8th in the Million Freeroll last night

I am a SNG grinder but have done well in MTTs over the years, just never have the time to play them. Yesterday I made the time for the freeroll and had a nice payday of $12k. Not too shabby. I had AA about 6 times, but KK and QQ once. The one time with QQ was at the final table and obv my bust hand against KK. This morning I am second guessing my play, 8k jump in pay and 10k after that, so a pretty shocking difference in money.

PokerStars Game #57193272369: Tournament #327073652, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXIV (125000/250000) - 2011/02/05 23:32:08 ET
Table '327073652 611' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: voland1 (9079030 in chips)
Seat 3: manhat10ite (3880632 in chips)
Seat 4: 1amDirt (9191840 in chips)
Seat 5: CaptainGant (2603771 in chips)
Seat 6: jjy0710 (1925452 in chips)
Seat 7: thebgates (6098559 in chips)
Seat 8: papillon 999 (1969785 in chips)
Seat 9: Sisa4ok (27050931 in chips)
voland1: posts the ante 25000
manhat10ite: posts the ante 25000
1amDirt: posts the ante 25000
CaptainGant: posts the ante 25000
jjy0710: posts the ante 25000
thebgates: posts the ante 25000
papillon 999: posts the ante 25000
Sisa4ok: posts the ante 25000
jjy0710: posts small blind 125000
thebgates: posts big blind 250000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to manhat10ite [Qd Qs]
papillon 999: folds
Sisa4ok: folds
voland1: raises 250000 to 500000
manhat10ite: raises 962500 to 1462500
1amDirt: raises 7704340 to 9166840 and is all-in
CaptainGant: folds
jjy0710: folds
thebgates: folds
voland1: folds
manhat10ite: calls 2393132 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (5311208) returned to 1amDirt
*** FLOP *** [6c 7s As]
manhat10ite said, "gg"
*** TURN *** [6c 7s As] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [6c 7s As Kc] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
manhat10ite: shows [Qd Qs] (a pair of Queens)
1amDirt: shows [Kd Ks] (three of a kind, Kings)
1amDirt collected 8786264 from pot
manhat10ite finished the tournament in 8th place and received $12000.00.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8786264 | Rake 0
Board [6c 7s As Kc 9s]
Seat 2: voland1 folded before Flop
Seat 3: manhat10ite showed [Qd Qs] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: 1amDirt showed [Kd Ks] and won (8786264) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 5: CaptainGant (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jjy0710 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: thebgates (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: papillon 999 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Sisa4ok folded before Flop (didn't bet)

February update

Well January was one of my best months ever in poker. Mostly as a staker and some as a player. I ended the month seventh on the sharkscope leader boards for $36 180s which I had never really played before. 18 mans were pretty break even and maybe even down some, but with rakeback they were still profitable. I had my goal of 50k VPPs by the end of the month with lots of days off. I see no reason not to be able to get that many every month. I have yet to play this month in any serious fashion and have 1600 3 days in, this is pretty much from 1 3 hour set.

Friday night update

Figured I would update today. Probably should have last Friday when I had a horse come in second in the DNG on Stars for 15k, so obv a good day for both of us. Today I my favorite player Cashcid Linc is currently 7/18 in it so it would be nice if lightning struck twice. As far as SNGs go I am doing pretty well. I have about 36k in VPPs so far this year and am up about 5k. 18 mans are about BE which sort of sucks, however I have been playing some 36 180s in my sets and today I even played some 45s. I won 2 $27s and 2nd in another.

Tonight I am just playing some 45s and the 4 MTT turbos that go off between 8 30 and 9 00.

Won't be playing much today, need to drive back from VA to NYC.

I played some PLO last night which was a huge mistake. I was probably drinking slightly too much and was too wild preflop with 3 bet aggression. Oh well.

So I played some, SNGs were pretty meh, up a little. Did okay in the $114s

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58

$3.5

$52

-3%

$203

Then played some PLO and was up $269 in 45 minutes. The play was awful, must be a Saturday thing.

January 1, 2011

Hopefully I continue this for the full year. I have decided to make a blog of my daily poker activity. A mix of stats, play, HHs and some staking things.

I am going to try and get 50k VPPs a month on Pokerstars mostly by playing my regular 18 man game and some in cash and MTTs.

As of today, I have about 30k staked out in various ventures devided between individuals, funds, and SNGmentors. I expect to have about the same at the end of the year. Last year my staked money fluctuated between 23-40k depending on the time.

I have yet to play a hand in 2011 and now have 3 hours free to play.

Not playing a huge amount right now

Everything today, Sunday, was a bit of a bust with this one hand being a huge disappointed. This hand was in a satellite for a $5200 ticket, 5 paid.

PokerStars Game #33080710333: Tournament #197012632, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXVI (40000/80000) - 2009/09/20 17:13:48 ET

Table '197012632 45' 9-max Seat #8 is the button

Seat 1: lostbear08 (394792 in chips)

Seat 2: manhat10ite (656529 in chips)

Seat 3: randomcrayon (1804382 in chips)

Seat 5: cobusie (398498 in chips)

Seat 6: diman76p (3142925 in chips)

Seat 7: AlexSPb (3621634 in chips)

Seat 8: Bullson68 (1201248 in chips)

Seat 9: jabblav (302992 in chips)

lostbear08: posts the ante 8000

manhat10ite: posts the ante 8000

randomcrayon: posts the ante 8000

cobusie: posts the ante 8000

diman76p: posts the ante 8000

AlexSPb: posts the ante 8000

Bullson68: posts the ante 8000

jabblav: posts the ante 8000

jabblav: posts small blind 40000

lostbear08: posts big blind 80000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to manhat10ite [Kh As]

manhat10ite: raises 568529 to 648529 and is all-in

randomcrayon: raises 1147853 to 1796382 and is all-in

cobusie: folds

diman76p: folds

AlexSPb: folds

Bullson68: folds

jabblav: folds

lostbear08: folds

Uncalled bet (1147853) returned to randomcrayon

*** FLOP *** [7h 4h 9h]

*** TURN *** [7h 4h 9h] [Tc]

*** RIVER *** [7h 4h 9h Tc] [5h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

manhat10ite: shows [Kh As] (a flush, King high)

randomcrayon: shows [Qs Ah] (a flush, Ace high)

randomcrayon collected 1481058 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 1481058 | Rake 0

Board [7h 4h 9h Tc 5h]

Seat 1: lostbear08 (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 2: manhat10ite showed [Kh As] and lost with a flush, King high

Seat 3: randomcrayon showed [Qs Ah] and won (1481058) with a flush, Ace high

Seat 5: cobusie folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: diman76p folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: AlexSPb folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: Bullson68 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: jabblav (small blind) folded before Flop