No blogger championships for me

Hello PokerStars Player, You recently applied to take part in this year's World Blogger Championship Of Online Poker (WBCOOP). In response to complaints received in 2007, the eligibility guidelines for this year's WBCOOP are slightly stricter than those in previous years. In order to be eligible, a blog must:
- Have been online for at least two months
- Have been regularly updated in that time
- Have substantial, unique and original content
- Be a blog (not a forum thread)
- Be available to the public
- Not be libellous or defamatory towards PokerStars

PokerStars also reserves the right to limit the number of entries from the same web domain (for example, online poker communities). Unfortunately, your blog does not meet the eligibility criteria for this year's WBCOOP. It's likely that PokerStars' will run this promotion again in the future, so keep on writing! We hope to see you again next year with an eligible blog.

Best Regards, The PokerStars Team

I of course appealed and of course was denied. Hopefully next year I will blog more to become eligible.

WBCOOP

Stewman is ready!!!

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

The WBCOOP is an online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers.

Registration code: 627412

Yes We Can

Obama did it my friends and so can NBA and Stewman as we head to Vegas this Friday. One of us will FT the tourney. We are due. With 2 cashes (including a 2nd) in my last 4 live tournaments I'm feeling good but in these donkaments lies many minefields. We shall see.

We haven't even left yet and I'm down $435 in bets to NBA to be repaid in cash/food comps so I'm pretty much only going to be able to play 1 tourney which will more than likely be Friday at Caesars and then hopefully clean up at cash games on Saturday. UFC fight to watch that night and then football all day Sunday. Fun trip to be had by all.

Vegas trip

So this blog has been pretty sparse lately. Not much poker related happenings for NBA and me. However, that will change in November when we venture out for the Venetian Deep Stacks tournaments.

This time there will be last longer bet and I will win it. Why because I'm a better tournament player than NBA...just don't tell him I said that. Of course the bet will probably end up costing me more than it should as I will probably lose after getting my money in with the best of it and NBA will be nursing his customary short stack and survive before he busts half a level later.

No worries. Hopefully we won't be busted but if so we will catch the ufc fight at a bar and then hang out in the MGM sports book all day Sunday and watch some NFL and maybe place some bets.

On the on-line front, I did place on the SNG leaderboard 2 weeks ago in the Mars division I think it was. Finished 96th I believe. NBA is trying for PCA through the steps. Hopefully he will book a seat and take it down for $2 mil. I saw that the Costa Rica LAPT event is happening during my school break. I may try again and qualify through Stars as I would love to go down there and play. Even though it will be cooler and rainy, I would still love to go. Hopefully if I try, I don't repeat the agony of Uruguay!

Well that is all for now. Will update if anything happens and will have a post Vegas report.

Why Play Tournaments?

So Phil Ivey wins over $1 million in a day and almost $3 million in the month of September. Why play tournaments? Seriously, when you make money like this why play. I know it gets you exposure and possible endorsements and who doesn't like to win a competition but why do the grind on the circuit when you can make this much.

http://www.highstakesnews.com/2008/10/01/phil-ivey-ended-september-winning-over-million-dollars-in-a-day/

WSOP 50k Horse

For a recap of this debacle check out my post on PokerSift

http://www.pokersift.com/tournaments/wsop-horse/

Utter Poker Devastation

Read my post from pokersift...I'm going to puke

http://www.pokersift.com/tournaments/utter-poker-devastation/

He Shipped it when I had Quads

Even the so called great ones make donkey plays

PokerStars Game #18233603215: Tournament #92592956, $5.00+$0.25 Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit - Match Round I, Level III (15/30) - 2008/06/19 - 00:30:05 (ET)Table '92592956 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the buttonSeat 1: BigHeeb91 (782 in chips)
Seat 2: Stewman20 (2218 in chips)
Stewman20: posts small blind 15
BigHeeb91: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Stewman20 [Kh 6d 7h Ah]
Stewman20: raises 60 to 90
BigHeeb91: raises 180 to 270Stewman20: calls 180
*** FLOP *** [7c 7d 7s]BigHeeb91: bets 512 and is all-in
Stewman20: calls 512
*** TURN *** [7c 7d 7s] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [7c 7d 7s Kc] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN
***BigHeeb91: shows [2c Ac Tc Td] (HI: a full house, Sevens full of Tens)
Stewman20: shows [Kh 6d 7h Ah] (HI: four of a kind, Sevens)
Stewman20 collected 1564 from pot
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 1564 Rake 0 Board [7c 7d 7s Kc 9s]
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 (big blind) showed [2c Ac Tc Td] and lost with HI: a full house, Sevens full of Tens
Seat 2: Stewman20 (button) (small blind) showed [Kh 6d 7h Ah] and won (1564) with HI: four of a kind, Sevens

