YO...
So yeah... it seems as though I've now developed a fairly crippling addiction to "pokerstars.com". It began innocently enough, as something to do between classes at school to kill time. Then more and more of my friends got into it, so it was like we could have our own little personal poker night any time we wanted online. Now it's gotten to the point where it's all I can think about whenever I'm not preforming something critical, such as sleeping, eating or playing poker.
This would be well and good, except for the small fact that I have a senior engineering project I was supposed to be working on for the last, oh... 10 months, and I... well... haven't started yet. It's due in 4 weeks. If I can pull this off, it's going to be one of my greatest feats of my school career.
So yeah... lots to do... very little time to do it.... and I'm addicted to poker. How about that? But I'll be ok. Probably. :)
"I obey the law of inverse excuses, which states that the greater the task to be done, the more insignificant the work prior to the starting of the greater task is"
-Procrastinator's Creed, #11
Monday, February 28, 2005
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
The New Champ
OH SNAP! There's a new Champ in town!!
So the class had a big Texas Holdem poker tournament yesterday evening. 15 people, $20 a head, $155 to the winner, $100 for 2nd place, $50 for 3rd. (in case you did the math, there was an extra 5 bucks in the pot for some reason).
Anyway... I started off on the "stacked" table, including such heavy hitters as Phil Ryan, PWall, Naiem, Jeremy & Bri. Things did not go well off the mark. I was 2.5 hours into the game without winning a hand... and my stacks were dwindling. But I caught a break around 5:30pm and ended up taking two big hands in a row, which put me above the break-even point. I sat quietly by as my friends dropped out of the game one by one, and I made it to the final table of 8.
Now I was with the big boys.. but I didn't let it rattle me too much. This time, as apposed to the last tournament, I had learned that you really do have to know when to holdem' and when to foldem'. And foldem' I did. Seriously. Whole hours would go by where I would do little more than sit back in my chair and let my competitors have at each other. This worked surprisingly well, because when the time came to go in on a hand, I generally was able to get a few biters. Anyway, things were going ok, but I was still somewhere in the middle of the pack.. but nonetheless gaining steady ground.
In my mind, there were 2 key hands which tipped the balance for me. The first was during the Top-6. I was delt poket Queens, and got 3 10's off the flop. Raymond went all in (~$45) and I called. Another Q came up on the turn, so I had myself an even better Full House. I was praying that he didn't have the last 10... but he ended up having a smaller Full House. I took it.
Later, when it was down to the final 3: I was delt Ace Jack, off suit. The flop gave Queen, 10, 4. The turn came, it was a King. PLiddy went all in (~$80 I believe). I called. The river came... PLiddy proudly procliams "Two Pair". I dropped my cards, and his face hit the table. Straight to the Ace.
The final battle between Little Phil and I was hard fought, but truth be told, I had the chip advantage, and blinds were getting huge ($8/$16) . He went all in on his last blind, I called, and took the hand with 2 pair. There's a new champ in town!!! Man... what a day!!!!!
So the class had a big Texas Holdem poker tournament yesterday evening. 15 people, $20 a head, $155 to the winner, $100 for 2nd place, $50 for 3rd. (in case you did the math, there was an extra 5 bucks in the pot for some reason).
Anyway... I started off on the "stacked" table, including such heavy hitters as Phil Ryan, PWall, Naiem, Jeremy & Bri. Things did not go well off the mark. I was 2.5 hours into the game without winning a hand... and my stacks were dwindling. But I caught a break around 5:30pm and ended up taking two big hands in a row, which put me above the break-even point. I sat quietly by as my friends dropped out of the game one by one, and I made it to the final table of 8.
Now I was with the big boys.. but I didn't let it rattle me too much. This time, as apposed to the last tournament, I had learned that you really do have to know when to holdem' and when to foldem'. And foldem' I did. Seriously. Whole hours would go by where I would do little more than sit back in my chair and let my competitors have at each other. This worked surprisingly well, because when the time came to go in on a hand, I generally was able to get a few biters. Anyway, things were going ok, but I was still somewhere in the middle of the pack.. but nonetheless gaining steady ground.
In my mind, there were 2 key hands which tipped the balance for me. The first was during the Top-6. I was delt poket Queens, and got 3 10's off the flop. Raymond went all in (~$45) and I called. Another Q came up on the turn, so I had myself an even better Full House. I was praying that he didn't have the last 10... but he ended up having a smaller Full House. I took it.
