving to Somalia to become a pirate I heard they got it made over there.

Pay No More

I will never pay for online tourneys using money again. What I'm going to do from now on is accumulate FPP's from playing cash games then use them to get T$ or tokens.

At Pokerstars, I will wait until I get 630 FPP's then I will satellite to Sunday 1/4 Million(210 FPP buy in), so if I win 2 out of 3 that would be 22 T$ I can use to play $6.50 45 MTT or other medium buy in tourneys.

At Fulltilt, I will wait until I get 1800 FPP's then play the 9 STT 1800 FPP buy in and try to get a $26 token, this is pretty easy to do, the hard part is using the $26 token to money on MTT's, I'll be honest I have not monied using these tokens yet unlike at Pokerstars where its easy to get those T$ to become real money.

Good luck at table degenerates.

Play Money Anyone?

Last night, one of my horse(guy I regularly stake at Poker) sent me an urgent message to give him a call immediately. I figured he needs a stake at his regular game of $30+$3 MTT at Pokerstars or he saw an overlay somewhere and he wants to give me a headsup.

So I called him, he immediately said that he's on a serious downswing and I told him I just got back from the Philippines and do not have enough dough but I can ship him $50 at the moment but he said he still has $400 on his account and all he needs is for me to transfer some play money to his account. I thought he was kidding, who the hell transfer play money, I asked him what's going on, he said he played a lot of MTT's lately and constantly bubbling, not getting ITM and seem to have lost his mojo.

I told him not to bother playing those kind of games because he will not learn anything from it and advised him to downgrade to low MTT's and his answer is, "I'm having fun playing these non-real money games, Are you going to help me or not?". I just shook my head and helped out the poor guy.

Runnin Good

Today I'm having one of those rare moments where I can't seem to lose, I have 3 windows open, 2 Limit Holdem games and one 7 card stud and I just took pot after pot and for some reason I got bored. So I decided to push my luck open another window and its a .10/.25 No Limit game, No limit is not my cup of tea that's why I dont play higher stakes.

And when you play low stakes poker you'll find donkeys like this one.........

PokerStars Game #25119438728: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/02/19 12:39:36 ET
Table 'Tyche II' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: kobenator ($13.45 in chips)
Seat 2: birk111 ($25.20 in chips)
Seat 3: backdor1 ($17.55 in chips)
Seat 4: martin775 ($71.05 in chips)
Seat 5: jayar1234 ($46.65 in chips)
Seat 7: enright3060 ($25 in chips)
Seat 8: skip821 ($25 in chips)
Seat 9: zokki123 ($24.15 in chips)
kobenator: posts small blind $0.10
birk111: posts big blind $0.25
enright3060: posts big blind $0.25
skip821: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kobenator [Tc Js]
backdor1: folds
martin775: calls $0.25
jayar1234: folds
enright3060: checks
skip821: checks
zokki123: folds
kobenator: calls $0.15
birk111: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qs Qd 9d]
kobenator: checks
birk111: checks
martin775: checks
enright3060: checks
skip821: bets $0.60
kobenator: calls $0.60
birk111: folds
martin775: raises $0.60 to $1.20
enright3060: folds
skip821: folds
kobenator: calls $0.60
*** TURN *** [Qs Qd 9d] [6s]
kobenator: checks
martin775: bets $2.75
kobenator: calls $2.75
*** RIVER *** [Qs Qd 9d 6s] [Kh]
kobenator: bets $9.25 and is all-in
martin775: calls $9.25 <--------------Wow!!!
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kobenator: shows [Tc Js] (a straight, Nine to King)
martin775: mucks hand
kobenator collected $26.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $28.25 Rake $1.35
Board [Qs Qd 9d 6s Kh]
Seat 1: kobenator (small blind) showed [Tc Js] and won ($26.90) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 2: birk111 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: backdor1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: martin775 mucked [9h 7d]
Seat 5: jayar1234 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: enright3060 folded on the Flop
Seat 8: skip821 folded on the Flop
Seat 9: zokki123 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Anyway, Did you all know that when chuck norris picks his nose, he really does find gold?, now you know.