Painful Interviewer

So I have been listening to Gary Wise for the past few months through his podcast. I just got to say he is one of the worst interviewers I have ever heard in my life. Up there with Larry King! Constantly fumbling and rewording questions, adding his own commentary, cutting off his guests, asking dumb questions and asking even dumber follow up questions. Now this hasn't stopped me from listening and won't in the future because like I've said before I am a degenerate and I need something to help get through the day at work but man is he awful. I like his writing for ESPN, Bluff, and on his own site but his interviewing skills needs more polishing. I expect better from someone in the Magic the Gathering Hall of Fame...well maybe not!

I can't make this shit up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering_Hall_of_Fame

The Capitalization of Poker: The WSOP ME Delayed

So as any hard core poker fan has already heard Harrah's Caesar's Entertainment announced today that they will be delaying the WSOP Main Event final table 117 days (yes your eyes have not deceived you) and will play the final table November 9th. They will play down from 9 to 2 players and the HU battle will take place on November 10th with the final table airing at 9:00pm est on ESPN and going for 2 hours on November 11th. Harrahs and ESPN's goal in doing this is to increase their pocket books top poker franchise and make it a spectacle comparable to other top sporting events such as the Super Bowl. According to Jeffrey Pollack and I'm paraphrasing, they want to create 9 stars instead of just 1. They want to create must see TV and this will create anticipation and hype that is unprecedented in poker history.

After listening to the entire conference call, I can only conclude that they are only looking out for themselves and their sponsors. I personally do not like this decision and think that it can lead to many negative consequences. Top on-line player and former Poker Stars employee Terrence Chan had this to say on his blog and I completely agree:

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/poker/2008-04-30-WSOP_N.htm

"They pretty much have all the bases covered (coaching, studying video, increased bidding for sponsorships) as far as I can see, but there will probably be some weird unintended consequence that no one foresaw. This is probably the single greatest argument against it. Consider this: they're running an experiment on the biggest prize in the game with something like a combined $20-25 million in player money at stake! It's ludicrous. You don't just dramatically change the format of the biggest tournament in the world with absolutely no precedent or trial run. To my knowledge, not once in the entire history of poker has a final table run four months after they break for it. And they decide the best time to try it for the first time is the main event of the World Series?

This is so stupid that I almost hope there's some massive clusterfuck. Not really, since that would be quite bad for poker and I'd feel really bad for any of the players affected, but seriously, the arrogance of a decision like this blows my mind."

What I don't get and bugs me the most is the fact that ESPN is only going to do a 2 hour broadcast of the final table. It is still going to be shovefest instead of showing what Daniel Negreanu thinks "You're going to see some really kind of more sophisticated play,". What's the point of doing this if you are not showing this live (w/holecards) or showing 4-5 hours. I'm sure with today's technology, ESPN could easily show the final table live (w/necessary 1-2 hour delay to prevent any sort of collusion). Bluff did this last year with there secluded final table which they aired on-line (not sure if they showed hole cards though).

BJ Nemeth asked about the live Internet coverage and whether Internet sites will be able to report hand histories and report the final two and eventual winner. Pollack stated that they are blowing the doors wide open and will allow any credentialed media person report whatever they see during the final table before the ESPN airing. Once again, to me this is no different then if I knew for 2 months before it aired on ESPN. Yes, the results will be 12-24 hours old but I will still know who the winner is before it airs. ESPN would do better to broadcast live

I truly hopes this works and will of course be watching November 11th but I have serious reservations and I think this in the long run this will create more of a backlash then create the publicity that Harrahs and ESPN wants.

The Ultimate Gambler

I was supposed to leave Sunday February 24th for Las Vegas. Well unfortunately that did not happen as my grandfather Pablo passed away the night before. I guess he got the last laugh on all of us as he was not able to go due to health reasons and figured since he can't go, none of us should go. His passing while a shock was not completely surprising. He was almost 91 and had been in declining health for some time. I know he was ready to go and I was glad that it was quick and hopefully painless. I'm sure it was scary for him in those last few minutes but I know he is in a better place with my grandmother looking down on all of us.

