7-Deuce.com: June 2006

Bubble Boy

Alright so for the past month I have been on the bubble of the final tables at Red Hot and it's starting to get annoying. (yes I got 2nd online, but live play is what we are talking about here)

I don't really know what's happening late in the game, am I losing it? Playing to tight? Oh now I remember...getting knocked out by people that haven't played the game!
Yes A 3 off is a great hand to call my raise with when I have A J, and then I bet out on every single card and she called it down after thinking each time for like 10 minutes...and then hits a 3 on the river to knock me down to nothing....but hey that's poker.
Last night it was a great outing but I just got blinded out when the cards went away at critical points. The hand that put me out was my 7's vs AK and the king came.

Also last night some funny things happened, the 2nd hand I doubled up when I hit my queen high flush and the guy went all in with a 9 high flush.

Then two hands later, 25/50 blinds. I raise it to 200 with AK, I am talking to this guy beside me when this other guy raises me to 600, no one else is in, I turn to him and say "You raised ME?" He's like ya...So I say all in, he thinks for like 5 secs and says call...I flip over AK he flips over AQ, boom I knock him out as well.

So back to the bubble...I bring this up because the Red Hot Tournament of Champions is coming up and today the stats got updated and guess who is on the bubble LOL ME!
120th place which is right at the cut off...I mean damnit...if I bubble on this and don't get in I will be pisssssedddddd.

In case you didn't know

The World Series of Poker starts today in Las Vegas....sickkkkkkkkkkkk

And also if you didn't hear Mike Sexton won the WSOP tournament of champions, beating Daniel Negreanu and taking away 1 million bucks.
www.worldseriesofpoker.com for all the info

Arrggg what a Tournament

Just played in the $1000 Freeroll for Red Hot Poker players, on Full Contact Poker. What a crazy tournament...

I ended up come in 2nd out of 102 and won $180 bucks, so not bad but I really wanted to win.
I mean I come in 2nd on too many tournaments lol especially big wons...*cough* Degree.

So we are heads up and this guy Robby has been really playing well, and I told him so before we started. I have the chip lead, then he does, back and forth we go.
Huge turning point, I hit my full house and get paid off big, he's down quite a bit but fights back.
This hand is a blur because I thought I had won and then all of a sudden the chips went over to him...I had the Jack of clubs on a board of 10, 9, 7, 6 of clubs (but to be honest I didn't really see it, all I saw were clubs, moved all in and he called, something came down and then boom I am looking at his cards and what does he have the 8 of clubs...straight flush...ya...I don't even know if I was paying attention, it happened so fast that I couldn't tell u what I was thinking lol

So ya fun times, there were lots of other hands but to be honest from 10-11 pm I wasn't really paying attention because I was watching Entourage and Life with Louie on TMN lol, then all of a sudden I had some lucky breaks and boom I am in the money (top 15)

Blogger Championship

BAHH 88th out of 2200 and top 50 get some sort of prize.
AJ vs 10 9 and a 10 hits on the river to end it all.

24,000: pocket 10's (me) vs Queens and I flop a 10 to keep me in.
113 left

Update: Well that hour was up and down...had it over 10 grand and now I am down to 4300 with 350 people left...not looking good.

**Sick Hand**
I am dealt Jack 10 off and I am in the big blind. Flop comes Jack, Jack, Ace.
The small blind bets and there is one more guy to act after me, I just call and the other guy calls. Turn comes a Jack...Quadssssssss....the small blind continues to bet (oh man he has the ace), I call and the other player folds. River turns a 5, he bets out again for like 200, (its early in the tourney), I re raise all in to see if I can cash on him hoping its a split pot or I am full of shit, sits there forever and then pays me off. He had Ace 5.
***

Right now I am in around 100th place out of the 1500 left. First break, started with 2000 its up to 7300 now...not bad...average stack is 3000.
We shall see how the cards go in the next hour.

Moment of silence

It was a sad week here in Toronto at the Red Hot Poker Tour, as our first ever champion passed away. I knew Jim from way back when I was just starting out as a poker player and he was a great guy to hang out and play a round of poker with.
Red Hot sent out this:

JIM "Gryffen" GRAHAM
Our team was saddened to learn of the untimely passing of Season 1 Champion, Jim Graham last week, and our thoughts go out to the many members who, like us, had an opportunity to get to know him for the terrific guy he was. The incredible emails and support really shows how Red Hot has become a family and community, and losing someone that was a big part of the Tour, and history of the organization, is truly a blow to us all. Our thoughts are with you Jim.