Thursday, May 19, 2005

Feeling Good

Not only am I packing and shining up the bike for a great weekend of riding, I am running pretty well at the tables tonight. First the bike:

I am riding down to Natural Bridge, VA this weekend for an organized ride called FriendSTOC. It is the 2nd annual ride to raise some money and remember the two ST riders we lost two years ago. Here is a website that explains it - FriendSTOC. I rode last year and had an absolute blast. Great bunch of guys, excellent roads and an overall awesome weekend. I am really geeked about this one. I will try to take some pictures and if I can figure out Hello, do a little ride report when I get back. This is a very busy time at work for me right now, so it may take a little time.

Then, the game:
I played 2 $5 SNGs and lost both, but I had some "free" fun because I was feeling it on the limit tables. Pretty fishy tonight.

This happened two hands before the sweet one below it. I felt the J9 was lucky because a flopped straight is what I put TXsholDM on when I layed down AA.


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Hand #5850319-3314 at Grants Pass ($.25/$.50 Hold'em)
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Started at 19/May/05 20:31:53

TXsholDM is at seat 0 with $4.35.
twilson306 is at seat 1 with $27.55.
Card2005 is at seat 2 with $22.35.
scorpsdude is at seat 3 with $13.90.
bigblok442 is at seat 4 with $11.85.
NikiO is at seat 5 with $24.40.
TangentZ is at seat 6 with $15.20 (sitting out).
STeelerJosh is at seat 7 with $35.65.
chuang tsu is at seat 8 with $31.20.
Car_nut is at seat 9 with $18.75.
The button is at seat 0.

twilson306 posts the small blind of $.10.
Card2005 posts the big blind of $.25.

TXsholDM: -- --
twilson306: -- --
Card2005: -- --
scorpsdude: -- --
bigblok442: -- --
NikiO: -- --
STeelerJosh: Ah As
chuang tsu: -- --
Car_nut: -- --

Pre-flop:

scorpsdude folds. bigblok442 folds. NikiO folds.
STeelerJosh raises to $.50. chuang tsu folds.
Car_nut folds. TXsholDM calls. twilson306 folds.
Card2005 folds.

Flop (board: 8s Qc Jd):

STeelerJosh bets $.25. TXsholDM raises to $.50.
STeelerJosh re-raises to $.75. TXsholDM re-raises to
$1. STeelerJosh calls.

Turn (board: 8s Qc Jd 2d):

STeelerJosh bets $.50. TXsholDM raises to $1.
STeelerJosh folds, showing Ah As. TXsholDM is
returned $.50 (uncalled).



Hand #5850319-3314 Summary:

$.20 is raked from a pot of $4.35.
TXsholDM wins $4.15.

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Hand #5850319-3316 at Grants Pass ($.25/$.50 Hold'em)
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Started at 19/May/05 20:33:17

TXsholDM is at seat 0 with $6.25.
twilson306 is at seat 1 with $27.45.
Card2005 is at seat 2 with $21.85.
scorpsdude is at seat 3 with $12.40.
bigblok442 is at seat 4 with $13.70.
NikiO is at seat 5 with $24.40.
TangentZ is at seat 6 with $15.20 (sitting out).
STeelerJosh is at seat 7 with $33.65.
chuang tsu is at seat 8 with $31.20.
Car_nut is at seat 9 with $18.75.
The button is at seat 2.

scorpsdude posts the small blind of $.10.
bigblok442 posts the big blind of $.25.

TXsholDM: -- --
twilson306: -- --
Card2005: -- --
scorpsdude: -- --
bigblok442: -- --
NikiO: -- --
STeelerJosh: Js 9h
chuang tsu: -- --
Car_nut: -- --

Pre-flop:

NikiO calls. STeelerJosh calls. chuang tsu folds.
Car_nut folds. TXsholDM calls. twilson306 calls.
Card2005 raises to $.50. scorpsdude calls.
bigblok442 calls. NikiO calls. STeelerJosh calls.
TXsholDM calls. twilson306 calls.

Flop (board: Qh Th 3c):

scorpsdude checks. bigblok442 checks. NikiO bets
$.25. STeelerJosh calls. TXsholDM calls.
twilson306 folds. Card2005 raises to $.50.
scorpsdude re-raises to $.75. bigblok442 folds.
NikiO calls. STeelerJosh calls. TXsholDM folds.
Card2005 calls.

Turn (board: Qh Th 3c 5d):

scorpsdude bets $.50. NikiO folds. STeelerJosh
calls. Card2005 calls.

River (board: Qh Th 3c 5d Kd):

scorpsdude bets $.50. STeelerJosh raises to $1.
Card2005 re-raises to $1.50. scorpsdude re-raises to
$2. STeelerJosh calls. Card2005 calls.



Showdown:

scorpsdude shows 3h 3d.
scorpsdude has 3h 3d Qh 3c Kd: three threes.
STeelerJosh shows Js 9h.
STeelerJosh has Js 9h Qh Th Kd: straight, king high.
Card2005 mucks cards.
(Card2005 has Kc Kh.)


Hand #5850319-3316 Summary:

$.50 is raked from a pot of $14.25.
STeelerJosh wins $13.75 with straight, king high.

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And right before I had to quit to go finish packing.....

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Hand #5850319-3331 at Grants Pass ($.25/$.50 Hold'em)
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Started at 19/May/05 20:46:15

TXsholDM is at seat 0 with $4.45 (sitting out).
twilson306 is at seat 1 with $20.45.
Card2005 is at seat 2 with $16.20.
scorpsdude is at seat 3 with $10.25.
bigblok442 is at seat 4 with $19.45.
CoRoNa3 is at seat 5 with $25.
TangentZ is at seat 6 with $22.20.
STeelerJosh is at seat 7 with $41.40.
chuang tsu is at seat 8 with $29.70.
Car_nut is at seat 9 with $15.50.
The button is at seat 9.

twilson306 posts the small blind of $.10.
Card2005 posts the big blind of $.25.

twilson306: -- --
Card2005: -- --
scorpsdude: -- --
bigblok442: -- --
TangentZ: -- --
STeelerJosh: Ks Qd
chuang tsu: -- --
Car_nut: -- --

Pre-flop:

scorpsdude calls. bigblok442 folds. TangentZ folds.
STeelerJosh raises to $.50. chuang tsu folds.
Car_nut folds. twilson306 folds. Card2005 folds.
scorpsdude calls.

Flop (board: Jc Ah Tc):

scorpsdude checks. STeelerJosh bets $.25.
scorpsdude calls.

Turn (board: Jc Ah Tc 6d):

scorpsdude bets $.50. STeelerJosh raises to $1.
scorpsdude re-raises to $1.50. STeelerJosh re-raises
to $2. scorpsdude calls.

River (board: Jc Ah Tc 6d 3d):

scorpsdude bets $.50. STeelerJosh raises to $1.
scorpsdude re-raises to $1.50. STeelerJosh re-raises
to $2. scorpsdude calls.



Showdown:

STeelerJosh shows Ks Qd.
STeelerJosh has Ks Qd Jc Ah Tc: straight, ace high.
scorpsdude mucks cards.
(scorpsdude has Qs As.)


Hand #5850319-3331 Summary:

$.45 is raked from a pot of $9.85.
STeelerJosh wins $9.40 with straight, ace high.
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I was sad to leave the table, the way things were going I think that I might have been able to double again. My image was super tight aggressive (my $VP was 20.45%, a personal record over 88 hands) and I won over 90% of the hands I played....but I had to pack and get some good sleep. I am looking at 450+ miles tomorrow with the chance of rain. Should be a blast!!!

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