The reason I bring this up is because I just wanted to share a little about mi abuelo as I was very close to him. He was born in Nicaragua in 1917 to a relatively wealthy coffee bean plantation owner. When he was a teenager he was sent to New Orleans by my great-grandparents to get a better education. He graduated high school there and entered Tulane University studying to be an electrical engineer. Unfortunately a few years into his schooling, his father got very ill and he had to return to run the family business. While back in the homeland he met and quickly married my grandmother Victoria, a slightly older feisty strong willed woman (good job gramps!!!). Over the next 15-20 years my grandparents had 12 children with 8 surviving birth. Over this time due to some bad investments and an economic downturn in the Nicaraguan economy my grandparents were faced with a tough decision. They had to sell the plantation and were faced with either staying there or move the family to the states. With my grandma's urging, my grandfather decided to take the biggest gamble and move his family to San Francisco. Over the next few years with the help of friends and family he moved his family one by one over to America. This was an extremely courageous move and one that paid off. Over the next 50 years he saw his family grown and prosper in America and him and my grandma became proud grandparents to 22 grandchildren and so far 12 great-grand children.

He was the consummate gambler, playing the lottery daily and going to casinos to play Keno and the slots. Nothing better than sitting in the Keno lounge having a drink with him and listening to his stories. He was not the best poker player...always trying to bluff or draw to his gutshot straights but in the poker game of life when he needed to he got all his chips in at the right time.

While home for the week, I took 2 trips with my cousin to Bay 101 and played 2 sessions of 6-12 limit hold'em. I played for a total of 7 hours and walked up a total of $1248...my biggest 2 scores ever in a ring game. I know the spirit of Pablo was with me in both sessions.

I would like to share one last thing he told me about 7 years ago. There are 3 things in life that are everyone should live by.

1. Family is the most important thing in the world. Don't turn your back on them and always forgive them because in the end family is all you have and they will be there when you need them.

2. Don't live to work, work to live

3. You should always have a shot or 2 of medicine a day and I think we all know what he means by medicine.

Thanks Pablo for being the best grandfather, you will always be missed but never forgotten. Vaya con dios abuelito!!

The Poker Princess has Arrived

Congrats to fellow grinder NBA and the lovely Mrs. NBA on the birth of their daughter. Mom and baby are doing great and daddy can't wait to teach her the concepts of implied odds and the nuances of 2-7 triple draw.

Out of Sunday Million

So I'm out less than 1 hour into the event. Finished 5965 out of 7370 players. Very frustrating tournament for me. I won the first hand dealt and that was the highlight. I got dealt 7 pockets pairs in probably 55 hands seen. Had AK once and made a big reraise which guy called and then he bet 1k on a 8 high flop and I folded. Had aces and everyone folded to my raise. Last hand I called off my remaining 1900 (150/300 level) when I got reraised with A10 of hearts and he had JJ and they held up. I only called because hand before that I got pushed off of my preflop raise for the millionth time and got frustrated. Bad call but mostly born out of frustration. Well 0 for 2 now in the sunday million. The play was really solid at my table. Nobody I knew but I'm sure some of them were pros. So now with
$.04 in PS and $.02 in FTP, I can now say I am done.

I was doing some thinking and realized the last 9 times I have aces either live or online, I have only won 3 times. How sick is that!!! Oh well what can you do.

Sunday Million Quest

So I had depsosited my last money into on-line site for a while. I decided to deposit into PokerStars with the sole purpose of qualifying into the Sunday Million. After 7 or 8 tourneys and the following beats.

PokerStars Game #14528159361: Tournament #73684025, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/13 - 11:53:45 (ET)
Table '73684025 6' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: tramshur (5630 in chips)
Seat 5: Stewman20 (3370 in chips)
Stewman20: posts small blind 100
tramshur: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [4s 5d]
Stewman20: calls 100
tramshur: checks
*** FLOP *** [7h 8d 6s]
tramshur: checks
Stewman20: bets 400
tramshur: raises 400 to 800
Stewman20: raises 2370 to 3170 and is all-in
tramshur: calls 2370
*** TURN *** [7h 8d 6s] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [7h 8d 6s Th] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tramshur: shows [8s 6c] (a full house, Sixes full of Eights)
Stewman20: shows [4s 5d] (a straight, Four to Eight)
tramshur collected 6740 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6740 | Rake 0
Board [7h 8d 6s Th 6d]
Seat 1: tramshur (big blind) showed [8s 6c] and won (6740) with a full house, Sixes full of Eights
Seat 5: Stewman20 (button) (small blind) showed [4s 5d] and lost with a straight, Four to Eight

