Back to Back 2nd place

Another PSO event, another 2nd place. I didn't knock out any bounty this time, so it's only good for 220$. Still pretty neat considering that this should put me first on the leaderboard. Only one word comes to mind: BOOYA!

I didn't do well in the cash games tonight though. I dropped a quick 200$ and couldn't make a comeback. I lost half of it on this hand, which I do not like, but still can't figure where to bet:
K-high flush busted.

PSO League & update

Yesterday was the third event of the PSO League. I've performed poorly in these historically (except in the first Canada vs USA one, where I totally pwned those crazy americans). My game has gone up a whole ladder since then though with my Booya league and Mansion 100k experiences, so I think I might have a shot. (Anyway, if Riverrun can win it, anyone can!).

Obviously, I'm saying this because I finished 2nd in yesterday's event, and I had a decent finish before that. I also happened to knock out a PSO admin for a nice little 20$ bonus, for a 240$ profit for the tourney. Not bad for a 5$ buy-in!

I didn't play all that much this week-end, pretty much breaking even. I started the day on a 120ish downswing without much happening. There's this hand that I might have misplayed, but as I didn't know the guy, I don't think I can make the fold against a shortstack there. I also payed a guy with ace-high on another hand. I was getting 2:1 on my call, and I figured he didn't have the T, so I was either a 3:1 underdog, or a decent favorite, which mandated a call. My read was wrong, but more power to him for calling a re-raise preflop with Q8o.

I then put in another session in the evening, netting a 470$ profit, which puts me at +350$ for the day. I think I played really good tonight, being right on almost all my reads, and hitting a few nice hands. Here are a few hands to give a brief overview of the session:
I didn't bluff the river because I thought he might have a hand like 46o.
Calling a bluff on a dangerous board after misplaying the hand
This shows a recent change in my game (No CB with AK)
Semi-tough call against this guy.
Good value bets
Some more good value bets.
Funniest. Hand. Ever.

That last hand made me laugh for a solid 10 minutes. I really don't know what he was thinking, but there is just no way I am folding anything in that spot. I also had not been playing many hands at the table, so that guy probably just felt like giving me an early birthday present. Up over 1k total now, still late on my schedule, but still not bad.

BBQ!

I fired up my BBQ for the first time this year, and made some top quality burgers. Half a pound of meat in every burger; enough to make anyone smile.

That's the only good news of the day though. The cards didn't fall my way at the tables, and I ended up even (lost 7$ total). I lost this coinflip, but I hit a few hands somewhere, and the rest was rather boring.

I better start playing more if I don't want another Grand Am...

Not so bad...

I put in another little session today. I didn't play that good, but I won about 250 overall. This is pretty much the only exciting hand of the session. Gotta love winning coinflips.

I've got enough for a decent bike now. Wooh!

According to suggestions, there is nothing to do with 2k (pretty much what I thought), and I have no suggestion for 5k from someone who's sexual orientation wasn't questionned. You guys need to try harder than that!

Edit: I decided to put in another session right after posting this. I won a nice little 230$ right away, and then my tables fell apart, so I quit after only about 100 hands. I won't complain!

I have no idea why, but the play is just horrendous these days. Just look at these two hands and think about how much these guys must lose overall.
Hand 1
Hand 2

Bad results so far

I put in two quick questions since the last post, and the first one can be summed up this way. The 2nd one was a lot better, as I made up what I lost in the first one and then some. Still nothing stellar so far, only about +110$, but it's decent after being down 250+ after the first session. Most of it came from one guy:
Good call Sir.
Almost too easy.

So, there's 110 in the pot right now. Maybe I can get some nice shoes with that!

The 'Get a Car' event!

My current big frigging american car is not gonna last much longer. While it has served me well, it's time to think about the future.

With that in mind, I start the Get a Car event! Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to help a good cause. I've given a lot away and never asked for anything in return, but now, I need YOUR help!

As the good little choking geek that I am, I know jack&shit about cars. I know I'd love to get a Lexus, for no valid reason whatsoever!

From now on to the end of June, I'll dedicate all my winnings to the Get a Car fund. With each new milestone hit (2k, 5k...), I'll need suggestions as to what car to get at the next milestone. Obviously, I'll also provide you with much more regular updates for the status of the fund. We're in this together! (Warning: Lame catch-phrase detected)

Right now, the lowest milestone is at 2k, which I'll try to hit by the end of the week. Should the shit hit the fan, what car should I get with that? I could also spend it to fix my current car and have it last another year or two, but that is just boring. I want suggestions!

You can post ideas for 5k right now as well, but please keep the other suggestions for the appropriate time. There's no point in discussing what to do with a 100k budget right now.

Now, get busy, and feel free to question each others' sexual orientation based solely on the car they suggest!

Riding the mojo

It looks like the cards are just falling my way this month, and I'm also playing pretty well on top of that. I still don't play nearly enough though, so I'm only up a little over 1200$, but I'm working on it.

Here are the main hands:
Set over set (going my way!)
Aces against.. donkey?
(the last two were back to back)
Aces against the same guy..
And a nice little float... might as well use that tight image.

This session paid for the monitor on its own. I guess it's time to work on a car now ;)

Big screen = Big pot

I had a pretty decent week in poker. I finally stopped breaking even at NL200 shorthanded on Full Tilt, and won a couple buy-ins. My biggest pot of the week should have never been that big, but apparently my opponent felt like a donation to pay for my new monitor was in order!

Most of my bluffs also worked out, which felt really satisfying after questioning my shorthanded play for a while, and beating heads-up games but losing 2/3 of my profits to the rake (I'll get a nice rakeback though!).

I also found that playing 4 tables is a lot easier when there is absolutely no overlap between the tables, and you even have some room left to fire up Firefox occasionally to post a hand history. I'll probably go up to 6 tables soon if cards keep falling my way!

Bigger is better.

I finally stopped being a cheapskate and decided to get myself something nice and useful. Conveniently, after getting my new computer, my monitors suddenly seemed quite subpar. One thing that was bugging me was my crappy 2nd monitor, which was a dying CRT. I looked at LCDs for a while, and finally settled on a Dell 24" LCD: the UltraSharp 2407WFP.

I wanted at least a x1200 resolution, but 1600x1200 is really hard to find, and a bit too expensive. During the Days of Deals, Dell offered that 24" at 650$ (200$ less than the usual price), which seemed like a pretty solid deal.

It arrived last Friday, and it's 24 inches of visual delight. Not only does it boast a 1920x1200 resolution, but it also offers a much better image quality, and has tons of nice little perks like Picture-in-Picture and 5 different inputs.

I gave it a good test ride in Unreal Tournament 2004 and Command & Conquer 3. Surprisingly, even my measly 7600GT could handle these games in 1920x1200 without a problem. With that size, it's also pretty much a TV. Movies look really nice on it, much better than on a regular non-HD TV, and event don't get me started about porn.

I obviously tried it out with some poker too, and one feature that I neglected became pretty handy. You can flip the monitor in vertical mode, which is much better to fit many tables on it with minimum overlap. I can easily fit 8 tables, which is more than enough for my needs.

Now I simply gotta play some more to pay for it!