Later, when it was down to the final 3: I was delt Ace Jack, off suit. The flop gave Queen, 10, 4. The turn came, it was a King. PLiddy went all in (~$80 I believe). I called. The river came... PLiddy proudly procliams "Two Pair". I dropped my cards, and his face hit the table. Straight to the Ace.
The final battle between Little Phil and I was hard fought, but truth be told, I had the chip advantage, and blinds were getting huge ($8/$16) . He went all in on his last blind, I called, and took the hand with 2 pair. There's a new champ in town!!! Man... what a day!!!!!
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Leavin Here
Yo...
So guess which lukcy sonofabitch is going to Europe this summer???? That's right. Reid-o! Northcott, Ricketts and I bought our tickets yesterday, and Ginny & Kay bought there's at the same time from the Hali office.
OH MAN. IT'S FUCKING OFFICIAL. 10 Countries. 10 weeks. It's gonna be one hell of an adventure. I can't hardly wait. Truthfully... I can't really think about it for too long becuase I feel like my head's gonna explode in anticipation. Oh yeah... and did I mention we're gonna see U2 in Germany???? Got our seats in the presale last week, checked the general sale this morning, and they sold out 65,000 within a few hours. HOLY SWEET MERCIFULY CRAP. It's gonna be fucking amazing...... the trip of a lifetime begins May 31st.
CAN"T HARDLY WAIT!!!
OH SNAP!!!!
So guess which lukcy sonofabitch is going to Europe this summer???? That's right. Reid-o! Northcott, Ricketts and I bought our tickets yesterday, and Ginny & Kay bought there's at the same time from the Hali office.
OH MAN. IT'S FUCKING OFFICIAL. 10 Countries. 10 weeks. It's gonna be one hell of an adventure. I can't hardly wait. Truthfully... I can't really think about it for too long becuase I feel like my head's gonna explode in anticipation. Oh yeah... and did I mention we're gonna see U2 in Germany???? Got our seats in the presale last week, checked the general sale this morning, and they sold out 65,000 within a few hours. HOLY SWEET MERCIFULY CRAP. It's gonna be fucking amazing...... the trip of a lifetime begins May 31st.
CAN"T HARDLY WAIT!!!
OH SNAP!!!!
Thursday, February 10, 2005
I believe in miracles
Yo...
So I'm 24 now. Yep. Had a birthday on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I also had a crippling flu which caused me to sleep roughly 90% of the day, but what can you do? The roomates decorated up the house and everything. It was quite the site to see... all this festive decoration... cakes on every table... stacks of alcohol (the only thing people can give the man who literally has everything)... and me, in my pyjamas under 3 blankets comatose in the middle of it all. Spectacular. Nonetheless, a good day. I've got some good friends.
So last night was our weekly Tuesday night poker game, held on Wednesday because of the birthday festivities that were supposed to go ahead. Anyway, I've been hitting a bit of a dry spell of late with the game. Which is odd for me, and for anyone who plays against me. I'm the one ususally getting acused of "horseshoe up the ass" and whatnot for my better than average luck. So last night, after having lost roughly $30 on the 3 previous weeks combined, I sat down agian to play. Things were going fairly well for me throughout the game... but I was by no means soaring high... probably up 5 bucks or so. Anyway, the end of the night approaches, I'm dealing, and I call straight up (no wild cards), and make the deal. I check my hand. Two pair off the deal - Q's & J's, and an Ace kicker. So I throw out my Ace and begin to deal the draw. As I go around the table, I notice how everyone's saying "one", "one", "one"... so... I figured most people were hoping on something great. I take one. Flip it up. The Queen. Oh baby.... I've got a full house. This is big, and there's only a few hands in poker that can beat this, so I'm definitely matching anything that comes my way. Anyway, to sum it up, all 5 of us at the table (me, Bri, Pwall, Ray & Ricketts - [Northcott had already busted out]) were betting like madmen... $2 and $3 raises... there was over $25 in the pot when it was all said and done (which is a lot for a friendly $10 buy-in game with a dime ante).
It was time to lay them down...
Ricketts had three 9's. Raymond had a striaght to the King. Bri had a flush to the Queen. Pwall had a full house... two Kings and three fours. I laid down my 3 Q's & 2 J's.