PokerStars Game #14528405021: Tournament #73687188, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2008/01/13 - 12:06:27 (ET)
Table '73687188 5' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Stewman20 (1970 in chips)
Seat 2: searzy1 (1905 in chips)
Seat 3: cypru (1365 in chips)
Seat 4: fstop14 (1405 in chips)
Seat 5: RuniZ (910 in chips)
Seat 6: cbrlionfish (1445 in chips)
searzy1: posts small blind 15
cypru: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [8h 7d]
fstop14: folds
RuniZ: folds
cbrlionfish: calls 30
Stewman20: calls 30
searzy1: calls 15
cypru has timed out
cypru: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh Tc 9c]
cypru is sitting out
searzy1: bets 90
cypru has returned
cbrlionfish: raises 180 to 270
Stewman20: raises 1670 to 1940 and is all-in
searzy1: folds
cbrlionfish: calls 1145 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Jh Tc 9c] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Jh Tc 9c 9h] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cbrlionfish: shows [9s Ts] (a full house, Nines full of Tens)
Stewman20: shows [8h 7d] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
cbrlionfish collected 3040 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3040 | Rake 0
Board [Jh Tc 9c 9h Ah]
Seat 1: Stewman20 (button) showed [8h 7d] and lost with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 2: searzy1 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: cypru (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: fstop14 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: RuniZ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: cbrlionfish showed [9s Ts] and won (3040) with a full house, Nines full of Tens

PokerStars Game #14528553305: Tournament #73688648, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/13 - 12:14:00 (ET)
Table '73688648 3' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: twiles77 (1390 in chips)
Seat 4: johnmax888 (4600 in chips)
Seat 5: Stewman20 (1480 in chips)
Seat 6: figliunici (1530 in chips)
Stewman20: posts small blind 10
figliunici: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [Kc 9h]
twiles77: calls 20
johnmax888: calls 20
Stewman20: calls 10
figliunici: checks
*** FLOP *** [7s 9d 3d]
Stewman20: bets 80
figliunici: folds
twiles77: calls 80
johnmax888: calls 80
*** TURN *** [7s 9d 3d] [3c]
Stewman20: bets 320
twiles77: folds
johnmax888: calls 320
*** RIVER *** [7s 9d 3d 3c] [8s]
Stewman20: checks
johnmax888: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stewman20: shows [Kc 9h] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
johnmax888: shows [Td Th] (two pair, Tens and Threes)
johnmax888 collected 960 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 960 | Rake 0
Board [7s 9d 3d 3c 8s]
Seat 2: twiles77 folded on the Turn
Seat 4: johnmax888 (button) showed [Td Th] and won (960) with two pair, Tens and Threes
Seat 5: Stewman20 (small blind) showed [Kc 9h] and lost with two pair, Nines and Threes
Seat 6: figliunici (big blind) folded on the Flop

PokerStars Game #14529034461: Tournament #73688648, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/13 - 12:38:12 (ET)
Table '73688648 3' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: johnmax888 (4320 in chips)
Seat 5: Stewman20 (4680 in chips)
johnmax888: posts small blind 100
Stewman20: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [5d 7d]
johnmax888: raises 200 to 400
Stewman20: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Ad 9d 3d]
Stewman20: checks
johnmax888: bets 200
Stewman20: raises 4080 to 4280 and is all-in
johnmax888: calls 3720 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Ad 9d 3d] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 9d 3d Jd] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stewman20: shows [5d 7d] (a flush, Ace high)
johnmax888: shows [Kd Qc] (a flush, Ace high - King higher)
johnmax888 collected 8640 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8640 | Rake 0
Board [Ad 9d 3d Jd 3h]
Seat 4: johnmax888 (button) (small blind) showed [Kd Qc] and won (8640) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: Stewman20 (big blind) showed [5d 7d] and lost with a flush, Ace high

Next 2 weren't sunday mill quests but just thought I'd throw them in because of how bad I've been running.

