THE POKER MIND FREAK

Little Update

2009-11-13T02:25:00.000-08:00

3 days into week 1 of goals I am currently sitting at the following:
+2100 in the games
3 of 50 in the RT race
15th of 50 in the weekly race
+420 so far in rake

I am obviously way ahead of my goals and is looking like I should have no problem hitting all 4 of them in the first week. Tomorrow will be house stuff and QT with the wifey and Saturday is going to be a madden and Guys night out Drunk fest at smiths so im going to need to be ahead a little bit as this time off will probably even me back out. Anyways I am running very well and shipping whips so it is all good!

A little motivation for NOV!

2009-11-10T01:12:00.000-08:00

So I had a pretty sweet little October that was mostly motivated by a couple of rake races that cake had going on and I ended up playing a lot and having a very good month. However my start to November has been a little slow. I did need a little a time off as I played a ton of hands but now its back to the grind. So I got to thinking and I came up with a little motivational idea for the rest of November. The rules are simple I must hit at least 3 of the 4 goals I will list below or I must do 1 day of work at Labor Ready. Now you might be thinking oh that is no big deal I work 5 days a week or that 75% of any goals would be easy to hit. But I must tell you that 1 day of work for a poker player feels like a month of work to anyone else. Also I will have a few obstacles such as it is already the 10th of the month, I close on my house on the 23rd and must get moved in, and it is Thanksgiving on the 26th which will cost me a few days for family time. This should make this month pretty fun and interesting as Im sure most of you will be rooting against me so I have to go through with the day at Labor Ready! However if I do complete this I should make close to 5k in the next 20 days. I will keep my progress posted.
1.Must win and cashout at least 2.5k
2.Must finish in the top 50 of at least 1 weekly race
3.Must finish in the top 5 of the rake tracker 10 day race
4.Must make $700 or more in rake in one of the last 3 weeks
GL ME!

Ship a poker win and Go Yanks tonight!

2009-11-04T00:37:00.000-08:00

I booked a quick poker win tonight and called it a night. I really need the yankees to win tonight so please be sweating for me. Im hoping the power of the yanks can get to Pedro early and get into that phils bullpen which is suspect at best.

Melo comes up big!

2009-10-30T00:16:00.000-07:00

Today was a grind to say the least. I played roughly 6,000 hands of poker and ended up stuck 400 on the day. I should have picked up a couple hundred in rake so that will help counter the loss on the day. However the yankees evened the series tonight which was a huge win for me. Then I decided I had to get a little dumb and bet on the nuggets getting 7 points at portland tonight when their plane was delayed last night because of a snow storm and didnt get into portland until 4am. However Melo carried the team scoring 41 points and had some very crucial buckets at the end of the game. This win puts me at almost a stone free roll on the yankees to win the series. I will process 3k if the yankees win it so im guessing I will have some hedging decisions coming up in the next few games.

As Carmelo said tonight "IM BACK"

2009-10-28T23:49:00.001-07:00

Finally I have really started to sink my teeth back into multi tabling 1/2 NL 6 max. Today's session lasted just 22 minutes and I picked up a 1,000 us dollars. I also picked up some extra loot with a couple of sports bets as I hit the under on the world series game and I also hit big on the nuggets. I could really use the team sweat as I have a very large bet on the yankees to win the series. Lets go AJ!

One sick session! WOWWWWWW!

2009-10-23T03:06:00.000-07:00

This session was just sick. I started out playing 10 tables of 12 nl and couldn't get the best hand to hold up one dam time. I would flop a set and get all in and I would lose to not matter what they had. Finally I battled all the back and then as I was ready to call it a night this feeeeesh decided to challenge me HU and I accepted. I will let the hands do the talking for how the session went.

I'MMMMMMMMM BACCCKKKKKK!!!!!

2009-10-21T13:48:00.001-07:00

I know I haven't posted in forever but I am back! I have recently had a wedding in Sioux Falls, SD. , had a honey moon in Cabo San Lucas, and currently in the final stages of building my house. Kelli and I will be closing on the 23rd of Nov.

I must say everything life wise could not be going any better. Our wedding went wonderful as it was great to spend time with family and friends. Our honey moon was a blast. We did everything from snorkeling to ATV offroading to swimming with dolphins to playing with a baby African Lion. Oh yeah and para sailing was the nuts! I will post some pictures below and a few more later this week.

Poker definitely took a little bit of a back seat to everything going on in our lives at the moment so I have just recently been able to really bear down and grind away. The wedding, honey moon and house really took its tole on my bankroll so now its rebuilding time . I never knew how expensive these things could possibly be.