Better Lucky Than Good

PokerStars Game #24893663694: Tournament #140538073, Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2009/02/13 11:25:03 ET
Table '140538073 4' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Murakami80 (980 in chips)
Seat 2: Simonel111 (7635 in chips)
Seat 3: kobenator (2945 in chips)
Seat 5: globe101111 (4250 in chips)
Seat 6: JonnyB0505 (2895 in chips)
Seat 8: xxxandyxxx46 (7670 in chips)
kobenator: posts small blind
100globe101111: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kobenator [5s 5d]
JonnyB0505: raises 400 to 600
xxxandyxxx46: folds
Murakami80: folds
Simonel111: calls 600
kobenator: calls 500
globe101111: folds
*** FLOP *** [5h 5c Ah]
kobenator: checks
JonnyB0505: bets 600
Simonel111: raises 1200 to 1800
kobenator: calls 1800
JonnyB0505: raises 495 to 2295 and is all-in
Simonel111: calls 495
kobenator: calls 495
*** TURN *** [5h 5c Ah] [3d]
kobenator: bets 50 and is all-inSimonel111: calls 50
*** RIVER *** [5h 5c Ah 3d] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kobenator: shows [5s 5d] (four of a kind, Fives)
Simonel111: shows [Ad Qs] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
kobenator collected 100 from side pot
JonnyB0505: shows [Ks Ac] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
Simonel111 said, "wow"
kobenator collected 8885 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***

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No big deal I flopped quads but this is special for me because one of the players has been harassing me and I busted him baby. I only placed second on this MTT but it feels good.

Slowing down the game

On my last blog I mentioned that Pokerstars banned my chatting privileges for 2 weeks, I received another email saying that they will cut it down to one week and saying the main reason why I got the ban was because I'm slowing down the game. Make sense slow game, less rake, Pokerstars are so smart.

No Chat For Two Weeks

I was completely dumbfounded when Pokerstars ban my chatting privilege for two weeks. While playing, a moderator told me that although I dont use profanity other players are getting distracted because I chat too much. So there you have it people, a warning to everyone, dont chat too much, my question is, Do you think this is just the action of that moderator?, I'm thinking there's got to be a player who complained and emailed Pokerstars.

Liz Lieu is indeed a Poker Diva

KLuber:310,000
Lieu:144,000

Ron Kluber completed from the small blind and Liz Lieu checked her option. Blinds are 4,000/8,000 with 12 people left on the tourney, already in the money.

On a flop of (6d Th Jd) Kluber led out for 20,000 and Lieu made the call. The turn landed the (5c) and Kluber pushed a stack worth 95,000 into the middle forcing Lieu into the tank.
After several minutes she layed down (4d 7d) with Kluber following suit showing (Jh 8h) and the pot.

So she folded an open ended flush draw, I like to get an idea as to when is the correct time to call with open ended flush draw with one card left(river) in an MTT, maybe my imaginary friends can help me out here.

Cant Even Win In My Own Dream

I was drooling over this tournament in Manila, Asian Poker Tour, I slept last night thinking I should've been there but I cant due to work and other commitments.

Anyway, last night I dreamt that I was heads up with Barry Greenstein for the coveted Asian Poker Tour first prize money. Mimi Tran, Bob Stupak, Steve Zolotow and Joe sebok are in the audience cheering for Barry. I remembered vividly Barry is slightly ahead in chip count, I got dealt T8 suited and called the miniraised from Barry.

Flop was T86 rainbow, I checked and Barry bet big, I hollywood for a moment then went all in, he reluctantly called with 69.

Turn was an Ace

But the river is a freakin 6.

I cant even win in my own dream, wth.

Midgets are people too

Last Sunday I went to play $4-$8 Limit Holdem at Commerce CAsino, I played with this midget guy who kept complaining about how casinos are not midget friendly, he's right why does he need to bring his own seat addon to play poker, they should have a high chair much like kids when they eat in a restaurant.

Anyway he went on and on about how he cant reach the chips and cards on the table and some other issues then proceeded to ask me a question which caught me by surprise why me?. "Why is it that there's no events for midgets at the annual WSOP?", so I just look at him seriously and answered, "Because that would be a tall order". The table burst into laughter including the little guy, I thought he would be offended but he's cool with it and surprisingly he also stopped whining too.

Hey that's a great idea that would surely bring in ratings, how about half buy in events for the midgets. This could be the newest event WSOP can introduce this year.

