Well if you haven't heard my story in Aug 07 I busted a $10k BR or so and had busted it around middle of July. I had $700 in cash on me and $84 in rakeback due sometime in August. I decided I needed a break and went to North Carolina where I stayed with my best friend for exactly 1 month. We mowed lawns for a little bit but we both made like no money during this month. I arrived home August prepared to go to school and had absolutely no clue what the future would be for me. Going to school was very hard for me because at the time I had 0 desire to go to classes let alone do my work.

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August '07
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I remember clearly the second day I got back with $200 in cash left I went to the local kennel club and played $1/2NL with $80. I played pretty nitty and was just trying to see cheap flops and stack idiots. My skill at poker at this was good to ok mainly because I had been playing for 3 years already and naturally I'm way ahead of random live idiots or microstakes online players. I end up getting it in with KK in a 4-way pot and scooping when I flop Kings full and beat another dudes AA. Obvously I was really excited and moreso to just to know I have more ammo to make a run at it. I played the two more weeks left in Aug and made about $8k at live poker which happened because of the $4,700 tourny score I had at the end of the month I was so happy and tired on my way home . I also did well online as you see hear. Such a great feeling for me at the time. I also made a couple hundred in RB and a couple hundred at PLO which capped off a very solid half of a month considering what I had to work with.

8/16/2007 1 $132 PBKC 1/2 NL (100 MAX)
8/17/2007 6 $222 PBKC 1/2 NL (100 MAX)
8/18/2007 8 $479 PBKC 1/2 NL (100 MAX)
8/18/2007 2 $70 PBKC $65 SNG
8/19/2007 6 ($588) PBKC 1/2 NL (100 MAX)
8/19/2007 1 ($12) PBKC $5 O8/B
8/19/2007 1 $245 PBKC $150 SNG
8/20/2007 9 $228 HHR 1/2 NL (100 MAX)
8/21/2007 7 ($277) PBKC 1/2 NL (100 MAX)
8/21/2007 1 ($65) PBKC $65 MTT
8/22/2007 3 $368 PBKC 1/2 NL (100 MAX)
8/23/2007 2 $100 PBKC 1/2 NL (100 MAX)
8/23/2007 1 $115 PBKC $65 SNG
8/23/2007 2 $85 PBKC $65 SNG
8/23/2007 1 $85 PBKC $65 SNG
8/23/2007 2 ($100) PBKC $100 MTT
8/23/2007 2 $152 PBKC 2/3 NL (100 MAX)
8/24/2007 8 $604 HHR 2/5 NL (100 MAX)
8/24/2007 5 $130 HHR $150 MTT
8/24/2007 8 $356 PBKC 1/2 NL (100 MAX)
8/25/2007 10 $218 PBKC 2/3 NL (100 MAX)
8/26/2007 6 ($423) PBKC $5 ANTE
8/27/2007 6 $923 HHR 2/5 NL (100 MAX)
8/28/2007 2 $129 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
8/29/2007 13 $159 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
8/30/2007 6 $4,700 HHR $575 MTT


Aug 07



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September '07
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September is where I had to make the decision of quitting school. I just decided it wasn't for me as you read above and thought that taking a year off might allow me to figure out what I want. Poker went very good and I turned $300->$10->$27k after winning a bunch in at live $5/10 $100 max. I met my really good poker friend Rob who had a pretty important role in my growing of my live poker game. We were both in the same boat at the time and have pretty similar stories besides him being older. I spent a lot of hours playing at the Hollywood Hard Rock and often played from midnight to 8 A.M when the games were good. My sleep schedule was a little out of control but I was ok with life at that point. I started playing HU this month and was playing 37/32...LOL I specifically remember an early morning session with 20suckouts who quit me after this hand. I'm pretty sure this was the biggest pot of my life at the time. A the time I'm like what a fish not knowing how much closer to standard the hand really is. I think I was a pretty big nit who was just a decent HU player at the time. I also crushed BabyJesus22(mid-stakes bumhunter) for $3200, first time I ever really crushed someone. Great feeling. +2400 at Omaha +1500 in RB +4500 at live poker=sweet. I cut off my spreadsheet use for live poker results half way through the month