PokerStars Game #14529277426: Tournament #71989205, 10FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/01/13 - 12:49:49 (ET)
Table '71989205 125' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Stewman20 (1020 in chips)
Seat 2: Numy1986 (1410 in chips)
Seat 3: Jerryriti (2180 in chips)
Seat 4: iessica111 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: hoppity05 (1480 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: Hardkor1971 (3710 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: memaw2401 (1340 in chips)
Seat 8: derbochumer1 (850 in chips)
Seat 9: JD,S RHINO (1360 in chips)
Numy1986: posts small blind 15
Jerryriti: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [Jh Js]
iessica111: folds
hoppity05: folds
Hardkor1971: folds
memaw2401: folds
derbochumer1: calls 30
JD,S RHINO: folds
Stewman20: raises 990 to 1020 and is all-in
Numy1986: calls 1005
Jerryriti: folds
derbochumer1: folds
*** FLOP *** [5c As 9d]
*** TURN *** [5c As 9d] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [5c As 9d 6h] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Numy1986: shows [9c 9s] (three of a kind, Nines)
Stewman20: shows [Jh Js] (a pair of Jacks)
Numy1986 collected 2100 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2100 | Rake 0
Board [5c As 9d 6h Td]
Seat 1: Stewman20 (button) showed [Jh Js] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: Numy1986 (small blind) showed [9c 9s] and won (2100) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 3: Jerryriti (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: iessica111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: hoppity05 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Hardkor1971 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: memaw2401 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: derbochumer1 folded before Flop
Seat 9: JD,S RHINO folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #14530205512: Hold'em Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/01/13 - 13:28:32 (ET)
Table 'Baade' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: jormel ($7.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Stewman20 ($6.20 in chips)
Seat 3: Chillwurst ($14.30 in chips)
Seat 4: habigsberg ($3.25 in chips)
Seat 5: Phoibe ($8.65 in chips)
habigsberg: posts small blind $0.10
Phoibe: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [5c 4c]
jormel: calls $0.25
Stewman20: calls $0.25
Chillwurst: folds
habigsberg: calls $0.15
Phoibe: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 7c 4h]
habigsberg: checks
Phoibe: bets $0.25
jormel: folds
Stewman20: calls $0.25
habigsberg: calls $0.25
*** TURN *** [4d 7c 4h] [Qd]
habigsberg: checks
Phoibe: bets $0.50
Stewman20: raises $0.50 to $1
habigsberg: folds
Phoibe: calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [4d 7c 4h Qd] [7s]
Phoibe: checks
Stewman20: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phoibe: shows [7d Td] (a full house, Sevens full of Fours)
Stewman20: shows [5c 4c] (a full house, Fours full of Sevens)
Phoibe collected $3.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.75 | Rake $0.15
Board [4d 7c 4h Qd 7s]
Seat 1: jormel folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Stewman20 showed [5c 4c] and lost with a full house, Fours full of Sevens
Seat 3: Chillwurst (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: habigsberg (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 5: Phoibe (big blind) showed [7d Td] and won ($3.60) with a full house, Sevens full of Fours

So finally with my last 6-max DS attempt I win a seat after a tough heads up battle. Final hand my A10 held up over his KQ. Guy wanted to chop also but I declined.

The Most Powerful Hand in Poker, a Cold Deck, and a Donkey Prefop Call

Full Tilt Poker Game #4834597026: Table Gullwing - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:19:57 ET - 2008/01/12
Seat 1: optionraise ($44.30)
Seat 2: NitLionFan ($15.65)
Seat 3: dobieatwar ($49.25)
Seat 4: MattyTrane ($47.75)
Seat 5: dianxin ($58)
Seat 6: AZ DonkeyHerder ($14.10)
Seat 7: giimoney ($9.90)
Seat 8: OffilinG ($12.80)
Seat 9: powerisgood ($54.10)
dianxin posts the small blind of $0.25
AZ DonkeyHerder posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AZ DonkeyHerder [Th 8s]
giimoney folds
OffilinG folds
powerisgood raises to $1.75
optionraise folds
NitLionFan calls $1.75
dobieatwar folds
MattyTrane folds
dianxin folds
AZ DonkeyHerder calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [Ts As 8c]
AZ DonkeyHerder checks
powerisgood checks
NitLionFan checks
*** TURN *** [Ts As 8c] [4c]
AZ DonkeyHerder bets $4
powerisgood has 15 seconds left to act
powerisgood raises to $12
NitLionFan folds
AZ DonkeyHerder raises to $12.35, and is all in
powerisgood calls $0.35
AZ DonkeyHerder shows [Th 8s]
powerisgood shows [Qd Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Ts As 8c 4c] [7h]
AZ DonkeyHerder shows two pair, Tens and Eights
powerisgood shows a pair of Aces
AZ DonkeyHerder wins the pot ($28.70) with two pair, Tens and Eights
powerisgood adds $10
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $30.20 | Rake $1.50
Board: [Ts As 8c 4c 7h]
Seat 1: optionraise didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: NitLionFan folded on the Turn
Seat 3: dobieatwar didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: MattyTrane (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: dianxin (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: AZ DonkeyHerder (big blind) showed [Th 8s] and won ($28.70) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 7: giimoney didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: OffilinG didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: powerisgood showed [Qd Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces

