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      <title>Stars Nightly $10 Rebuy &amp; FTP Daily Double - 1/25/2008</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well I have not played much since the beginning of the month.  Was in Vegas earlier this week for 3 days and will have a trip report coming soon.

FTP Daily Double A & B

Hour 1

In the Daily Double A: Picked up 7[s] 7[h] in late position postion and called 100 bet with two others in the pot.  

Flop was A[s]  7[c] 2[h] 

UTG bets pot of 525 and middle position player calls.  I also call 525 and have another 1100 behind.

Turn Q[d] 

Both players move all and I call.  UTG player has AK and middle position player has A5.

I chip up to 5800.  Nothing going on in the B and sitting at 1600 when I pick up AK and end up losing when when I flop a K to a guy who hits a straight on the turn with QQ after we get it allin on the flop :(

2nd Hour - Daily Double A

Well not much to report but still in.  

3rd Hour - Daily Double B

Just doubled up with 88 to get to 8K and average stack is 13K.  There are 240 left and pays 216. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 08 21:47:51 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Stars Nightly $3 &amp; $10 Rebuy - 1/1/2008</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well back to the rebuy tournaments for 2008.  I have one trip report/room review typed up, but am waiting for one thing to complete it.  It should be up in the next couple days from the $40 rebuy tourney I played last Thursday.  I am thinking I will play it again this Thursday, but am not sure yet and depends on if I go up to Tulalip to play some live NL cash games.  Due to feeling a little under the weather, I did not make it up to Tulalip last night for NYE.  I am thinking that Thursday I may be able to get up there and get a room review done for them.  

 [b]Update from Yesterday's Cake 1/2 NL Cash Session[/b] 

So yesterday I played some NL cash on Cake Poker.  It was such a brutal session losing $225 with 69s and a flopped nut straight on a 578 board to 46o when he hit running diamonds after we got all the chips in on the flop.  That was the most brutal hand, but the rest was just up and down. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 08 21:25:07 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Happy Holidays.......I am now Engaged</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well....I have not entered a blog in a while because the last 3 or 4 days have just been crazy.  I have not had barely any time to put in poker or even get some updates in, but there has been so much more going on in life that is exciting. So her goes a bunch of stuff....................

On Christmas Eve Shelby and I headed over to her mom's for dinner and to spend the night for Christmas morning.  Her mom lives about 90 minutes away so we left about midday on Christmas and got over there in time to have some dinner and hang out with family.  I decided it was going to be a beer drinking night and had put down about 4 before dinner.  We ate dinner and had a good time and finished some last minute christmas shopping for one of her sisters.  She has seven brothers and sisters so they just do a name exchange for Christmas.  We headed to the mall to aeropostale to pick up a gift card and a few other things.  I then realized that I had left her engagement ring in the car.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 07 19:32:54 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Stars Nightly $10 Rebuy - 12/23/07</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Playing the Stars $10 Rebuy for the last time until after Christmas.....

1st Hour

About ten minutes in I pick up 10[s] 10[d] in the BB.  I call an allin for 4K from a guy in late position who has AK.  Sb also called with KJ.  AK hits an A on river and I double rebuy again.  The table is somewhat loose so lets hope to pick up some chips.  More to come with 35 minutes left in the rebuy period...

Picked up PP 10s & PP Qs but no action.  Then with 10 mins left int he rebuy period I have moved up to about 5400.  I pick up A[h] A[s] in the SB.  A Guy UTG+1 goes allin for 2K with Q[d] 10[h] .  I push allin in the SB and the BB calls for 3850 with 7[c] 8[c].

Board comes: 3[s] 4[c] 5[h] 2[d] J[h]

I move up to 11.5K with 10 minutes left in the reby period.  Jumped up to 11.9K at end of rebuy period.  Will addon to start at 15.9K for the second hour. There are some total retards to my left so hopefully I can take advantage of them trying to pull some insane bluff. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 07 22:25:25 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>MMMMMM...........Cake Poker 1/2 NL Cash Games</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[So after playing the $10 Rebuy on Stars I decided to play some Cake Poker 1/2 NL.  I usually play 3 or 4 tables, but I was sticking to just 2 at the time as I was also playing a $12 180 man Turbo on Stars.  I went out of that early and then stuck to just two 1/2 NL tables on cake. I would love to hear strategy on these 180 man Turbos if anyone would like to comment or send me a message....Shaun Deeb???? :)

So as I was playing, I was also having some small Discussion with Edmond Dantes from tworags.com.  Since I have just joined tworags, I don't really know anyone personally.  I do know many of the players and of course know Adanthar as I was glued to the AP coverage on 2+2.  So I was talking back and forth with EdmondDantes and hearing about the site, poker in general, and just getting to know him.  I must say he is a great guy and we had a good discussion over the couple hours I was playing. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 07 15:04:47 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Stars Nightly $10 Rebuy - 12/21/07</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Back at it again.....Lets get a FT this time.

1st Hour

Doubled up in the first few hands with AA vs AJ.  Pretty quiet table so may be difficult to accumulate chips, but we shall see.  

Well......end of rebuy and up to 9100....very quiet table which is a bummer.  Nothing exciting after my double up, but chipped up a bit when I hit two pair on a flop in the BB.

Will addon to get to $13100 and see hopefully have a good second hour.

2nd Hour

LOL....Well I am out....I am not sure what I was doing. Lost with PP JJ to AA.  I guess I will have to blame it on watching the Bourne Ultimatum while trying to play.  Oh well....Good thing I was only in for $31. Won't be playing tomorrow, but possibly Sunday and then will be off until after christmas.  I may play some Cake Poker NL cash games and will post a blog if I do.

