Having been obsessed with the game of poker for the majority of '09 (trust me when I say that I've read and re-read and re-re-read every damn article, every damn strategy forum, every pro's blog that is out there on the internet, sent a million PMs to absolute unknowns but people whose game i respected, offered a guy in Houston that I would run all his weekend errands if he lets me watch him play online tournaments on Sundays) it would be apt to end the year with this snippet from an interesting thread on two-plus-two
Here's your problem. You don't have the fortitude, nor bankroll, nor temperment, to be a casino. A casino is a big ol' building, where people's dreams might possibly come true. Especially if you own the building.
Casinos get rich, expand a whole city, and get richer, by offering bets where the casino has a two or three percent advantage. But the bets have to be offered, have to be wagered, a million times. Roulette, for instance: red or black, odd or even, high or low, the house has a 5.25% advantage on all but one bet on the layout.
Will the customer occasionally have a streak? Of course. A full third of the customers that evening will actually have a winning night. The casino doesn't care. You, of course, would be willing to walk in front of a truck. Will one drunken guy actually make several thousand dollars, having started with twenty bucks? Of course. The casino doesn't care. You, by the way, will not even walk out looking for the truck, you will put a bullet in your brain, right there at the table. The casino is right, and you are not right. "correct mathmatically" might be a better term than "right".
You think, apparently, that when you have a winning hand, and the 'customer' is drawing to a flush on the river, You've Got Him Nailed. You don't. You have only created a situation where you have four times the advantage that a casino has. You have a situation where it's 80-20 that you're going to win.
Now I want you to work really, really hard on this, because you haven't yet. If it's 80-20 for you, how many times out of a hundred can we predict that the 'customer' will hit his flush? The answer is twenty times out of a hundred. ('Grab that man. Don't let him dash toward the highway'.)
Can the 'customer' have a streak of winners? You bet he can. ('Grab that revolver'). He might hit several in a row.
Why do you care? (Because you're an idiot). No, it's because you haven't given it the appropriate amount of thought, and because you're not bankrolled well, and because you care about the outcome, and you should not care.
You should have enough in your bankroll that you can offer the 'customer' his flush draw about a hundred times a day. You want him (assuming he's dumb enough: but you're right, there are millions of 'em) to call your bet, and shoot for his flush draw. 80-20 in your favor, if he's betting on the river, 60-40 in your favor if he's betting on the turn (and, you get to charge him MORE for the river, if he's not all in).
If he wins his bet, and you're smart enough to be a casino, you should comp him: buy him a few drinks, compliment that ugly date he brought with him, buy him dinner if you have to, but keep him right there, making his bet over, and over, again.
But not you: you are involved. You are worried. You are so upset that he won one, or ten, of those bets. But the fact is, if that happens a thousand times (that bet where you are 80-20), you will be a rich man. You should be grateful, when you have put the 'customer' in a postion where you offer an 80-20 proposition, and he takes you up on it.
Here's what you should do: change your attitude. Play standard poker. Lose your emotion. You don't care about this bet, or the next one. You just want the guy to keep playing, if he's going to keep playing at the odds you're offering. Charge him for his longshot bet. He'll pay? He'll go for it? OUTSTANDING.......
Grind it out. (They call it that, for a reason). Lose your personal involvement with one hand, or one session. If you're playing right, the money, in smaller amounts, will roll in. (Not in larger amounts: you're not entitled to larger amounts. When your opponent bets his flush draw and loses, you didn't win the whole amount. You won the whole amount LESS the fact that one out of five times you're going to lose, and thus give some back. But believe me, there will be plenty left over.)
Quit caring about your results. Play standard poker. If you're doing it right, the money will roll in.
Play standard poker. If you're doing it right, you're offering the customer bets where your advantage is four times that which built Las Vegas. Do it all day long. All week long. All year long. Grind it out
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Obligatory year end TOP 10 lists
Since no one does it better than The Times, lets leave it to the experts.
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
24 days of christmas
Inspired by this thread in a high-stakes poker forum, a bunch of my poker-playing buddies at Houston decided to adopt a few families for Christmas and buy for them stuff like food, toys etc.
We went with this one.
We've already made one trip to Walmart and bought stuff worth about $450.00 (mostly toys and food). Hopefully as more and more poker players (ppl I dont know, but others do) in the Houston area, start chiming in we can make a few more trips to Walmart.
The cool thing is that, at this time we have had donations as little as $10.00, but in the grand scheme of things all of these have added up and contributed tremendously to this sudden spur of the moment idea.
A big shout-out to Alex, Htownkid (Matt), Javi and many others.
Godspeed and happy holidays.
We went with this one.
We've already made one trip to Walmart and bought stuff worth about $450.00 (mostly toys and food). Hopefully as more and more poker players (ppl I dont know, but others do) in the Houston area, start chiming in we can make a few more trips to Walmart.
The cool thing is that, at this time we have had donations as little as $10.00, but in the grand scheme of things all of these have added up and contributed tremendously to this sudden spur of the moment idea.
A big shout-out to Alex, Htownkid (Matt), Javi and many others.
Godspeed and happy holidays.
Interesting read
While browsing my favourite poker forum, I came upon this thread that discusses the pros and cons of playing Mid-stakes poker professionally, pretty interesting read.
I'll probably edit this post and add my 2c later in the day, when I have a bit more time.
I'll probably edit this post and add my 2c later in the day, when I have a bit more time.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Mini turn-around
Graph in the first hour (1BB = $4, so thats about 1k burnt in about 2 hrs)
took a break, spent some time with the wife, friends came over for dinner and then decided to put in one more late-night session to try and get unstuck.
YUPPIEEEEEEE
took a break, spent some time with the wife, friends came over for dinner and then decided to put in one more late-night session to try and get unstuck.
YUPPIEEEEEEE
Friday, November 27, 2009
GIVE ME A EFFING BREAK
SET OVER SET : TWICE
SET VS 4 OUTER ON RIVER
KK VS AA
SET VS FLUSH DRAW
ALL IN THE SPACE OF 200 HANDS.....
FUCK POKER
SET VS 4 OUTER ON RIVER
KK VS AA
SET VS FLUSH DRAW
ALL IN THE SPACE OF 200 HANDS.....
FUCK POKER
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Friday, November 06, 2009
Perennial mojo
After all these years its still a one-man show , atleast I had the pleasure of watching it live on a jerky comp broadcast.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
WTF
From the Calcutta Telegraph:
Rat bites patient’s hand
- Woman bleeds as rodent horror revisits SSKM
A STAFF REPORTER
A patient in the orthopaedic department of SSKM Hospital woke up late on Saturday crying out in pain — she had been bitten by a rat.
This was the second instance in five years of rodents feeding on humans at the state-run referral hospital which spends lakhs on pest control every year.
Sobharani Mistri, 50, was admitted to the orthopaedic department of the hospital with a tumour in her left ankle on September 18.
On Saturday, the homemaker from Regent Park fell asleep around 10pm.
Soon after the lights were turned off, the on-duty nurses heard a cry and rushed to Mistri’s bed.
“The patient was shivering in pain and fear. Blood was oozing out of her left hand. The rat was still on the bed,” said a hospital source. “She was administered injections and given other medicines. Nurses attended to her and dressed the wound.”
Though it is super appalling, the piece would not have had balls big enough to qualify for a WTF moment , until of course you reach the very end of the piece.
"A senior official blamed the rat menace on “inaction” by the company responsible for rat control and also a decision by the authorities in 2004 to remove cats from the hospital premises. “The hospital was not free of rats till 2004 but their numbers were under check. Since the cats were banished, the population of their prey has grown by leaps and bounds,” the official said."
As they say the sting is almost always in the tail... meeeeeeeeowwwwww
Rat bites patient’s hand
- Woman bleeds as rodent horror revisits SSKM
A STAFF REPORTER
A patient in the orthopaedic department of SSKM Hospital woke up late on Saturday crying out in pain — she had been bitten by a rat.
This was the second instance in five years of rodents feeding on humans at the state-run referral hospital which spends lakhs on pest control every year.
Sobharani Mistri, 50, was admitted to the orthopaedic department of the hospital with a tumour in her left ankle on September 18.
On Saturday, the homemaker from Regent Park fell asleep around 10pm.
Soon after the lights were turned off, the on-duty nurses heard a cry and rushed to Mistri’s bed.
“The patient was shivering in pain and fear. Blood was oozing out of her left hand. The rat was still on the bed,” said a hospital source. “She was administered injections and given other medicines. Nurses attended to her and dressed the wound.”
Though it is super appalling, the piece would not have had balls big enough to qualify for a WTF moment , until of course you reach the very end of the piece.
"A senior official blamed the rat menace on “inaction” by the company responsible for rat control and also a decision by the authorities in 2004 to remove cats from the hospital premises. “The hospital was not free of rats till 2004 but their numbers were under check. Since the cats were banished, the population of their prey has grown by leaps and bounds,” the official said."
