Codd Brunson Challenge

Day 13

The forced break on Day 12 really helped me out. I came back on the net with a renewed vigor, and no baggage dwelling in my head space from days previous.

I started the day with a freeroll, which is my favorite warm up. I got 2nd place:

After that, a buddy of mine staked me into a $3.30 SNG, Turbo Deep Stack Knockout. He said that he'd get half the winnings. I agreed. It was an offer I couldn't refuse.

I ended up in 7th place for $9. I also collected $2.50 in bounties. I could have went deeper, but I had a really disappointing hand on the final table:

Full Tilt Poker Game #26673512693: $3 + $0.30 KO Sit & Go (207077399), Table 1 - 1500/3000 Ante 400 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:32:10 ET - 2010/12/24
Seat 1: gigishop1040 (55,378)
Seat 2: houserulez09 (16,968)
Seat 4: KingofAcorns (43,978)
Seat 5: Restceken (38,220)
Seat 6: DeMai90 (25,619)
Seat 7: DGRMAX (37,184)
Seat 8: billylies (52,653)
gigishop1040 antes 400
houserulez09 antes 400
KingofAcorns antes 400
Restceken antes 400
DeMai90 antes 400
DGRMAX antes 400
billylies antes 400
houserulez09 posts the small blind of 1,500
KingofAcorns posts the big blind of 3,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KingofAcorns [4d Kd]
Restceken folds
DeMai90 folds
DGRMAX folds
billylies calls 3,000
gigishop1040 folds
houserulez09 calls 1,500
KingofAcorns checks
*** FLOP *** [6d 8s 3d]
houserulez09 bets 13,568, and is all in
KingofAcorns calls 13,568
billylies folds
houserulez09 shows [7c 9h]
KingofAcorns shows [4d Kd]
*** TURN *** [6d 8s 3d] [Kh]
DGRMAX has been disconnected
*** RIVER *** [6d 8s 3d Kh] [Th]
houserulez09 shows a straight, Ten high
KingofAcorns shows a pair of Kings
houserulez09 wins the pot (38,936) with a straight, Ten high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 38,936 | Rake 0
Board: [6d 8s 3d Kh Th]
Seat 1: gigishop1040 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: houserulez09 (small blind) showed [7c 9h] and won (38,936) with a straight, Ten high
Seat 4: KingofAcorns (big blind) showed [4d Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: Restceken folded before the Flop
Seat 6: DeMai90 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: DGRMAX folded before the Flop
Seat 8: billylies folded on the Flop

I was ahead the whole hand, until he caught a ten on the river. If I had won that hand, I would've been chip leader, instead I was at the bottom. A few hands later I ended up shoving all in with KJo and getting called by AA. I lost and was knocked out.

I paid my buddy back his $3.30, plus half of the winnings, giving us each a profit of $4.

Those are my favorite SNG's, the $3.30 Turbo Deep Stack Knockout's. I want to build my BR more, so I can really play those.

Played some Rush. Cashed out 3 something ahead. This was my favorite hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #26679466852: Table Flash - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:25:26 ET - 2010/12/25
Seat 1: Shroom Vibes ($6.47)
Seat 2: 1 more nemo ($5.82)
Seat 3: 002pokerdoc ($4)
Seat 4: KingofAcorns ($5.20)
Seat 5: mikroion3 ($21.58)
Seat 6: kosKG ($2.29)
Seat 7: RWired4 ($2.57)
Seat 8: MrsFullmoon ($3.02)
Seat 9: damien74 ($4.98)
damien74 posts the small blind of $0.02
Shroom Vibes posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KingofAcorns [Qc Kd]
1 more nemo folds
002pokerdoc folds
KingofAcorns raises to $0.15
mikroion3 folds
kosKG folds
RWired4 folds
MrsFullmoon calls $0.15
damien74 has 15 seconds left to act
damien74 raises to $0.75
Shroom Vibes folds
KingofAcorns calls $0.60
MrsFullmoon folds
*** FLOP *** [Qd Jc 2c]
damien74 has 15 seconds left to act
damien74 bets $1.25
KingofAcorns calls $1.25
*** TURN *** [Qd Jc 2c] [Qs]
damien74 has 15 seconds left to act
damien74 bets $2.98, and is all in
KingofAcorns calls $2.98
damien74 shows [Ah As]
KingofAcorns shows [Qc Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Qd Jc 2c Qs] [Qh]
damien74 shows a full house, Queens full of Aces
KingofAcorns shows four of a kind, Queens
KingofAcorns wins the pot ($9.49) with four of a kind, Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.16 | Rake $0.67
Board: [Qd Jc 2c Qs Qh]
Seat 1: Shroom Vibes (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: 1 more nemo didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: 002pokerdoc didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: KingofAcorns showed [Qc Kd] and won ($9.49) with four of a kind, Queens
Seat 5: mikroion3 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: kosKG didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: RWired4 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: MrsFullmoon (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: damien74 (small blind) showed [Ah As] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Aces

That's why I never slow roll Aces on the internet anymore. Something like this always happens. Sure he bet $1.25, but I had him on a pocket pair, and that seemed to me like a 'I try to buy the pot, but I'm not sure bet.'

I played a $3.30 Turbo Deep Stack Knockout SNG, started out good, got a bounty, but then lost. I was about to get off, but I felt like I wanted to play a little more poker. I remembered these crazy tournaments LuckHuck showed me last week, Super Turbo Matrix, so I decided to check one out.

I played, and got 2nd place overall and turned $1.10 into $1.62. It was the craziest poker I ever played.

All in all, it was a pretty good day. I'm finishing in the positive. Which is my number one goal. I'm finishing over 10 bucks up, which is really good. Last week when I had a much smaller BR, I was finishing $5 up on good days. This week I'd like to be finishing at least $10 up each day, but I had a rough start to this week, and a day I took off, so I really happy to just be finishing in the positive.

One thing about today, I wish that the final table of the $3.30 SNG had gone a little different. It didn't. That sucks. But hey that's poker, as long as I keep finishing positive everyday, there will be a lot more of those tournaments to come.

I ended up getting a $2 kick down after I quit playing yesterday. So:

Day 14

Well, I normally like to do a freeroll for my first poker of the day, a nice warm up. There weren't any freerolls that meet my current freeroll criteria, so I decided to do a Super Turbo Matrix 6 Handed $1.10 SNG.

Nothing like simultaneously whooping the same 6 peoples asses on 4 different felt.

I got 3rd in match 3, I was really close to cashing in all four. But great warm up for the day.

Played a lot of stuff, some Rush, a $3.30 SNG, the Daily Dollar, a private tournament. All with some pretty bad results. A couple of nasty suckouts really put me over the edge, so I went and played the best internet poker to play when you're pissed off. Super Turbo Matrix.