For those of you thinking about purchasing it, it is well worth the money. I live outside the US and the cable channels are very restricted and I can't get Directv, so my only option is mlb.tv. I will say that it is far and away better than I was expecting. The quality is amazing, and you can watch ANY game that you want, in ALMOST HD quality.

Being able to watch your favorite team play every game is fantastic and well worth the 120 bucks.

Is where I'm living now...

I know a bunch of you guys travel the world and live the dream, so if you are ever passing through Bermuda feel free to hit me up. There's no casinos here but my internet is sexy fast. My company pays for my housing so I have a 2 BR/2BR place so if anybody wants to stop by, you're more than welcome.

That is all

Hey everyone.

So I have a weight loss prop coming up with some of my buddies, and I was hoping maybe some of you guys have suggestions on odds, and suggestions on how to take my friends for as much money as possible. Basically, I'm 6 feet tall, and weigh 195 pounds. In college, I weighed between 150 and 160 and want to get back down to that weight, or somewhere close.

My buddies are giving me a month to get to 160. Is it even possible to lose that much weight without starving myself? At this point, I don't really work out at all, so I'm assuming just doing that will have a pretty big impact the first month.

At this point, they won't give me any better than 3 to 1 odds, which I think is outrageous. Does this seem reasonable to you guys? If not, what are the odds you would give one of your friends, or how much time would you give them at 3 to 1. A lot of you have a better idea of how much weight can be lost in specific periods of time, so I'll rely on your expertise to come up with a good number to go with. Hopefully I hear some good news from you guys.

Drewgle

I've come to a crossroads with my poker career. I've been getting absolutely crushed as of late, both live and online. It's gotten to the point where I honestly don't feel like playing, because I know I'm just going to give my money to everyone else at the table, no matter how good I get the money in. The absolute tipping point for me occurred in a live MTT today when I got it AIPF with KK vs QQ and 44, and BOTH the Q and 4 hit. I just got up and didn't say a word and walked directly out of the casino. I'm usually one to say "nice hand, good game, good luck" and go hit up a ring game, but this time I just couldn't.

I'm officially taking a 2-3 week break from poker. I need to be away from the tables and just not take the losses (or wins for that matter?) for a while. I'm still going to be doing some studying/HH so hopefully I'll be able to find some leaks and really figure out what the shit is going on with my game. I'm just going to focus on everything EXCEPT for playing. Hopefully I'll get some of this worked out, and will get my mind straight by the end of next month, as there's a super soft "major" live tourney in town, and I want to be sure I'm ready to go with full confidence.

Sorry for the rant, but I just had to vent and get the frustration out. Also, I now have everything down in virtual print, so people can hold me to my word.

See everyone around the forums

Drewgle

This is the absolute summary of my run bad. How does this hand ever happen the way it does. It's like every possible runner runner that can hit will hit. Seriously if a guy has runner runner straight flush draw to beat me, those 2 EXACT cards will hit...

Absolute, $0.05/$0.10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

CO: $19.65
BTN: $10.14
SB: $8.51
BB: $10
UTG: $9.74
Hero (MP): $10

Pre-Flop: 3 3 dealt to Hero (MP)
UTG folds, Hero raises to $0.30, CO folds, BTN calls $0.30, 2 folds

Flop: ($0.75) 6 8 3 (2 Players)
Hero bets $0.75, BTN raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $3.75, BTN raises to $6, Hero raises to $9.70 and is All-In, BTN calls $3.70

Turn: ($20.15) 9 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($20.15) 5 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $20.15 Pot ($1 Rake)
BTN showed A 7 and WON $19.15 (+$9.15 NET)
Hero showed 3 3 and LOST (-$10 NET)

Fuck and yes

I have the end of this week off work and was planning on playing a ton of poker, particularly FTOPS. I was going to play in the 6-max FTOPS today, but after busting the 5th hand of event #1 (See Blog Entry titled "God Damnit") I decided that I'm going to wait and try to satellite into the ME otherwise I'll just skip them all together. I forgot how much they aggrivate me. Since I didn't play in event 2, I played in a $44 6-max on PS and final tabled. AK<99 for 4th and my first "major" cash. It's really disappointing when you get that far and come up short. I'm not complaining tho - great for confidence as well as experience. I felt like I was making good moves and just playing a solid game overall. I played fairly conservatively in some spots (see hand 1 below) that might have changed the outcome, but can't dwell on the past and have to learn and move on.