As they say the sting is almost always in the tail... meeeeeeeeowwwwww
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Sunday, October 04, 2009
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Nice way to spend a friday evening
Good start to October, godspeed. Planning to put in a massive grind over the weekend
Thursday, October 01, 2009
October goals
- Attain Goldstar status on Pokerstars, for this to happen I have to put in a pretty decent amount of grind
- Take 2 fridays and saturdays completely off in the month.
- Catch up on some movies
- Plan the thanks-giving trip
Monday, September 28, 2009
Another one for the month
Just closed out one more 180 man tourney, played well, ran good, feels gooooot. Thats 2 for the month. So all in all September has been a good month in terms of profitability. Much love and appreciation for the knickers.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Dhann-Tanaa-Tanaa
Fpiderman Fpiderman
Take a bow Manmohan desai, Vishal Bharadwaj is in the house.
After a couple of superb India-esque adaptations of Shakespeare classics, Bharadwaj's latest offering pays tribute to the 70-80s mad-caper-fultu-commercial-formula driven bollywood pot-boiler (the likes of Don, Amar akbar anthony, Sita aur geeta, Namak Halal) and manages to come with a recipe that atleast in someways reminds you of the great gangster mad-capers of the late 90s-early millenium (lock-stock, layercake, snatch, Pfiction).
While the madness/energy/entropy diven whatever can go wrong will go wrong logic is not quite at the same level, as say that of a Lock- Stock (I might be biased here btw as Lock-Stock remains my favourite movie of this genre), but it would suffice to say that Bharadwaj does a darn good job, atleast 80% of the time.
Quirky and eccentric characters, that are kind of a mainstay for this genre, are beautifully set-up and available in plenty.
Chandan Roy Sanyal as the coke snorting, perenially high, supra-unpredictable, and as Charlie says "Mental hai Faala", youngest brother of a Bengali Don trio is the show-stopper of Kaminey. Its a shame he didnt get a bit more screen-time and a bigger shame that the obvious love-angle between him and Charlie that had so much potential was underplayed later on. Hell, Charlie even married a girl in the happy-ending climax, though he did name his bookie-shop after his one true love Michael.
But the one character that kind of lacked the eccentricity/quirkiness and sometimes felt a bit dull and what I think is surely the biggest sore-point/let down of the movie is that of the pivotal Bhope-bhau character, the jai-maharashtra mouthing marathi-manoos don. This one had so much potential, but Bharadwaj didnt quite rope this one in nicely. For example the scene where Bhope bhau and Michael play a fake wooshka-wooshka gunfight, while Michael is superb, Bhope-bhau seems a tard mundane. I liked the character of his right hand man/brother-in-law much better, the one who loathes at the frequent threat of his mother will be fu*cked (teri maa ki *****) if he botches the job, from Bhope bhau.
Another let-down was the climax, Bharadwaj needed to up the antes a fair bit more than what he ultimately settled for.
Both PC and Shahid were pretty good, PC more so, as the pregnant marathi girlfriend.
All in all, Kaminey is a "good" movie in my book, it came close to being on the great list and had the potential of being a Tarantino-eqsue love-fest (the one in which I develop a supreme man-crush and start touting bummers like Grindhouse as masterpieces), but unfortunately Bharadwaj showed a little bit more restraint than he should have. He held himself back, that teeny tiny bit more and that in the end made all the difference.
Greatest scene : Charlie and Michael, holding hands and singing "Fpiderman fpiderman" in the rains.
Chota Fortcut
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Closed one-- finally
After some disgusting/disappointing runs over the past week (1/24 to out in 18th after JJ<88, when 1st was 4.8k ) I finally managed to close a 180-man tourney last night. While the money wasnt great 400ish, feels good to finally close one.
I also have a coaching session scheduled with a top tournament pro on friday night, really looking forward to it.
Oh and Jennifer's body is here, at last !!!!!!!!
I also have a coaching session scheduled with a top tournament pro on friday night, really looking forward to it.
Oh and Jennifer's body is here, at last !!!!!!!!
Friday, September 11, 2009
Antichrist
Is an opus magnum. Available on torrent. Not for the faint of heart, typical Von Trierisque manic depressive captivating movie and a brilliant performance by Gainsbourg (Cannes Best actress, 09) as a regular housewife who turns into a vindictive, self-mutilating, genitia hacking, husband blaming/killing monster after their child dies in an accident while the couple is busy humping like theres no tomorrow. Defoe is good as well. When will this be in US theatres??
Talking of movies I was thinking of 5 of the most disturbing movies I have ever seen and this is now firmly in second place. The hallowed list
- The clockwork orange (Kubrick)
- Antichrist (Von Trier)
- Shining (Kubrick)
- ..
- .. (multi-way ties for the 4th and 5th spots).
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Getting the hang of it
Slowly I am getting the hang of playing big field (1000 peeps+) small buyin (<$15) Multi table tournaments (MTTs). I strung together two 3rd place finishes in the last 7 days for a total of 2.3k playing these huge field MTTs, one had 1200 entrants ($11) and the other had 2500+ ($5.5). While I was super disappointed to get 3rd in both, but whatever.
Good start to september. Now lets try and maintain the momentum.
Good start to september. Now lets try and maintain the momentum.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
New found motivation
I have set up a goal to play atleast 10,000 hands in the pokerstars/Fulltilt 6-handed cash game this month at the smallest stakes to try and get some of my confidence back+solidify my game a bit. Lets see how it goes. Also stars is offering a bonus of upto 300 bucks for new deposit of $600, so these hands will count towards the bonus-whoring as well.
Note to self: Fold 67o in all positions except the button.
Note to self: Fold 67o in all positions except the button.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Frustrating tournament poker
Over the past 10 days, I played 2 live tournaments both of which had a some-what decent payday and managed to bust both in spectacular fashion.
The one that hurt most was a $125 tourney that got about 55 people. I was playing my A++ game and with about 30 left I had about 2.5 times what everyone else had and was feeling super. Usually if I start a live tournament well, almost always I close it out, finishing atleast in the top 3. Not this time, and not in the past month it seems. Since my back to back wins in live tourneys, towards mid june my live record is :
0/5.
I've been making some really brain-farty decisions, getting impatient/anxious, not thinking things through, and massively overplaying AK and each time running into KK/AA.
I got super frustrated and went back to grinding Heads-up cash online . Also started playing 6max cash. Currently playing at low stakes and averaging about $22/hour.
Anyhoo theres a big $322 tourney in September, which I won last year, and if I am feeling ok will probably play that.
Till then live poker is :
The one that hurt most was a $125 tourney that got about 55 people. I was playing my A++ game and with about 30 left I had about 2.5 times what everyone else had and was feeling super. Usually if I start a live tournament well, almost always I close it out, finishing atleast in the top 3. Not this time, and not in the past month it seems. Since my back to back wins in live tourneys, towards mid june my live record is :
0/5.
I've been making some really brain-farty decisions, getting impatient/anxious, not thinking things through, and massively overplaying AK and each time running into KK/AA.
I got super frustrated and went back to grinding Heads-up cash online . Also started playing 6max cash. Currently playing at low stakes and averaging about $22/hour.
Anyhoo theres a big $322 tourney in September, which I won last year, and if I am feeling ok will probably play that.
Till then live poker is :
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Knicker and butt ogling
Australia's latest fast bowling spearhead Mitchell Johnson seems to have managed to land a superhot WAG (Wives and Girlfriends). Introducing Mitchell's girlfriend Jessica Bratich.
Mitchell and Jessica went shopping for Australian Cricket Awards day (where Mitchell was the hands on favorite to win the cricketer of the year award), and in a moment of utter brain-fartiness the couple decided to pick a weird yellow wrap fabric which was somehow labeled as a summer dress. Unfortunately come Awards day, the wind decided to get naughty and as the couple walked in, the dress was blown all over the place. Fortunately for us we get to view Jessica's matching yellow knickers.
Mitchell btw played the part of chivalrous knight to perfection, dismissing the incident as an unfortunate case of blowing winds, he even wore a yellow tie to match his gf's yellow clown dress.
The month however has not been kind to red carpet celebrities. Harry Potter's Emma Watson (super-hottie potential) got bitch-drenched on the Half-born prince premier night and ended up giving us some more knicker views
On another red carpet of a different kind Obama and that French trash Sarkozy, having no rain/wind in sight, decided to try and make the best of the dreary situation
Mitchell and Jessica went shopping for Australian Cricket Awards day (where Mitchell was the hands on favorite to win the cricketer of the year award), and in a moment of utter brain-fartiness the couple decided to pick a weird yellow wrap fabric which was somehow labeled as a summer dress. Unfortunately come Awards day, the wind decided to get naughty and as the couple walked in, the dress was blown all over the place. Fortunately for us we get to view Jessica's matching yellow knickers.