I saw the kings in Pwall's hand and my heart began to sink. As I started shaking my head in disbelief, the boys said... "No reid.... the higher 3 of a kind takes it!" OH SNAP! UNBELIEVABLE. I had done it!! After that, we all just sat there in absolute disbelief... The odds on all 5 players getting these calibur hands in straight poker has got to be absolutely astronomical.
I ended the night up almost $28.... a new record.
The hand that did it was the best birthday present of all.
So I'm 24 now. Yep. Had a birthday on Tuesday. Unfortunately, I also had a crippling flu which caused me to sleep roughly 90% of the day, but what can you do? The roomates decorated up the house and everything. It was quite the site to see... all this festive decoration... cakes on every table... stacks of alcohol (the only thing people can give the man who literally has everything)... and me, in my pyjamas under 3 blankets comatose in the middle of it all. Spectacular. Nonetheless, a good day. I've got some good friends.
So last night was our weekly Tuesday night poker game, held on Wednesday because of the birthday festivities that were supposed to go ahead. Anyway, I've been hitting a bit of a dry spell of late with the game. Which is odd for me, and for anyone who plays against me. I'm the one ususally getting acused of "horseshoe up the ass" and whatnot for my better than average luck. So last night, after having lost roughly $30 on the 3 previous weeks combined, I sat down agian to play. Things were going fairly well for me throughout the game... but I was by no means soaring high... probably up 5 bucks or so. Anyway, the end of the night approaches, I'm dealing, and I call straight up (no wild cards), and make the deal. I check my hand. Two pair off the deal - Q's & J's, and an Ace kicker. So I throw out my Ace and begin to deal the draw. As I go around the table, I notice how everyone's saying "one", "one", "one"... so... I figured most people were hoping on something great. I take one. Flip it up. The Queen. Oh baby.... I've got a full house. This is big, and there's only a few hands in poker that can beat this, so I'm definitely matching anything that comes my way. Anyway, to sum it up, all 5 of us at the table (me, Bri, Pwall, Ray & Ricketts - [Northcott had already busted out]) were betting like madmen... $2 and $3 raises... there was over $25 in the pot when it was all said and done (which is a lot for a friendly $10 buy-in game with a dime ante).
It was time to lay them down...
Ricketts had three 9's. Raymond had a striaght to the King. Bri had a flush to the Queen. Pwall had a full house... two Kings and three fours. I laid down my 3 Q's & 2 J's.
I saw the kings in Pwall's hand and my heart began to sink. As I started shaking my head in disbelief, the boys said... "No reid.... the higher 3 of a kind takes it!" OH SNAP! UNBELIEVABLE. I had done it!! After that, we all just sat there in absolute disbelief... The odds on all 5 players getting these calibur hands in straight poker has got to be absolutely astronomical.
I ended the night up almost $28.... a new record.
The hand that did it was the best birthday present of all.
Friday, February 04, 2005
February Stars
Yo...
So yeah... figured I'd jump on the ol bandwagon with this blog shit.
Don't really have a whole lot to say just now... but I guess that's never stopped me before.
Actually... if you want to hear a funny story... I used to keep a log back in the days of 2nd year university, but then I stopped when I got back from the UK in Jan. 2003. So I sat down one afternoon a couple of weeks ago and decided to catch up. I wrote like... 12 pages on the last 2 years of my life... which has been pretty eventful, let me tell you.
Anyway, yesterday I formatted my comp cause it was getting kinda full, and fuck me, I forgot to back up the log. So it's lost to the ages now. Maybe one of these days when I'm feeling energetic I'll do it again. Fack.
Anyway... that's it for now. Stay tuned.
P.S. Also.... This happened...
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So yeah... figured I'd jump on the ol bandwagon with this blog shit.
Don't really have a whole lot to say just now... but I guess that's never stopped me before.
Actually... if you want to hear a funny story... I used to keep a log back in the days of 2nd year university, but then I stopped when I got back from the UK in Jan. 2003. So I sat down one afternoon a couple of weeks ago and decided to catch up. I wrote like... 12 pages on the last 2 years of my life... which has been pretty eventful, let me tell you.
Anyway, yesterday I formatted my comp cause it was getting kinda full, and fuck me, I forgot to back up the log. So it's lost to the ages now. Maybe one of these days when I'm feeling energetic I'll do it again. Fack.
Anyway... that's it for now. Stay tuned.
P.S. Also.... This happened...
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