Tomorrow I plan on playing a bunch of cash in the morning. Then in the afternoon I'm playing golf with a couple buddies before hittin the town. Should be a fun day.

Stay good.


Hand 1:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 44 Tournament, 1500/3000 Blinds 300 Ante (4 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button (t133893)
SB (t327175)
Hero (BB) (t107054)
UTG (t115262)

Hero's M: 18.78

Preflop: Hero is BB with K, 10
1 fold, Button bets t8134, 1 fold, Hero raises to t15200, Button calls t7066

Flop: (t33100) 8, 10, Q (2 players)
Hero bets t19600, Button raises to t60000, Hero folds

Total pot: t72300





Busto Hand: I feel like this was played poorly by me. I guess maybe 3-bet to something like 40-45K? Also, I don't understand the re-raise by villain. Does my raise amount give my hand away (i.e. want to raise but not too big in case I don't hit the flop - therefore AK)?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 44 Tournament, 2500/5000 Blinds 500 Ante (4 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG (t361577)
Button (t305759)
SB (t440418)
Hero (BB) (t182246)

Hero's M: 19.18

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, K
UTG bets t12345, 1 fold, SB calls t9845, Hero raises to t24800, UTG raises to t70000, 1 fold, Hero raises to t181746 (All-In), UTG calls t111746

Flop: (t377837) K, 4, 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t377837) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t377837) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t377837

Results:
Hero had A, K (one pair, Kings).
UTG had 9, 9 (three of a kind, nines).
Outcome: UTG won t377837

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 10/20 Blinds (8 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP2 (t5020)
CO (t5430)
Button (t4980)
SB (t4895)
BB (t4920)
Hero (UTG) (t5330)
UTG+1 (t4790)
MP1 (t4635)

Hero's M: 177.67

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q, K
Hero calls t20, 2 folds, MP2 bets t100, 2 folds, SB calls t90, 1 fold, Hero calls t80

Flop: (t320) 10, J, 9 (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets t280, SB calls t280, Hero raises to t695, MP2 raises to t1500, 1 fold, Hero raises to t5230 (All-In), MP2 calls t3420 (All-In)

Turn: (t10440) 7 (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t10440) 10 (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t10440

Up about 8 BI at 25NL today I found that I was able to keep myself out of bad positions for the most part, and when I didn't know where I was at in the hands I generally trended toward folding in spots where in the past I would call. I'm a very curious player so this is a big step, imo.

Played a bunch of Sit-n-gos and made a little more. I find that I consistently cash in 6-max sit-n-gos so I might try to play some more of those along with cash. I know I should focus on cash or tourney, but it's just so easy to fire up a couple in the background and just wait for big hands. Oh well.

Tonight is a buddy's birthday so we got a party bus and are gonna tear it up. Hopefully I'm not too hungover tomorrow cause I wanna try to play some of the Sundays - even tho it's like lighting money on fire. You never know when you're gonna shiiiiiiip.

Here's a little hand from today. I literally laughed out loud.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $15+$1 Tournament, 200/400 Blinds 25 Ante (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

CO (t2164)
Button (t1675)
SB (t812)
BB (t1435)
Hero (UTG) (t2371)
MP1 (t2290)
MP2 (t1785)

Hero's M: 3.06

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, A
Hero bets t2346 (All-In), 4 folds, SB calls t587 (All-In), BB calls t1010 (All-In)

Flop: (t3782) 2, Q, 7 (3 players, 3 all-in)

Turn: (t3782) A (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: (t3782) 9 (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: t3782

Results:
SB had K, K (one pair, Kings).
BB had K, K (flush, Ace high).
Hero had A, A (three of a kind, Aces).
Outcome: BB won t3782

I'm looking to get a transfer from someone on Full Tilt. I'll transfer you 100 on PS if you send me 100 on FT. PM me if possible and we'll work it out.

Thanks,
Drewgle