Mitchell btw played the part of chivalrous knight to perfection, dismissing the incident as an unfortunate case of blowing winds, he even wore a yellow tie to match his gf's yellow clown dress.
The month however has not been kind to red carpet celebrities. Harry Potter's Emma Watson (super-hottie potential) got bitch-drenched on the Half-born prince premier night and ended up giving us some more knicker views
On another red carpet of a different kind Obama and that French trash Sarkozy, having no rain/wind in sight, decided to try and make the best of the dreary situation
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
T20 prediction
Jason will attack Lords with a 10 foot long razor sharp cricket bat and cut off Ajantha Mendis' balls. Pakistan being used to such acts of terrorism will take fullest advantage of the pandemonium and lift the trophy.
It would be later revealed that it was Yuvraj Singh, tired of being out-foxed by Mendis, wearing a borrowed leather/skull-face mask and posing as Jason. Subsequently he would be awarded the Paramvir Chakra for supreme service and bravery on the cricket field. Mendis' balls will be on display at the Indian National Museum.
It would be later revealed that it was Yuvraj Singh, tired of being out-foxed by Mendis, wearing a borrowed leather/skull-face mask and posing as Jason. Subsequently he would be awarded the Paramvir Chakra for supreme service and bravery on the cricket field. Mendis' balls will be on display at the Indian National Museum.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Rinse and repeat offset by a tooth
Following up on last monday's win, I managed to win this same tournament again this monday, setting up nice back-to-back monday wins. But the run-good in poker has been offset by a massive toothache that decided to rear up its ugly head on Tuesday afternoon and doesnt show any signs of giving up, so much so that I got over my intense fear of dentists and actually set up an appointment for later today.
Needless to say I am super-scared, if there is one breed of doctors that flip the shit out of me its the dentists, I guess watching Marathon man too many times does that to you.
Needless to say I am super-scared, if there is one breed of doctors that flip the shit out of me its the dentists, I guess watching Marathon man too many times does that to you.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
A live tourney win
I havent played live poker for a very very long time, so yesterday I decided to play in this smallish semi-decent tourney (structure-wise) that runs in houston every monday and thurday. Its a $60 buy-in, gets about 45-50 players and 1st is about 1.2-1.5kish.
Starting table description: huge donks all around who have no clue about tournament poker, insanely loose in the early stages literally playing any 2 cards and insanely tight in the later stages and closer to the final table/money, 1 semi-decent middle-age player.
Some hands:
1. my stack 6500, 50/100 blinds: I havent played a hand and open 3-6cc UTG to 300, old man next to me calls, one of the better players (BP1)(very tight though, about 10k stack) raises from the button to 1k, I call, old man folds. Flop 3 2 K (one club), I check call 800 bet (??), turn 6d, I check shove his bet and crack Aces, upto 11k. Start building up a loose crazy table image.
2. stack 10kish, 50/100, I call an insanely bald-bad-middle-eastern (BBME) player's utg limp with 55 from utg+2, 2 more callers, serial killer (SK) looking horrendously bad player makes it 350 (??) from the button, utg bad-player calls, i call, flop KK5 (nutzo baby), checks around, Turn 7, utg bets out 700, I flat, button hems and haws and hollywoods (we are'nt on TV you stupid fuck) and calls, river 7 (board 5KK77), fuck me.. utg leads 1400, i snap fold, terribad button hems and calls, utg shows A high, button shows QQ.. sigh donks, down to 7.8kish
3. stack 9kish, 100/200, BP1 ( semi-decent player from hand 1 limps), I complete SB with KcTc, BB checks.. flop Qc9c6c, i check, super-donk-middle-aged (SDM) BB leads 200, BP1 calls, I tiny raise to 900, SDM calls, BP1 calls... turn 5d, I lead 1350, SDM snap folds (???), semi decent player starts hemming and hawing, asks me if I have 2 pair and fnally calls, river 2d, I bet out 1350 (live players do not cll big river bets) and again BP1 hollywood calls, and mucks and says I had 2 pair on the flop (???? did he limp Q9/69/Q6 from MP, roll my eyes).. upto 15ksih
4. stack 13kish, blinds 100/200/25(antes), I open KhJh UTG to 575, donk middle aged next to me flats, donk in cap next to him flats, new semi competent young bluffy player (moved to our table, with 9k behind, played with him before) raises to 1700, I shove and get hollywood folds, upto 16k.
5. stack 16kish, blinds 200/400/50, I raise QcQs utg+2 to 1250, insanely tight middle aged donk in red cap snap shoves 5k, ultra short MP snap shoves 1.5k, I call and see Q7h and J8o and hold, upto 22kih.
No notable hands for some time after this, till with about 15 left the following hand occurs.
6. stack 28kish in the BB, 400/800/50, Semi decent player (BP1 from #1,#3, 23k behind, doesnt like to flip/race with decent stacks) opens utg+3 to 3700 (this means he either has JJ-, or AQ+), folds to me, i look down at TsTd, and shove, he gets all fidgety and looks in pain and finally calls with AKo, I win the flip and am chip leader with 40k+.
Final table. I am chip leader with a big stack 70k+, table has plenty of donkeys, bunch of short stacks (6 paid) and no decent players at all, but blinds are getting big
7. stack 70kish, 500/1000/100, I open 5c-8c UTG to 2200, another big stack terribad middle eastern young player (friend of bald dude from #2, 35kish behind) flats, flop 862r, I lead 2250, get called check down and win versus AK. (hmm didnt want to show my hand there).
Start opening liberally and get little resistance till players start pointing out "u opening lot of crap i think, u bully, one hand and you'll double us up" and some such shit, so tighten a little.
8. stack 80kish, 600/1200/100, I open 6c7c in UTG to 2900, good-natured-rich-terrible-at-poker lawyer shoves 11k from MP, I call and see him tabling 9dTd (????), flop 6d8dTc (flopped the joint), turn Qc, river Js, ok no biggie doubled up an ultra short stack thats all.
Hand dead till the following hand comes up,
9. 8 left,stack 55k, 600/1200/100, I have AsAc in MP,utg+2 (16k) opens to 5100 (??), bald-middle-eastern guy(30k) raises to 12000, I shove, utg+2 snap calls with AQ, bald guy hollywood folds and I hold.
Kind of easy sailing from there and go into heads-up with over 5:1 chip lead and win KQ vs AQ to take the tourney down. I might play this on thursday again, if I can haul my ass into the car for the 20 min ride. Easy money for the takings.
Starting table description: huge donks all around who have no clue about tournament poker, insanely loose in the early stages literally playing any 2 cards and insanely tight in the later stages and closer to the final table/money, 1 semi-decent middle-age player.
Some hands:
1. my stack 6500, 50/100 blinds: I havent played a hand and open 3-6cc UTG to 300, old man next to me calls, one of the better players (BP1)(very tight though, about 10k stack) raises from the button to 1k, I call, old man folds. Flop 3 2 K (one club), I check call 800 bet (??), turn 6d, I check shove his bet and crack Aces, upto 11k. Start building up a loose crazy table image.
2. stack 10kish, 50/100, I call an insanely bald-bad-middle-eastern (BBME) player's utg limp with 55 from utg+2, 2 more callers, serial killer (SK) looking horrendously bad player makes it 350 (??) from the button, utg bad-player calls, i call, flop KK5 (nutzo baby), checks around, Turn 7, utg bets out 700, I flat, button hems and haws and hollywoods (we are'nt on TV you stupid fuck) and calls, river 7 (board 5KK77), fuck me.. utg leads 1400, i snap fold, terribad button hems and calls, utg shows A high, button shows QQ.. sigh donks, down to 7.8kish
3. stack 9kish, 100/200, BP1 ( semi-decent player from hand 1 limps), I complete SB with KcTc, BB checks.. flop Qc9c6c, i check, super-donk-middle-aged (SDM) BB leads 200, BP1 calls, I tiny raise to 900, SDM calls, BP1 calls... turn 5d, I lead 1350, SDM snap folds (???), semi decent player starts hemming and hawing, asks me if I have 2 pair and fnally calls, river 2d, I bet out 1350 (live players do not cll big river bets) and again BP1 hollywood calls, and mucks and says I had 2 pair on the flop (???? did he limp Q9/69/Q6 from MP, roll my eyes).. upto 15ksih
4. stack 13kish, blinds 100/200/25(antes), I open KhJh UTG to 575, donk middle aged next to me flats, donk in cap next to him flats, new semi competent young bluffy player (moved to our table, with 9k behind, played with him before) raises to 1700, I shove and get hollywood folds, upto 16k.
5. stack 16kish, blinds 200/400/50, I raise QcQs utg+2 to 1250, insanely tight middle aged donk in red cap snap shoves 5k, ultra short MP snap shoves 1.5k, I call and see Q7h and J8o and hold, upto 22kih.