Softplaying or Collusion

Hand #76PokerStars Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2009/01/14 12:29:09 ETTable '133982116 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Villain (12488 in chips)
Seat 4: LuckyOne(127 in chips)
Seat 5: Victim (3950 in chips)
Seat 7: anothervictim (2271 in chips)
Seat 9: kobenator (8164 in chips)
Villain: posts the ante 25
LuckyOne: posts the ante 25
victim: posts the ante 25
Anothervictim: posts the ante 25
kobenator: posts the ante 25
Villain: posts small blind 100
LuckyOne: posts big blind 102 and is all-in
*** HOLE CARDS ***
kobenator:folds
Victim: folds
AnotherVictim: folds
kobenator: folds
Villain: folds <--------------------wtf
Uncalled bet (2) returned to LuckyOne
Villain said, "say thank you i leave you alive ;)"
LuckyOne collected 325 from pot
LuckyOne: shows [2d 9c] (high card Nine)
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 325 Rake 0
Seat 1: Villain (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: LuckyOne (big blind) collected (325)
Seat 5: Victim folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: anotherVictim folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: kobenator (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

As you can see Villain decided to get a tag team partner, LuckyOne was able to recover and they tag teamed to eliminate Victim, and then me, but they were both eliminated by Anothervictim on same pot. I tried to tell Villain that what he did is not cool but he just gave me the middle finger. I was also going to limp in with my rags to help eliminate LuckyOne but Villain has been very aggressive and I dont want to spew my chips.

I tried to complain to Pokerstars about this incident but they said, this is the first time they played together so its not collusion, whatever, I put some notes on this player and will get my revenge, bwahahahahahahaha.

I'm a Big Stud

This morning I got bored playing donkaments and just wandered in and around Pokerstars and saw a familiar game, 7 card Stud. This is the first game I have learned to play growing up in the Philippines, I visited my cousin in Olongapo City and there I saw a group of old and retired US Navy peeps playing this game. I observed and learned the game, my cousin told me to sit down and it was like baptism of fire, luckily I kept getting trips and flushes that I won $10 on the session which is pretty big during that time.

Fast forward to present time, I used to grind this game at HAwaiian Gardens but I got tired of the big casino rake and smelly old farts playing Stud. One funny thing I encountered playing Stud was when the casino was full and this young guy sat down and thought he was playing Hold em game, he asked, "Dealer, why did you show one of my cards", we all laugh and the poor kid stood up and left. This is so great, I can play Stud at home, it must have been a big undertaking for the programmers to get this game going online.

Anyway, I was surprised to learn from National Enquirer(you know they are never wrong) that my friend Chuck Norris was supposed to be going to Somalia to hunt down Somali pirates but Human Right Activist protested saying that would be too cruel. Instead, Chuck is stuck in India working as a call center tech support agent, bad economy is sure affecting everybody.

New Year, New Donkaments

I was looking at Pokerstars and they have this new 90 MTT with 12 places getting paid, this is sweet, they have a 3.25 buy in(Turbo ) with 1500 chips then a $5.50 buyin (non-Turbo) with 2000 starting chips. I like this type of MTT's, 180 MTT and up are too long and too much for me. Fult tilt's version is the 90 KO sit n go, they also have a $5.50 90 MTT with 18 places getting paid but it takes more than an hour to fill up.

I timed 3 MTT's at Pokerstars from zero to full, I did it this morning 8am Pacific time, first was 45 MTT $6.50 and it took 2 minutes and 21 seconds to fill up, while it took 6 min 2 sec for the 90 MTT $5.50. Then I went to Fulltilt and timed the 90 KO MTT on both 3.30 and 10+1 KO MTT, the $3.30 took 6 min & 35 sec while the 10+1 took 11 minutes to fill up. Well there's nothing surprising about this data, there are more traffic on Pokerstars than fulltilt, but for me who have less than 2 hrs of poker play everyday, it does not make sense to go on Fulltilt at all.

By the way, my friend Chuck Norris just called me and asked if I have authorization to use the word "KO" on my blog and I said no but he's in a good mood so he's letting me use this word "KO", apparently Fulltilt is paying Chuck Norris for using the word KO on their site, KO and other words like dead, killed, roundhouse kick, action and spanked are all trademark by my friend Chuck Norris, so dont just use these words without his permission, just a friendly reminder.