Full Tilt Poker Game #4834799873: Table Gullwing - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:37:30 ET - 2008/01/12
Seat 1: optionraise ($52.55)
Seat 2: NitLionFan ($15.45)
Seat 3: dobieatwar ($46.75)
Seat 4: MattyTrane ($52.30)
Seat 5: dianxin ($55.25), is sitting out
Seat 6: AZ DonkeyHerder ($18.40)
Seat 7: giimoney ($9.65)
Seat 8: OffilinG ($12.55)
Seat 9: powerisgood ($49.25)
OffilinG posts the small blind of $0.25
powerisgood posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AZ DonkeyHerder [3c 3h]
optionraise calls $0.50
NitLionFan folds
dobieatwar folds
MattyTrane folds
AZ DonkeyHerder calls $0.50
giimoney folds
OffilinG calls $0.25
powerisgood checks
*** FLOP *** [Qc Js 3d]
OffilinG checks
powerisgood bets $1
optionraise calls $1
AZ DonkeyHerder raises to $4
OffilinG has 15 seconds left to act
OffilinG raises to $12.05, and is all in
powerisgood folds
optionraise folds
AZ DonkeyHerder calls $8.05
OffilinG shows [Qh Qd]
AZ DonkeyHerder shows [3c 3h]
*** TURN *** [Qc Js 3d] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Js 3d 5c] [2h]
OffilinG shows three of a kind, Queens
AZ DonkeyHerder shows three of a kind, Threes
OffilinG wins the pot ($26.70) with three of a kind, Queens
AZ DonkeyHerder: nh
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $28.10 | Rake $1.40
Board: [Qc Js 3d 5c 2h]
Seat 1: optionraise folded on the Flop
Seat 2: NitLionFan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: dobieatwar didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: MattyTrane didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: dianxin is sitting out
Seat 6: AZ DonkeyHerder showed [3c 3h] and lost with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 7: giimoney (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: OffilinG (small blind) showed [Qh Qd] and won ($26.70) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 9: powerisgood (big blind) folded on the Flop

PokerStars Game #14519921860: Tournament #72645991, $10.70+$1.00 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/13 - 00:52:37 (ET)
Table '72645991 8' 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: kimmychewy (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Mr. Maxwell (1820 in chips)
Seat 3: graf2000 (1290 in chips)
Seat 4: Stewman20 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: creestud79 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: keyly (2210 in chips)
Seat 7: JagerMaestro (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: Lem Motlow (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: IrieCPA (1480 in chips)
Seat 10: Chat Gagne (740 in chips)
Stewman20: posts small blind 10
creestud79: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [As Ac]
keyly: folds
JagerMaestro: folds
Lem Motlow: folds
IrieCPA: folds
Chat Gagne: calls 20
kimmychewy: folds
Mr. Maxwell: calls 20
graf2000: calls 20
Stewman20: raises 180 to 200
creestud79: folds
Chat Gagne: folds
Mr. Maxwell: folds
graf2000: calls 180
*** FLOP *** [7c Qs 9d]
Stewman20: bets 450
graf2000: raises 640 to 1090 and is all-in
Stewman20: calls 640
*** TURN *** [7c Qs 9d] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [7c Qs 9d 2d] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stewman20: shows [As Ac] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
graf2000: shows [7s 9s] (a full house, Sevens full of Nines)
graf2000 collected 2640 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2640 | Rake 0
Board [7c Qs 9d 2d 7h]
Seat 1: kimmychewy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Mr. Maxwell folded before Flop
Seat 3: graf2000 (button) showed [7s 9s] and won (2640) with a full house, Sevens full of Nines
Seat 4: Stewman20 (small blind) showed [As Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 5: creestud79 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: keyly folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: JagerMaestro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Lem Motlow folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: IrieCPA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Chat Gagne folded before Flop


So was the end of my money on FTP and most of it on PS. I am now done with poker till end of February and this time I'm serious. No Rincon this year for me. Been running so bad, it is actually laughable.

Best of luck to those out there who have actual skill at this game, it is apparent I don't have much.