No notable hands for some time after this, till with about 15 left the following hand occurs.
6. stack 28kish in the BB, 400/800/50, Semi decent player (BP1 from #1,#3, 23k behind, doesnt like to flip/race with decent stacks) opens utg+3 to 3700 (this means he either has JJ-, or AQ+), folds to me, i look down at TsTd, and shove, he gets all fidgety and looks in pain and finally calls with AKo, I win the flip and am chip leader with 40k+.
Final table. I am chip leader with a big stack 70k+, table has plenty of donkeys, bunch of short stacks (6 paid) and no decent players at all, but blinds are getting big
7. stack 70kish, 500/1000/100, I open 5c-8c UTG to 2200, another big stack terribad middle eastern young player (friend of bald dude from #2, 35kish behind) flats, flop 862r, I lead 2250, get called check down and win versus AK. (hmm didnt want to show my hand there).
Start opening liberally and get little resistance till players start pointing out "u opening lot of crap i think, u bully, one hand and you'll double us up" and some such shit, so tighten a little.
8. stack 80kish, 600/1200/100, I open 6c7c in UTG to 2900, good-natured-rich-terrible-at-poker lawyer shoves 11k from MP, I call and see him tabling 9dTd (????), flop 6d8dTc (flopped the joint), turn Qc, river Js, ok no biggie doubled up an ultra short stack thats all.
Hand dead till the following hand comes up,
9. 8 left,stack 55k, 600/1200/100, I have AsAc in MP,utg+2 (16k) opens to 5100 (??), bald-middle-eastern guy(30k) raises to 12000, I shove, utg+2 snap calls with AQ, bald guy hollywood folds and I hold.
Kind of easy sailing from there and go into heads-up with over 5:1 chip lead and win KQ vs AQ to take the tourney down. I might play this on thursday again, if I can haul my ass into the car for the 20 min ride. Easy money for the takings.
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Beer , porn and an anal violation of Uncle Ben
This one came out in february, and is perhaps one of the first instance of a top brand alligning itself with porno
Uncle Ben gets grilled big time
Uncle Ben gets grilled big time
Friday, June 05, 2009
MS girl
While on our beach vacation, me and mrs.sen were fooling around with the camera and ended up shooting a mini photo session on the beach (me behind the lens as the expert photographer !!). My wife gets most of her suits from here and the company seems to be running a fun competition of sort for their customers.
So on a whim she sent in some of our vacation "photo-session" snaps and lo and behold we got an email today saying she won the june competition and she will be on the june edition of the 2009 malibu strings calender (comes with a 500 dollar gift voucher) as well as a request to be part of the malibu-string-girls-gang (invitation to the annual malibu string party at Vegas, all expenses covered)
Running good in life at the moment it seems.
So on a whim she sent in some of our vacation "photo-session" snaps and lo and behold we got an email today saying she won the june competition and she will be on the june edition of the 2009 malibu strings calender (comes with a 500 dollar gift voucher) as well as a request to be part of the malibu-string-girls-gang (invitation to the annual malibu string party at Vegas, all expenses covered)
Running good in life at the moment it seems.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
ship it
The 2009 World series of poker (WSOP) is underway and I finally managed to satellite into the main event on my 4th try via a $650 satellite on Cake. 3 seats were guaranteed (12k packages for the winners), I pretty much got into cruise control from 30 left and went into the final table 2nd in chips. Was a pretty easy run in the home stretch, something that has not happened lately in tournaments for me.
Anyway the package includes : the 10k tournament buy-in plus 2k in expenses for the main event or the 10k buyin plus 1k travel expenses plus 5 day stay at the Rio,Vegas.
Heres how the main event schedule looks this year:
All I need to do now is squeeze in a vacation from work, my wife will make the trip with me, her first poker trip, unless she has some really pressing issues at schools (her phd qualifiers are right after the summer). For the time being I redeemed the package from Cake-poker as there are a ton of stuff that needs to go right at work for my vacation to come through, allowing me to play. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed.
Anyway the package includes : the 10k tournament buy-in plus 2k in expenses for the main event or the 10k buyin plus 1k travel expenses plus 5 day stay at the Rio,Vegas.
Heres how the main event schedule looks this year:
| Fri, Jul 3rd 12:00 PM 13-Day Event |  | World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em (Event 57) No Rebuy/Add-ons
| | $10,000 | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All I need to do now is squeeze in a vacation from work, my wife will make the trip with me, her first poker trip, unless she has some really pressing issues at schools (her phd qualifiers are right after the summer). For the time being I redeemed the package from Cake-poker as there are a ton of stuff that needs to go right at work for my vacation to come through, allowing me to play. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
big day tomorrow
Lately I have been playing cash games mostly online with the occassional shot at a tournament without much success. I can go on and on about the sick beats, coolers that I've had in tourneys recently, but then again I am not playing those too well either.
Usually when I am playing a couple of tournaments, I'd open up some Heads-up cash games and end up focusing on those.
Anyway tomorrow is a potential big day, am playing 4 biggies tomorrow. Heres the schedule:
I need to try and keep my focus as lately in tourneys I am losing my focus pretty quickly. Also RUN GOOD ONE TIME. Godspeed
Usually when I am playing a couple of tournaments, I'd open up some Heads-up cash games and end up focusing on those.
Anyway tomorrow is a potential big day, am playing 4 biggies tomorrow. Heres the schedule:
- $13 100k guarantee MiniFTOPS event 22 1:05PM
- $126 1 million guarantee FTOPS event 22 1:00PM
- $55 500k guarantee MiniFTOPS main event 6:05 PM
- $550 5 million guarantee FTOPS main event 6:00 PM
I need to try and keep my focus as lately in tourneys I am losing my focus pretty quickly. Also RUN GOOD ONE TIME. Godspeed
Friday, May 15, 2009
Eech beach pear plumb in comes tom thumb
On the memorial day weekend and no its not gonna be a choc-a-bloc teeming-with-millions beach. As per the brochure, if we are willing to drive a tad we can potentially have 50 miles of pristine beach all to ourselves.
WOOOOT.
WOOOOT.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Thursday, April 09, 2009
On the Balla wishlist
I've been eyeing this piece for sometime now (well over 2 weeks to be precise), I saw it on a close buddy of mine who took down a 35k first place finish at the Bay shooting Star casino,CA, poker tourney last month (one I almost played, but bailed out at the last moment due to work commitments). Of course he's got an even balla time-piece, but this Breitling Super Avenger would do nicely for me. First I need a poker score this month, I have been running like a one-legged kenyan all of March, and on a mini 5k downswing.
In the meantime here some more balla time pieces for your viewing pleasure (snaps by Nat taken at the Bellagio 25k World poker tour main event, Las Vegas, last year, one on the extreme right belongs to online poker phenom Sorel "Imperium" Mizzi and is in the 75k range):
In the meantime I went ahead and bought a bunch of gold this week, primarily as a hedge, and also because the market is so damn expensive.
Suggested weekend readings:Zerohedge
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Irksome
1. People talking out of their arse at dinner parties.
2. Oh so you want to play poker for a living, wow thats kind of degen(erate) isnt it?
3. Gambling as a career, thats a first right?
4. How can slumdogg millionaire win even one oscar, its a pure desi masala movie yaar (usually from a dreaded desi chic who cant pronounce trainspotting).
5. You know, smoking kills.
6. I saw Pink Floyd in concert, did you know they are the greatest band of all time (sigh donk)
At this point, I think of Happy Gilmore, and try and conjure up images of a happy place, think of a happy place, do not, repeat DO NOT get sarcastic and start correcting them. But .... sigh
2. Oh so you want to play poker for a living, wow thats kind of degen(erate) isnt it?
3. Gambling as a career, thats a first right?
4. How can slumdogg millionaire win even one oscar, its a pure desi masala movie yaar (usually from a dreaded desi chic who cant pronounce trainspotting).
5. You know, smoking kills.
6. I saw Pink Floyd in concert, did you know they are the greatest band of all time (sigh donk)
At this point, I think of Happy Gilmore, and try and conjure up images of a happy place, think of a happy place, do not, repeat DO NOT get sarcastic and start correcting them. But .... sigh
Saturday, April 04, 2009
unzip my pants say you love me
At the recent Lakme fashion week, Akshay Kumar went, ummm lets see whats the right word, strip-teasey (?), and thus invoked the wrath of the indian moral brigade.
While walking the ramp he decided to stroll over to his wife and asked a bemused Twinkle Khanna to unbutton/unzip his jeans for her. Though there is something of a coochy-poochy lovey-dovey feel about asking your wife to publicly unzip your pants, whatever brownie points he managed to score in my books are lost due to those HORRENDOUS boots he's put on.
Whoever made Akshay wear those boots, please drink bleach and run into a brick wall ASAP.
