2/766 in the 10K GTD

Finally I hit some serious dough.

I didn't get super cards but I was lucky and made two killer bluffs at the final table which moved me from 3rd to 2nd. The last dude dodged my JJ against his KQ and my AT against his 66. That was PRETTY annoying and robbed me from 1K$ :(

In the end I made a stupid bluff which he called and I went out. I'd been playing for 8 hours and lost my focus.

The hand that got me started was this one (pre-final table).

At this point it looked good:

And of course my bois Kent and Kenny were raped by Angus and Quinn.

1866/19730 in the Sunday Storm

It took 4+ hours and I earned 11 bucks. I'm going to be the big spender tomorrow at new years eve - YEAH!

Well. Pretty good position. But I messed up in the end with a stupid allin with top pair and crap-kicker.

Interesting tourney with a 20K$ price for 1st! ;)

I'm ITM in the 10K GTD. Just going to see how much it gonna be.

Yes another bad beat day.

And I feel mentally raped.

1st: I'm slowplaying a set in 5s. On the turn a guy with flush+inside draw is allin. Call. He hit's flush and wins his 25% chance. Just before the money positions. Bye bye.

2nd: I'm raising from early with QQ some FF is allin as BB. Call. He has JJ... J. 20% chance to him.

3rd: Been playing a 5$ rebuy for about 4 hours. I raise On the button with QQ. Some FF calls as BB with KT.
Flop: 9JQ. He check. I bet a little. He raises I re-raise. He's allin. A-crap. 26% chance. I had 30K pre-flop and he had +20K.

Senseless, really. What a fucking waste of time.

Hilarious setup AA beats my KK in the last tourney.

Just shaking my head.

I'm blessed with the Kings relatively close to the money positions in the sunday storm (300K GTD). 7 bets +2xBB 18K L (BB=1200) I raise to 7K 18K L. BB who was allin earlier with AQs goes allin again 37K. I take a chance and he sits with the Anal Assault.

I'll quote Hudson from aliens "maybe you haven't kept up with the current events but we just got our asses kicked". Mine is very hurtful at least.

Another bad beat in the 10 K GTD.

I'm not sure what goes out the window if I get another 80% bad beat. But something has to go. What a waste of time.

200K ended with bad beat.

Happy I qualified for the 200K on party poker earlier this week. I'm playing patiently and disciplined. Then I look at this sweetie:

I'm a bad boy checking him on the flop.

He bets 225/450. I raise to 675/675. Einstein is allin. Call. Runner runner full house. 83% chance of winning. Playin a couple of other tourneys let's hope I'm not getting rammed there ass well.

200 K GTD entry

I won a ticket to the 200K GTD on Sunday. Maybe this is the time for the first price? :)

Moving on

I've decided it's time to go to a new chapter in my life. Therefore the test of becoming a poker pro is over for this time. I can conclude that it might be possible but the amount of errors you make must be on a very very low level if existing at all. This and then some arbitrary bluffs need to be employed for success I'm sure.

I'll still play from time to time as a hobby and try improving my game, but now I need to get my future converged into something more stable. Therefore I'll pursue my other great passion: Programming. That is I'll try to look for a job as a Software developer.

As a side project (and full time until getting a job) I'll keep working on my Tourney Coach software for poker coaching tournament players. I'm not sure when the first version will be ready, but I guess around one man month a homepage with a first version app could be published.

I'll be back ;)