Merry Christmas to all!!

J]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 07 22:14:24 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Stars Nightly $10 Rebuy 4th Hour</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well still moving along in $10 Rebuy.....made the money and finally picked up some cards....up to about 85K with 130 left after doubling up wiht AQ vs A9....Come on baby!!!

15 Minutes in to Hour 4 and just doubled up to 110K with AK vs 55

Out in 60th....went card dead and was just short stacked the whole tourney.  Picked up AQs in SB at 8000/16000 blinds and 600 ante with about 50K left and called a raise that would put me allin from middle position.  Other player had 1010 and I was racing, but no luck. Cash of $158 and only in for $31, so a nice profit of $120.  Looking back I really played well after the 2nd hour, but could not string along a few nice pots to give me some chips to work with.  Oh well!!  

I keep getting closer and am itching to get back to the FT after finishing 9th a few months ago.  The crazy thing is that I have cashed in this tourney 4 out of the last 6 or 7 times I have played it.  I just am not getting deep enough......Well there is always tomorrow.  ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 07 01:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Stars Nightly $10 Rebuy 3rd Hour &amp; Cake Poker $20 Bounty</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well....The wonderful world of my $10 Rebuy at the end of the 2nd hour.  Down to 15K and well below average after losing 1010 to KQo allin.  Standard raise from middle position at 600/1200  blinds with 1010.  Short stack moves allin for about 4K more.  I call and am up vs KQo.  Q on flop and I lose.  Also lost some chips with AK after I missed on flop against large stack on my table who called from SB.....Grrrrr....

Still in Cake Poker $20 Bounty, but nothing exciting going on there....moved up a bit, but I am back to about 2K after break.  No bounties and well below average as well.  Got about 10 BB so time to make a move....  


2nd hand in 3rd hour $10 Rebuy push with JJ from middle position at 800/1600 & 150 after an early position limper. Get no callers and am up to 20K at new table.  Lets hope for some cards after a dead 2nd hour.  Just picked up KK UTG and doubled up after falling down to 11K....now at 24K.....$$$ is aproaching.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 07 00:13:38 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Stars Nightly $10 Rebuy 2nd Hour &amp; Cake Poker $20 Bounty</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Second Hour of $10 Rebuy starting at 22.5K.......Also playing a $20 Bounty Tourney on Cake Poker. Updates
to come....

Nothing going on so far at Beginning of Cake Poker Bounty Tourney.....Down from 1500 to 1350.  No bounties and no action so far.  Just moved up to 2K after flopping a set about 45 minutes in.  No bounties yet and need some chips to take make something happen, but just had a table change so hopefully something will get going.

Up to 30K after about 10 mins in to 2nd hour of Stars $10 rebuy.  Just won a good pot with top pair on flop and was called down with middle pair.....was same guy who called me down with middle pair during rebuy period....I guess he just never learned.

About halfway through $10 Rebuy 2nd hour and up to 33K....picked up a few chips with KK wihtout seeing a flop, but been quiet other than that.  



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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 07 23:05:31 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Stars Nightly $10 Rebuy 1st Hour</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Playing $10 Rebuy again tonight.....Hopefully goes better than last night. Also.....somehow I just managed to deleted my $3 Rebuy blog that I posted about an hour ago.  I am not sure what I did, but it is now gone.  Instead of retyping it I will just continue here with the $10 Rebuy. 

1st Hour

Took my rebuy at start to get to 4K..

Second hand moved in preflop with AK....called by 77, AK, and AQ....End up losing to 77 but he had minimal chips and AQ basically puts me back to 4K :)...Looks like it may be an active table :)

Hand 12 or so....limp with QJo in late position call a small raise....flop a Q and end up hitting to pair to beat KK. Up to about 6K

Few hands later I pick up KK on button and UTG limps and middle position moves allin for about 6500 with AQo and I call for about 5900.  UTG limper also calls with AKs.  Take down the whole pot and up to 14K.  Lets go!!!!!!

End of Rebuy and chipped up to 18.5K..... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 07 22:05:46 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Stars Nightly $10 Rebuy 2nd Hour</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[2nd Hour started off nicely but ends badly.....

After a guy lost most of his stack except for about 4K and I got my AQ in against his 107s preflop and I hit trip Aces to take it down.  Chipped up to about 24K with about 45 minutes left in the 2nd hour.

After about 30 minutes in to the 2nd hour I am down to about 22K after blinds and a limp with 77 that did not hit on the flop.

Second hour is coming to an end and not good at all....down to about 10K after having 99 and being reraised and reraised again preflop which caused me to lay it down.  Also had AK which I missed on both flop and turn.....

With 10 minutes left in the 2nd hour...I get AQs in Middle Position and push my last 6500.  Get two callers and triple up to about 18K. 

Well....next hand after triple up pick up KK UTG and get called by 25s in middle postion and lose to trip 5's...BAH!!!

GG $10 Rebuy!!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 07 23:16:45 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Stars Nightly $10 Rebuy 1st Hour</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Well....For my first Blog I figured I would blog about playing the Stars $10 Rebuy tonight.  The Rebuy period has gone well so far after doubling up with KQo on a K35 rainbow flop and was called by 66.  I then Doubled again with JJ vs A8s preflop and my JJ held.  Sitting at about 17k with 10 minutes left in the rebuy.  Played a couple other hands and ended the rebuy period at $16,265.  Took the addon of 4K to finished the rebuy period at $20,265.  Now time for real poker!!!

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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 07 23:05:26 -0500</pubDate>
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