While walking the ramp he decided to stroll over to his wife and asked a bemused Twinkle Khanna to unbutton/unzip his jeans for her. Though there is something of a coochy-poochy lovey-dovey feel about asking your wife to publicly unzip your pants, whatever brownie points he managed to score in my books are lost due to those HORRENDOUS boots he's put on.
Whoever made Akshay wear those boots, please drink bleach and run into a brick wall ASAP.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Oldies
I was sifting through my music and came across these old favorites, ended up youtubing them. Reminded me of a time etched in memory.
Audioslave
We passed upon the stairs, Cobain at mtv unplugged
Jakob Dylan
BOC live, plenty of live improvisation on the signature reaper riff, around 2:45
s&m one, Hetfield at his snarling best, and notice how the band lines up for the signature one grunge (around 5:07)
november rain
bang bang
but if you could heal a broken heart
wouldnt time be out to charm you
Audioslave
We passed upon the stairs, Cobain at mtv unplugged
Jakob Dylan
BOC live, plenty of live improvisation on the signature reaper riff, around 2:45
s&m one, Hetfield at his snarling best, and notice how the band lines up for the signature one grunge (around 5:07)
november rain
bang bang
but if you could heal a broken heart
wouldnt time be out to charm you
Monday, March 23, 2009
Meet the Dumbest people in your corporation
The HR guys, they are driving me nuts. And they love meetings, they schedule milestone meetings, trademark meetings, celebratory meetings, meetings to discuss meetings, redundant strat meetings, and this when research is working on air-tight deadline mode, oh and we had a meeting to discuss our upcoming journal publications as well !!! ... dumb fuckheads.
A certain Professor at Stanford said it best "Let Engineers and Scientists run the country instead of Lawyers, MBAs and Economists." (v 2.1)
HR folks: please get aids and die ASAP
A certain Professor at Stanford said it best "Let Engineers and Scientists run the country instead of Lawyers, MBAs and Economists." (v 2.1)
HR folks: please get aids and die ASAP
Monday, March 09, 2009
Playing the Coushatta 1k
I dont usually like playing in small-buyin casino tournaments (primarily because of the mind-boggling testicularly retarded slowness of live poker vs online poker), but a friend convinced me to take this trip with him, later this month, to Louisiana for the Coushatta Casino 1k buy-in main event. Hopefully the event attracts atleast 300 players (so that 1st is atleast 50k to make the trip and staying in hotels for 4 days worthwhile, FYI: I hate travelling), but given the current economy that might be a stretch.
Anyway 300 is the magic number, if they get less than 300 players I'm out, not worth my time by any stretch.
Anyhoo today was bloody sunday of online poker, and somehow I convinced myself to play some sunday special donkament tourneys : Results : 0/11. LOL Donkaments.
Anyway 300 is the magic number, if they get less than 300 players I'm out, not worth my time by any stretch.
Anyhoo today was bloody sunday of online poker, and somehow I convinced myself to play some sunday special donkament tourneys : Results : 0/11. LOL Donkaments.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Crickets with balls
They justify my love for everything with balls. Long live sehwagology, may natalie portman parade more in Closer style Gs.
Friday, February 13, 2009
starbucks loves israel
Today I went to my regular grocery store carrying my starbucks frapp , the store is owned and operated by a middle-aged, supremely chatty, affable, middle eastern bald dude. Now I have always suspected that he thinks that I am a muslim. Anyway as soon as I get in he greets me "You know you should never buy anything from starbucks", Why, "Anything you buy at starbucks a % of the money is sent to israel to kill muslim children". You sure about that, "Oh yes ask Jamil (his brother/something like that) here". Jamil :" Fucking child murderers, killing allah's sons."
Hmmmm.
As an aside I recently added up my one month starbucks expense : $356.44. The wise might say I am an SBUX addict.
Hmmmm.
As an aside I recently added up my one month starbucks expense : $356.44. The wise might say I am an SBUX addict.
Saturday, February 07, 2009
swingy
Dropped 6 buy-ins in HU (heads-up) NL last night. Though it sounds disappointing I think my play was fine, got rivered a lot and lost 4 straight flips (1.5 buyin donations to these flips).
Time for the upswing now !!
edit (02/07): made back 5 buy-ins after putting in a marathon all night session. Run good more please
Time for the upswing now !!
edit (02/07): made back 5 buy-ins after putting in a marathon all night session. Run good more please
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Shooting cans
Lets go shoot come cans, u know mexi-cans, puertori-cans.
Disclaimer: I live in a Red state.
Disclaimer: I live in a Red state.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Friday, January 02, 2009
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Bell the cat
Season's greetings to one and all. Oh and I am tying the knot on the 16th of Jan.
Good game bachelorhood ... sigh :(
Good game bachelorhood ... sigh :(
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Mission Saree
No not for me, but tomorrow someone's gonna try it wearing it for the first time herself. Wish her luck (and me too).
As an aside if the said saree is the one that Draupadi had purchased, then as Baburao would say "pehente pehente poti paida ho jayegi"
As an aside if the said saree is the one that Draupadi had purchased, then as Baburao would say "pehente pehente poti paida ho jayegi"
Thursday, September 11, 2008
ship the $$$$
Got my biggest online tournament score in poker yet---> 2 sundays ago--->on full-tilt,
Wait for it wait for it wait for it
$ 7 5 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0
YUPPPIEE ....
SHIP IT ALL BABY
though a good part of sunday late night, after the win, was spent at a certain posh gentleman's bar blowing $1 bills with friends ;-), that 75k could have gone way bit lighter by the time the night ended ;-)
Wait for it wait for it wait for it
$ 7 5 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0
YUPPPIEE ....
SHIP IT ALL BABY
though a good part of sunday late night, after the win, was spent at a certain posh gentleman's bar blowing $1 bills with friends ;-), that 75k could have gone way bit lighter by the time the night ended ;-)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
effffff it
On a bad bad 10k downswing in poker.
Poker can be a brutal game and without proper discipline it can break a player. There could be extended periods where you put in the money as a 80-20 favorite only to see your donkey opponent catch a miracle card to bust you. This is what we poker players term a BAD BEAT.
One of my favourite online tournament pros Chetna "Rex55" Joshi puts it best in her blog, and curiously this does not just apply to poker, it applies to any difficult journey that anyone might decide to take up :
Poker can be a brutal game and without proper discipline it can break a player. There could be extended periods where you put in the money as a 80-20 favorite only to see your donkey opponent catch a miracle card to bust you. This is what we poker players term a BAD BEAT.
One of my favourite online tournament pros Chetna "Rex55" Joshi puts it best in her blog, and curiously this does not just apply to poker, it applies to any difficult journey that anyone might decide to take up :
Bad beats are non-exclusive. They are blind to race, creed, and gender. They are merciless. Every single player that sits down to play cards, takes bad beats. The more you play, the more you take... the more hands you are dealt, the more likely it is statistically that you will take a bad beat.
So now if every single poker player is taking bad beats across the globe.. how is everyone dealing with them?
What is your standard reaction when you get bad beat?
*Do you curse and chat box spew?
*Do you donk out of all other tournies that are going well?
*Do you throw things or punch walls?
*Do you reach for alcohol and/or drugs?
*Do you tilt off your roll?
*Do you copy and paste your hand history and send it to all your buddies on messenger so they can now relive your bad beats along with their own?
*Do you take it out on your family and/or significant other?
*Do you take it out on yourself?
or..............
-Do you assess your play, your own decision, your role in the hand, learn what you can and move on?
The true damage of a bad beat isnt the hand itself....it is the aftermath that ensues...It is our inability to accept it for what it is...The damage lies in the snowball affect it has on everything else... when we allow it to permeate into other tournies... into a bankroll we grinded so long and so hard for... into our personal lives.... that is where the true damage of bad beats take place.
How many poker players are equipped with the armor to tolerate the "blows" poker will undoubtedly fire at you?
The field is narrow...Most fall victim to the grimy hands of 'Tilt,' and SELF-defeat...
Don't let this be you...
Poker is all about perspective.
Don't wallow in your defeats or self-pity...
Don't question your abilities or skills...
Don't let yourself fall into a cold, dark abyss, with a tape recorder on repeat playing
"you suck at cards...you are a loser...how could you not have folded that hand? you donkey...stick to your day job...you have no hope...."
And Please don't surrender to bad beats...
It's all about our perspective...
Mind over matter...it is amazing how powerful self-perspective can be...
it is what we make of it...
what our mind creates of it...
it is what it is...
what we allow it to be...
Once you are able to keep bad beats in proper perspective for what they are.. an inherent part of the game that every participant has the choice to deal with, in his or her own way... then you will see how much more of your time and energy is spent constructively, as opposed to destructively...
and not only will you emerge a stronger Poker Player...but a stronger Person...
But even then its YUCKS and sucks to be in this downswing, and seeing a big chunk of my YTD profits beinf wiped out.....Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Filmy Chakkar
Via Jabberwock, links to some darn great non-Indian Bollywood blogs:
Beth, filmiholic, postpunk.