I will definitely be posting more consistently now that things have settled down a bit so keep checking back for updates on the house and my poker sessions!

Cast finally off!

2009-07-27T14:13:00.000-07:00

Today I finally got my cast off! My wrist is still pretty stiff and is going to take a while to get back to a 100% but just the fact that I got it off is awesome. I finally can get back on the softball diamonds.

In other good news my fiancee and I are in the process of purchasing our first home. It seems to be pretty stressful so far but Im sure it will all be worth it in the end.

My softball team Detox also recently had its biggest tourney cash so far when we took 2nd place in Cobra Fest in Canby, Mn 2 weekends ago. We faded 26 teams to get 2nd place and $720 bucks.

Good call down?

2009-07-05T19:51:00.000-07:00

The 4 of July at the cabin was a blast! The weekend went way to quick, but I guess when your jet skiing, boating, fishing, boozing, grilling, playing bags and camping time is going to fly. I did fire up a mini session tonight and made a pretty good call down. I didn't have much info on this player other than he seemed pretty tight. But because it was early in the match im not 100% sure that it was the correct play. However I was right this time and I shipped the pot. Hope everyone had as good of 4th as I did.

Broken Wrist but still running good!

2009-07-02T15:46:00.000-07:00

I know I haven't posted much lately, but I recently broke my wrist diving for a softball in the outfield. Because I play more softball than poker in the summer this really sucks. Softball is my life in the summer so it is going to be a very brutal next 3-4 weeks. Anyways I have been absolutely crushing donks in poker. I have been running super good and it feels great to finally be booking consistent winners.
This weekend we are heading to my boy Jess's lake cabin and going to party hard for the 4th of July. The following 2 weekends are our 2 biggest softball tournaments of the summer so its goin to be a very busy next 3 weeks.

Still running good!

2009-06-19T23:56:00.000-07:00

Finally I found some more dead money! Tonight I had a guy basically give me $1000. However he did end up sucking out twice which just prolonged the inevitable. Anyways it is always nice when you don't even really have to try to get the donks loot. I will post the first hand of our match and that should be more than enough to explain how bad this guy was.

Crush Fest!

2009-06-19T14:30:00.000-07:00

I could not ask for a better run of cards then the last 1o days. I have just been destroying my competition. I bashed the donks for just over 6K last week. Im hoping to get back to vegas for a few days of the WSOP but my softball team along with wedding planning has kept this summer so busy it could end my 4 year streak of WSOP appearances. I also am having my bacholar party in Vegas so that trip might be my only vegas trip this summer. I however hope to make many appearances over this next winter. Anyways I hope this crushing continues.

Roller Coaster!

2009-06-04T01:25:00.000-07:00

The last 2 days have felt like going on the roller coaster Wild Thing about 15 times continuously. It has just been bad beat after bad beat. Im surprised I have 1 dollar left in my account. Anyways im tired and need to get to bed but I will post a few of the hands. I had AA vs the q8 flush if it doesnt show my hand.

Sick hand wow!

2009-05-31T22:12:00.000-07:00

Well somehow I still end up 600 today after losing this sick 1500 pot. SO GROSS!

The Crushing continues!

2009-05-12T14:10:00.000-07:00

To say I am on a heater would definitely be an understatement. I have been absolutely crushing donkeys these last couple of months. But these last 5 days have juts been unreal. I believe I am playing poker at a level I have never played at before and all my practice is really paying off right now. I have just owned every player I have faced in the 5 days for just over $9,000. This couldn't come at a better time as the summer and the world series is just around the corner.
On other notes my softball team Detox has a huge tournament this weekend with a 40 team field. We have looked really good as of late, scoring 34 runs our last game with only 3 HR allowed. I see us having some success this weekend and hopefully find ourselves in a championship game for some loot.

Shout house and bottle service!

2009-05-09T22:34:00.000-07:00

Last night was one of the best nights I have had since I have moved to Minneapolis. Nights like last night are the exact reason I would never be able to move back to sioux falls. We started the night off with dinner and drinks at the Shout House. Some how when the bill came we noticed we were 19 jack and cokes deep. WOW who drinks 19 jack and cokes in a little over 2 hours. Chris and myself then decided we needed to do some shots before we left so we started doing jag bombs at the bar on the way out. 1 round lead to 2 rounds and so on. I think our total bill before leaving there was just over $500. Jess then made the executive decision that we were going to get bottle service at Annex. For you un familiar with bottle service, it is where you get a vip room with couches and gogo girls dancing around your private area along with your own bar tender and your own bottles of booz. Basically in poker terms it is THE NUTS! Anyways I will leave a few pictures below of the night.

Ship Cpark win and online win.