Some very good reads, not to mention the very different perspective that you might get.
Beth, filmiholic, postpunk.
Some very good reads, not to mention the very different perspective that you might get.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Live poker crushing --> continues
I absolutely dominated the final table of a 40 person poker tournament over the weekend and frankly no-one had a chance. My live record this year:
Live Poker tourneys played : 6
1st: 3 (!!!!!)
3rd: 1
$200+ buy-in tourneys played : 3
1st: 2
Let me run this good online, just one time, pleeeeeseeee GOD.
Live Poker tourneys played : 6
1st: 3 (!!!!!)
3rd: 1
$200+ buy-in tourneys played : 3
1st: 2
Let me run this good online, just one time, pleeeeeseeee GOD.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
blood on the streets
wall street, dalal street, ching-chong street---> all being painted red by the big bloody bear. Time to buy some more of your fav stcoks?? Maybe. But I am holding off for now. 15% + in cash.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
$133 oil
And I am attending a conference on advanced oil and gas exploration techniques in beautiful golden, colorado.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Times they are a changing
For the first time in my life I am rooting for Shoaib Akthar to uproot Sachin's middle stump for a golden duck.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
dogfight dognames dog-eat-dog dogma
Please be seeing.
And of course DO NOT MISS the precious rediff message board accompanying it.
Appetizer from the same:
How to test if a men is gay ot not. now, simple. if they are fan of SRK, very good chance they are gay.
Their early symptom, they like to wear colorful cloths, wear perfume a lot, they have dimple on face like SRK, or they wish that they had. they always take side of SRK in debates, fight with other people, even though it does not matter what they say. They see Karan johar movie 4-5 times.
They respect girls, they love rani mukerji, they hate big B and all who are better than SRK.
They cry easily, and very emotional. They become full gay by the time they reach 30.
Priceless
And of course DO NOT MISS the precious rediff message board accompanying it.
Appetizer from the same:
How to test if a men is gay ot not. now, simple. if they are fan of SRK, very good chance they are gay.
Their early symptom, they like to wear colorful cloths, wear perfume a lot, they have dimple on face like SRK, or they wish that they had. they always take side of SRK in debates, fight with other people, even though it does not matter what they say. They see Karan johar movie 4-5 times.
They respect girls, they love rani mukerji, they hate big B and all who are better than SRK.
They cry easily, and very emotional. They become full gay by the time they reach 30.
Priceless
Monday, May 05, 2008
inter-species molestation
From the BBC dig this. An apparently sexually frustrated fur seal "rapes" a hapless king penguin. Bestial porn limits itself to man/woman with a mammal (preferably donkeys), the fur seal in question obviously decided to put this limit to the test.
In poker news I won a smallish live tournament on sunday for about 1kish, I am absolutely crushing the houston live tourney scene of late, not to mention the fact that I am running like GOD in crucial spots.
In poker news I won a smallish live tournament on sunday for about 1kish, I am absolutely crushing the houston live tourney scene of late, not to mention the fact that I am running like GOD in crucial spots.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Chinese invasion
(a) My group has 16 members, 11 are chinese, 2 are korean and one is a russian. At work my English usage is extremely telegraphic in nature. I dont say "When will this work get done, oh will get done soon, great", instead I say "When done STOP soon done STOP good STOP".
(b) My lunch conversations primarily deal with the "how-tos and what-tos of consuming raw salmon" and being invited for weekend fishing trips which start at 10PM and last till 6 in the morning. Needless to say I politely decline, not because sporting a fishing pole in the middle of the might seem ungodly to some, but because I have to consume whatever I catch the next morning RAW.
(c) I have taken an unwordly liking to those damn crawfish(es).
(d) Watsao (fuck off)
(e) I have no idea why some of the posts and the template have suddenly gone "YO ITALICS"
(f) I feel there is a book inside me, but I doubt there is a publisher out there.
PS: I am getting addicted to SEx and the City. All I need now is to grow a couple of pigtails
(b) My lunch conversations primarily deal with the "how-tos and what-tos of consuming raw salmon" and being invited for weekend fishing trips which start at 10PM and last till 6 in the morning. Needless to say I politely decline, not because sporting a fishing pole in the middle of the might seem ungodly to some, but because I have to consume whatever I catch the next morning RAW.
(c) I have taken an unwordly liking to those damn crawfish(es).
(d) Watsao (fuck off)
(e) I have no idea why some of the posts and the template have suddenly gone "YO ITALICS"
(f) I feel there is a book inside me, but I doubt there is a publisher out there.
PS: I am getting addicted to SEx and the City. All I need now is to grow a couple of pigtails
Monday, April 28, 2008
World Series of Poker 2008 and telephonic intercourse
On one of the many online sites that I play, last night I won a seat to the World Series of Poker 2008 (WSOP) main event scheduled for early july, via a $150 satellite tournament.
I get : 10k USD(WSOP main event buy-in/entry free)+3k(expenses)+sponsored gear (cap/shirt/tshirt etc) that I have to wear. Now I am thinking of whether actually going or just taking the 13k. I hate travelling and Las Vegas is pretty far away, but then again this might be my only chance of being on ESPN plus 1st place pays close to 10 million USD!! Hmmmm..........Decisions, decisions ....sigh
In what I think is the greatest news of this century a woman has claimed that she was raped while having a super-eroctic phone conversation with a man and doctors confirmed that yes she is no longer a virgin. Apparently she screamed and started having the post-virginal bleeding stuff while her pristine woman-hood was being brutally savaged ala shakti kapoor by the man on the other end of the telephone.
PS: When Brad Pitt wakes up every morning next to Angelina Jolie, does he pat his own back and say "I screwed Angelina Jolie last night... wooooooooo" ??
I get : 10k USD(WSOP main event buy-in/entry free)+3k(expenses)+sponsored gear (cap/shirt/tshirt etc) that I have to wear. Now I am thinking of whether actually going or just taking the 13k. I hate travelling and Las Vegas is pretty far away, but then again this might be my only chance of being on ESPN plus 1st place pays close to 10 million USD!! Hmmmm..........Decisions, decisions ....sigh
In what I think is the greatest news of this century a woman has claimed that she was raped while having a super-eroctic phone conversation with a man and doctors confirmed that yes she is no longer a virgin. Apparently she screamed and started having the post-virginal bleeding stuff while her pristine woman-hood was being brutally savaged ala shakti kapoor by the man on the other end of the telephone.
PS: When Brad Pitt wakes up every morning next to Angelina Jolie, does he pat his own back and say "I screwed Angelina Jolie last night... wooooooooo" ??
Friday, April 25, 2008
random babel
Disclaimer: This is a general blabber thread based on the premise that I have time to waste and so I will waste it and if you read it then its a waste of time for you. Goodbye braincells.
As most if not all Indians know, the IPL is underway. There is an interesting snippet on Gaurav Sabnis' blog (too lazy to link it, go search on google/technorati/Baidu(if you are a chinese bored guy looking up cricket)) where he says that T20 is like a shot of tequila as compared to test match cricket which is more like a solid expensive scotch that "not many" can afford. I am a big cricket buff and avid cricket watcher (I have the disticntion of staying up every night from 1AM to 9AM watching the Pommie-Aussie Ashes classic) , and I have been trying like hell to watch and get interested in T20, but unfortunately (?) it doesnt quite cut for me. It seems soo darn BOORING, no excitement no drama, no critical stages/passage of play which you know is going to make or break the match, no stalwarth one-on-one battles, absolutely nothing that matches my definition of super exciting cricket. Complete utter waste.
By the way does anyone believe that Frasier is the greatest sitcom ever made??? I am so in love with it; have been ordering each and every season via netflix. On the same note how did the Raymond show ever gain popularity??? It is the single most braindead sitcom ever made, that coupled with the fact the Ray romano doesnt even make the cut as decent stand up comedian, his one man routines sucked, sucks and will suck. How did his pilot ever get approved???
My head hurts now... I am so enamoured by the sound of my own voice/words.
Anyway, that was that.
As most if not all Indians know, the IPL is underway. There is an interesting snippet on Gaurav Sabnis' blog (too lazy to link it, go search on google/technorati/Baidu(if you are a chinese bored guy looking up cricket)) where he says that T20 is like a shot of tequila as compared to test match cricket which is more like a solid expensive scotch that "not many" can afford. I am a big cricket buff and avid cricket watcher (I have the disticntion of staying up every night from 1AM to 9AM watching the Pommie-Aussie Ashes classic) , and I have been trying like hell to watch and get interested in T20, but unfortunately (?) it doesnt quite cut for me. It seems soo darn BOORING, no excitement no drama, no critical stages/passage of play which you know is going to make or break the match, no stalwarth one-on-one battles, absolutely nothing that matches my definition of super exciting cricket. Complete utter waste.
By the way does anyone believe that Frasier is the greatest sitcom ever made??? I am so in love with it; have been ordering each and every season via netflix. On the same note how did the Raymond show ever gain popularity??? It is the single most braindead sitcom ever made, that coupled with the fact the Ray romano doesnt even make the cut as decent stand up comedian, his one man routines sucked, sucks and will suck. How did his pilot ever get approved???
My head hurts now... I am so enamoured by the sound of my own voice/words.
Anyway, that was that.
meh....
Poker over the past week is summarized in the title above. I am either lacking focus as of now or getting dished out wonderous beats. Last night I played 4 tourneys and the bustouts were:
KK <>
I think I am generally bored.
KK <>
I think I am generally bored.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Friday, December 28, 2007
Results ahoy
So after a weekend of nice holidaying at San Antonio and spending a wonderful day at Seaworld its back to work :((. bit of an update on the vacation first.
Seaworld definitely has some of the best shows with sea creatures in the country. While they do not have a fish tank as good as those in say Baltimore or Monterey Bay, but by jove they have some super shows. Initially I was a bit disappointed when I saw Seaworld's Shark tank (compared to Monterey it was like my aquarium back home in India where if you strain and squint really hard you might find those two red fishes swimming by), but then the shows really blew my mind. Highly recommended for anyone who gets down to this part of the country.
As for the poker goes, not much to report really. What with the India-Aussie test match and watching India grind and huff and puff like a 18th century steam engine I must say my stomach for poker is not that great this week, though I do plan on putting on a decent session late tonight and over the weekend. On a cricket side note I am praying that India put on a stellar performance with the bat the second time, even though losing is inevitable.
Some results:
12/21/07: 50 NL (Cake)
Profit : $120
Hours played: ~2
12/25/07: Christmas shit on fulltilt where I tilted like hell and dropped 3 buyins
Profit: -$150
Hours played: Marathon session wherein I refused to quit, at one point I was up atleast a couple of buyins but proceeded to take a shot at 400NL (why for fuck's sake???) and was well decimated, to put it really politely.
12/27/07: 50NL (Cake and Pstars)
Profit: $57
Hours played: 1
Weekly results: 12/17/07-12/24/07
Profit: $50
Played: Minimal in a long time of only about 4 hours of total play.
Have a good time at the tables. Oh and when I get home I'll post an interesting (lucky?) hand from yesterday's session.
PS: My day job is really boring me :((
EDit:
Heres a hand from last night. The UTG had earlier be out with mid and bottom pair on the flop (after limping J5s !!) and so I figured my flush and my Q are alive. Hence the flop call and of course the golden turn.
PokerStars Game #14143785184: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/12/27 - 21:45:35 (ET)
Table 'Sova' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Denilicious ($44.55 in chips)
Seat 2: NewmanDogg ($23.85 in chips)
Seat 3: haeper ($54.50 in chips)
Seat 4: satyakee ($55.05 in chips)
Seat 5: brusecco ($4 in chips)
Seat 6: GOBIGRED26 ($30.60 in chips)
satyakee: posts small blind $0.25
brusecco: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to satyakee [2c Qc]
GOBIGRED26: calls $0.50
Denilicious: calls $0.50
NewmanDogg: folds
haeper: folds
satyakee: calls $0.25
brusecco: checks
*** FLOP *** [2d 5c 8c]
satyakee: checks
brusecco: bets $1.50
GOBIGRED26: raises $2 to $3.50
Denilicious has timed out
Denilicious: folds
Denilicious is sitting out
satyakee: calls $3.50
brusecco: calls $2 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2d 5c 8c] [2h]
Denilicious has returned
satyakee: checks
GOBIGRED26: bets $26.60 and is all-in
satyakee: calls $26.60
*** RIVER *** [2d 5c 8c 2h] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
satyakee: shows [2c Qc] (three of a kind, Deuces)
GOBIGRED26: mucks hand
satyakee collected $50.80 from side pot
brusecco: mucks hand
satyakee collected $11.90 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $65.70 Main pot $11.90. Side pot $50.80. | Rake $3
Board [2d 5c 8c 2h 7h]
Seat 1: Denilicious folded on the Flop
Seat 2: NewmanDogg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: haeper (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: satyakee (small blind) showed [2c Qc] and won ($62.70) with three of a kind, Deuces
Seat 5: brusecco (big blind) mucked [8d Qs]
Seat 6: GOBIGRED26 mucked [9c 9s]
Seaworld definitely has some of the best shows with sea creatures in the country. While they do not have a fish tank as good as those in say Baltimore or Monterey Bay, but by jove they have some super shows. Initially I was a bit disappointed when I saw Seaworld's Shark tank (compared to Monterey it was like my aquarium back home in India where if you strain and squint really hard you might find those two red fishes swimming by), but then the shows really blew my mind. Highly recommended for anyone who gets down to this part of the country.
As for the poker goes, not much to report really. What with the India-Aussie test match and watching India grind and huff and puff like a 18th century steam engine I must say my stomach for poker is not that great this week, though I do plan on putting on a decent session late tonight and over the weekend. On a cricket side note I am praying that India put on a stellar performance with the bat the second time, even though losing is inevitable.
Some results:
12/21/07: 50 NL (Cake)
Profit : $120
Hours played: ~2
12/25/07: Christmas shit on fulltilt where I tilted like hell and dropped 3 buyins
Profit: -$150
Hours played: Marathon session wherein I refused to quit, at one point I was up atleast a couple of buyins but proceeded to take a shot at 400NL (why for fuck's sake???) and was well decimated, to put it really politely.
12/27/07: 50NL (Cake and Pstars)
Profit: $57
Hours played: 1
Weekly results: 12/17/07-12/24/07
Profit: $50
Played: Minimal in a long time of only about 4 hours of total play.
Have a good time at the tables. Oh and when I get home I'll post an interesting (lucky?) hand from yesterday's session.
PS: My day job is really boring me :((
EDit:
Heres a hand from last night. The UTG had earlier be out with mid and bottom pair on the flop (after limping J5s !!) and so I figured my flush and my Q are alive. Hence the flop call and of course the golden turn.
PokerStars Game #14143785184: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/12/27 - 21:45:35 (ET)
Table 'Sova' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Denilicious ($44.55 in chips)
Seat 2: NewmanDogg ($23.85 in chips)
Seat 3: haeper ($54.50 in chips)
Seat 4: satyakee ($55.05 in chips)
Seat 5: brusecco ($4 in chips)
Seat 6: GOBIGRED26 ($30.60 in chips)
satyakee: posts small blind $0.25
brusecco: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to satyakee [2c Qc]
GOBIGRED26: calls $0.50
Denilicious: calls $0.50
NewmanDogg: folds
haeper: folds
satyakee: calls $0.25
brusecco: checks
*** FLOP *** [2d 5c 8c]
satyakee: checks
brusecco: bets $1.50
GOBIGRED26: raises $2 to $3.50
Denilicious has timed out
Denilicious: folds
Denilicious is sitting out
satyakee: calls $3.50
brusecco: calls $2 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2d 5c 8c] [2h]
Denilicious has returned
satyakee: checks
GOBIGRED26: bets $26.60 and is all-in
satyakee: calls $26.60
*** RIVER *** [2d 5c 8c 2h] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
satyakee: shows [2c Qc] (three of a kind, Deuces)
GOBIGRED26: mucks hand
satyakee collected $50.80 from side pot
brusecco: mucks hand
satyakee collected $11.90 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $65.70 Main pot $11.90. Side pot $50.80. | Rake $3
Board [2d 5c 8c 2h 7h]
Seat 1: Denilicious folded on the Flop
Seat 2: NewmanDogg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: haeper (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: satyakee (small blind) showed [2c Qc] and won ($62.70) with three of a kind, Deuces
Seat 5: brusecco (big blind) mucked [8d Qs]
Seat 6: GOBIGRED26 mucked [9c 9s]
Friday, December 21, 2007
Numbers game
The past two days I really havent got much time (i.e. undistracted time) to play, the house being full. I managed to squeak in a decent session yesterday on fulltilt starting off playing 1/2 limit and a combination of being card-dead/getting rivererd tilted me off so that I ended up dropping $80 in an hour and a half.
Limit playing is tricky than it otherwise seems, and its giving me more headache on tilt than elsewhere.
So i decided to put in an after dinner session on 50NL and 100 NL. Played really well and within an hour I had recovered my earlier loss to be back to even for the day. Infact would have made a small profit as well except that a player to my left made a spite call with A7-o after I had reraised him for the nth time with T-T and proceeded to spike his three outer on the flop door. But the board was super scary (A-9-K-K-J) and I lost the minimum. It seems that late night is a good time to play cash games as the players that are on are either tiring out or most of the regulars have gone. This is good thing to look into further. I'll be off for the weekend taking my paremts to San Antonio. So enjoy your vacation and god speed.