2009-05-09T22:30:00.000-07:00

Boy is it nice to win live and online in the same day. Today Jordan and I played a little live session at cpark where he made $35 and I made $255. Not going to retire off it but a win is a win. I aslo booked a $1700 online winner tonight. I will post the big hand where I really had him playing poorly as I had showed him many bluffs leading up to this hand. Any who I ship 2k today and finally really back to baller status.

Shout House tonight!

2009-05-08T14:10:00.000-07:00

Tonight we are checking out the Shout House in downtown Minneapolis. This will be my first time and I have been told that it is a blast. For anyone that isn't familiar with dueling pianos I guess they have 2 pianos battling back and forth playing 80s rock music. Should be a blast, and all donks going tonight I will see you there at 7.

Ship 3k last night and 1k today!

2009-05-06T11:39:00.001-07:00

Wow what a nice little run I have been on since getting back from our softball trip in waterloo, IA. I made 3k last night and another dime already today. Looks like I will be playing my boy Josh in MLB the Shiz and then working out after that. Im thinking about maybe jumping in the cpark tourney tonight so well see what happens.

Nice little session!

2009-04-29T00:17:00.000-07:00

I definitely played one of the better hus matches of my life today. I started off down almost 4 buy ins after getting in all 3 times with the best hand. However I kept my composer and ended up coming back and being up 3 buy ins. This is not a easy thing to do after having 3 huge hands cracked but I can definitely tell that my experience really payed off in this match. The donk went from asking me to play more tables to sitting me out. This win feels really good and hopefully I can build off it.

Just missed MSPC, but booked online winner!

2009-04-25T00:03:00.001-07:00

Yesterday I played a satellite for the Minnesota State Poker Championship and I got down to the end and shoved with 99 thinking a good player could fold 1010 to ak range as it was a satellite, however I was wrong and I was called by Aq and no waiting Q of flop and I was done. However I did book a nice online winner even after being sucked out on in 2 big pots. I think I played this hand I posted very well. My whole plan of my 22 bet on the river was to get him to shove. I figured he has the ace high flush draw only about 2 out of 10 times here and a missed no pair flush draw about 8 out of ten so I I wanted to induce the bluff. For once my read was absolute perfect and he had king high and I stack him.
I must give a shot to Dusty 2hip Nelson as he made of the sickest call I have ever seen in a 3060 limit game. I also think there is a 5050 chance that it actually was the first time I have ever seen a bluff call. Dusty had kq on 9j5 where he raised pre flop and had 1 caller, he bet the flop and was called and bet the turn when it came a 6 and then the river came an ace and the player lead into the pot and dusty pondered and called with kq. Yeah he could have easily had 810 or q10 in this situation but it was still a great call. Well played sir.

Aces never lose!

2009-04-22T11:37:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I booked 2 winners at cpark. Tuesday's promotion of Aces never lose really brings in the donks. I booked a 1,000 winner in 2 hours in the afternoon and a 500 winner in a four hour session last night. I must say its nice to finally be winning consistently online and live, as I have been crushing online and now to book 5 winners in a row live is great. I believe they are running a satalite tonight for the 1500 event this Sunday. Im thinking I will play live today and maybe jump in the satelite tonight if the live session goes well. 3 days to opening softball tourney. WEEE!

12 mintues sesh done!

2009-04-20T21:12:00.001-07:00

Ship 660 in 12 minutes. My sick hourly rate has continued as I stacked a guy 3 times in 12 minutes. Im going to try and get a live game at the club if a seat ever opens up before I fall asleep. My softball team Detox will be having our opening day this Saturday as it is our first tournament of the summer. We have looked great in practice so I can only imagine our hardwork will pay off this weekend.

4 hands, 1.5 mintues ship $300!

2009-04-20T10:53:00.000-07:00

Todays hourly rate is about as good as it gets. It only took 4 hands to get my quota today as the donk stacked off with j8 vs my a2 on a aa89 board when he min raised me twice on the turn to get all in. TY for the dough donk. Time to do some fantasy baseball moves and maybe head to the club for some live action. Also a little shot out to my boy GASSITT who is in the 25k buy in event at the bellagio and has almost 100k in chips starting day 2. 8 million dollar prize pool is not too shabby. GL SIR!

Home for Easter!

2009-04-12T20:36:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter everyone! I have been back home for Easter and it has been a great time. I have got fitted for my Gansta ass Tuxes and got Kelli and my engagement pictures taken. We have also had some great family time with a little Johny Holmes and black jack action last night and some Church and Easter dinner action today. I did have time for one session tonight that lasted about 35 minutes as I stacked a donk and shipped a quota. The donk had 108 in that hand.