12/19/07-12/20/07: $20
Limit playing is tricky than it otherwise seems, and its giving me more headache on tilt than elsewhere.
So i decided to put in an after dinner session on 50NL and 100 NL. Played really well and within an hour I had recovered my earlier loss to be back to even for the day. Infact would have made a small profit as well except that a player to my left made a spite call with A7-o after I had reraised him for the nth time with T-T and proceeded to spike his three outer on the flop door. But the board was super scary (A-9-K-K-J) and I lost the minimum. It seems that late night is a good time to play cash games as the players that are on are either tiring out or most of the regulars have gone. This is good thing to look into further. I'll be off for the weekend taking my paremts to San Antonio. So enjoy your vacation and god speed.
12/19/07-12/20/07: $20
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Christmas Apple
Updated shopping list:
Mommy: i-pod+i-pod dock+speakers ---> check
Daddy: digicam ---> check
Sister: digicam --> check
Girlfriend: i-phone --> check
SELF: open to suggestions
Im really not getting enough time to play, so at the most I am putting in 1 hour sessions almost mostly on limit cash games. These are going rally profitable at the moment. I am also dabbling in no-limit short stack buy-in play and those seem to work as well.
12/16/07: 1/2 limit (fulltilt)
profit : $30 (20 mins)
12/17/07 : 1/2 limit (cake and fulltilt)
profit: $30 (2 hours, i got stuck in the fulltilt game where twice my top sets got rivered by 4 flushes).
I am trying to build my roll upto the 2-3k range on all the three sites I play, hopefully by the end of Feb (that would also be when I'll get more time to play). This time around I am hoping not to bust my roll by taking unrealistic shots and playing hugely outside my roll. (eg, sunday million, FT main event on 2k rolls).
Mommy: i-pod+i-pod dock+speakers ---> check
Daddy: digicam ---> check
Sister: digicam --> check
Girlfriend: i-phone --> check
SELF: open to suggestions
Im really not getting enough time to play, so at the most I am putting in 1 hour sessions almost mostly on limit cash games. These are going rally profitable at the moment. I am also dabbling in no-limit short stack buy-in play and those seem to work as well.
12/16/07: 1/2 limit (fulltilt)
profit : $30 (20 mins)
12/17/07 : 1/2 limit (cake and fulltilt)
profit: $30 (2 hours, i got stuck in the fulltilt game where twice my top sets got rivered by 4 flushes).
I am trying to build my roll upto the 2-3k range on all the three sites I play, hopefully by the end of Feb (that would also be when I'll get more time to play). This time around I am hoping not to bust my roll by taking unrealistic shots and playing hugely outside my roll. (eg, sunday million, FT main event on 2k rolls).
Friday, October 12, 2007
World blogger championship of online poker
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!
This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.
Registration code: 8812259
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Wanted -- A BRIDE !!
This could be funny if your sense of humor is as twisted as mine, The gems are highlighted for your pleasure :
Part 1. The uber cool SMS vocabed cosmo dude
Hi, this is XXXXX(NAME CHANGED FOR POSSIBLE LEGAL ISSUES), commonly known as Joy. Basically I'm a Mechanical Engineer and MBA(Marketing & Systems). I'm working for DCM-HYundai limited as Manager-Middle East Operation. I stay in Dubai coz I operate frm here. In my Partner I'll look for a definitely beautiful, really fair, well educated and from a good falily and cultural background. I'm liberal in thought of doing job of my partner, its her own chioce, bt she shd b honest to me 100% always, as i promise 2 b d same to her, coz all problems hv solution in discussions. I promised 2 b d best hubby and dad in this earth(I'll try my level best 4 tht). so, basically a beautiful look and mind is required to proceed further. Doctors and engineers and well educated r preferred. who'll b willing to stay in dubai the city of gold 4 atlest initial years and knowing the household work a bit, atleast cooking. Coz I cant cook and aftr marriage i really wanna stop hotel foods other thn occasionally. I lv music, i cn compose and sing a bit n lv driving fast bt controlled. i'm a gold medalist engineer and passed MBA also with A Grade. My partner shd some some bengali culture though its nt necessary tht she shd only b frm calcutta, she cn b frm anywhere in this world, bt preferrably a bengali gal, coz they r the most beautiful both from inside and outside. Anyone of us cn b contacted 4 any deatail what so ever. thts it. ggod luck to all d viewers of my profile, hv a gr8 day.
Beautiful from the inside and the outside, now I am confused !!!!
My Family:
We r a perfect 4. Father, mother, son and daughter. Father is a retired Railway officer-a double M. A person who in my lifetime didn't say single lie which we children r also trying to follow, he didn't utter any bad word till date and hving no addiction towards tea, smoking or drinking, Mother is a housewife-the most simple and beautiful mother and best in ths earth, My elder sister is a v beautiful lady who is a computer engineer ws working 4 big multinational in dubai, nw gone back to b'lore to settle down there;brother in law is also a mechanical engineer and sole designer of all reputed brand-Gap, Gucci, Denim, Wallmert etc. ws also working in UAE with Embee intl, bt nw gone back to B'lore to settle down there hvng cuple of real big offers as indian style industry is booming. myself is already described. this is my sweet little family.
Errr designed Wallmert did he , good for him !!
Part 2. The sportsman, chak -de -india
I am an INTERNATIONAL PLAYER. I am Representing INDIA from last 10years. I am LAXMAN AWARD winner. Honored by GOVERNER of Uttar Pradesh & I also recived best player in INDIA Award. My nature is very frank. I believe in healthy relationship. I am ambitious, confident, fun loving, practical, caring, extrovert Indian boy. I went abroad more then 40 times, & represent India in 32 Country. I'm working in reputed company. May I know yr ans. plz? just tell me R U interested or not with my profile.we don't believe in caste war sushant here our contact no. is :XXXXXXXX
JAI SIYAA-RAAM !!!!
Part 1. The uber cool SMS vocabed cosmo dude
Hi, this is XXXXX(NAME CHANGED FOR POSSIBLE LEGAL ISSUES), commonly known as Joy. Basically I'm a Mechanical Engineer and MBA(Marketing & Systems). I'm working for DCM-HYundai limited as Manager-Middle East Operation. I stay in Dubai coz I operate frm here. In my Partner I'll look for a definitely beautiful, really fair, well educated and from a good falily and cultural background. I'm liberal in thought of doing job of my partner, its her own chioce, bt she shd b honest to me 100% always, as i promise 2 b d same to her, coz all problems hv solution in discussions. I promised 2 b d best hubby and dad in this earth(I'll try my level best 4 tht). so, basically a beautiful look and mind is required to proceed further. Doctors and engineers and well educated r preferred. who'll b willing to stay in dubai the city of gold 4 atlest initial years and knowing the household work a bit, atleast cooking. Coz I cant cook and aftr marriage i really wanna stop hotel foods other thn occasionally. I lv music, i cn compose and sing a bit n lv driving fast bt controlled. i'm a gold medalist engineer and passed MBA also with A Grade. My partner shd some some bengali culture though its nt necessary tht she shd only b frm calcutta, she cn b frm anywhere in this world, bt preferrably a bengali gal, coz they r the most beautiful both from inside and outside. Anyone of us cn b contacted 4 any deatail what so ever. thts it. ggod luck to all d viewers of my profile, hv a gr8 day.
Beautiful from the inside and the outside, now I am confused !!!!
My Family:
We r a perfect 4. Father, mother, son and daughter. Father is a retired Railway officer-a double M. A person who in my lifetime didn't say single lie which we children r also trying to follow, he didn't utter any bad word till date and hving no addiction towards tea, smoking or drinking, Mother is a housewife-the most simple and beautiful mother and best in ths earth, My elder sister is a v beautiful lady who is a computer engineer ws working 4 big multinational in dubai, nw gone back to b'lore to settle down there;brother in law is also a mechanical engineer and sole designer of all reputed brand-Gap, Gucci, Denim, Wallmert etc. ws also working in UAE with Embee intl, bt nw gone back to B'lore to settle down there hvng cuple of real big offers as indian style industry is booming. myself is already described. this is my sweet little family.
Errr designed Wallmert did he , good for him !!
Part 2. The sportsman, chak -de -india
I am an INTERNATIONAL PLAYER. I am Representing INDIA from last 10years. I am LAXMAN AWARD winner. Honored by GOVERNER of Uttar Pradesh & I also recived best player in INDIA Award. My nature is very frank. I believe in healthy relationship. I am ambitious, confident, fun loving, practical, caring, extrovert Indian boy. I went abroad more then 40 times, & represent India in 32 Country. I'm working in reputed company. May I know yr ans. plz? just tell me R U interested or not with my profile.we don't believe in caste war sushant here our contact no. is :XXXXXXXX
JAI SIYAA-RAAM !!!!
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