Full Tilt Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): $1,513.50
SB: $1,419.65

Pre-Flop: J A dealt to Hero (BB)
SB raises to $12, Hero raises to $44, SB calls $32

Flop: ($88) 7 T 4 (2 Players)
Hero bets $60, SB raises to $172, Hero calls $112

Turn: ($432) 4 (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB bets $244, Hero raises to $1,297.50 and is All-In, SB calls $959.65 and is All-In

River: ($2,839.30) J (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $2,839.30 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
Hero showed J A (a flush, Ace high) and WON $2,838.80 (+$1,419.15 NET)
SB showed K K (two pair, Kings and Fours) and LOST (-$1,419.65 NET)

Sep 07


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October '07
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In October I was sort of forced to get a new car because the 93 Jeep Cherokee I had was unreliable and causing too many problems. I had enough confidence in my self to take a hit and still survive so I went out and bought a brand new 2008 grey Mazda 3 which I still have now. I consider the decision to be good to ok because live poker was pretty consistent albeit a grind. I did buy it during the middle of the month when I was doing good and course I hit my first big road bump which was rnning terrible at $5/10 6-max. I'm unsure why I didn't continue playing $2/4 HU but I know I ran very bad in allin spots at $5/10. Pretty rough month as I put in a lot of volume and made just a little after making a down payment of $5k on the car. I think I ended the month with $31k but had it to $40k at one time. Breakeven at Omaha but I did make ~$6k at live poker and $2k in RB. I played a bunch with Grimstarr who was god ****en awful at HU and SILLYGOOSER who is a clownand Kadabra who was crazy back in his time(met him IRL funny guy). I developed my HU game exponentially but was still making blatant mistakes looking back. Hand opened my eyes. Knew he was a nit but my hand is worth socks vs Grim by river.

Full Tilt Poker, $5/$10 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BB): $2,830
SB: $2,074

Pre-Flop: A K http://www.leggopoker.com/hh/images/heartnormal.gif[/IMG] dealt to Hero (BB)
SB raises to $30, Hero raises to $110, SB calls $80

Flop: ($220) T 5 A (2 Players)
Hero bets $175, SB calls $175

Turn: ($570) Q (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB bets $250, Hero calls $250

River: ($1,070) 8 (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB bets $999, Hero calls $999

Results: $3,068 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
Hero mucked A K (a pair of Aces) and LOST (-$1,534 NET)
SB showed J A (a flush, Ace high) and WON $3,067.50 (+$1,533.50 NET)

Oct 07


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November '07
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I remember November 07 to be a very frustating month. Could not make money and played a ton of hours at the casino often times just napping in between hands living the anti-dream or nightmare. Lost $6k live $1k at NL and $5k at PLO. OK whatever one bad month I moved on but was pretty unhappy. Unfortunately I developed the degenerate in me this month which grew from frustartion. You have to have gamble in you but you this **** gets you bust. I had about a $20k BR when I played these hands. Hand 1 villian is Muckemsayuhh aka Cole South. At least I owned him but did ***** hit and run him : ( Hands 2/3 are vs mastrblstr who at the time I thought was a clown for his play in hand 2. HAHA! Wow times have changed. After hand 3 I drove straight to the casino extremely tired and ready to get unstuck and tilted off some more money. I bled a lot of money this month. After expenses I ended the month with $13k.

Full Tilt Poker, $25/$50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $8,443.50
Hero (SB): $2,579

Pre-Flop: 8 K dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises to $150, BB calls $100

Flop: ($300) J 2 5 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($300) 2 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: ($300) A (2 Players)
BB bets $300, Hero raises to $1,100, BB calls $800

Results: $2,500 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
BB mucked 9 T (a flush, Ace high) and LOST (-$1,250 NET)
Hero showed 8 K (a flush, Ace high) and WON $2,499.50 (+$1,249.50 NET)

Full Tilt Poker, $10/$20 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $1,940
Hero (SB): $2,060

Pre-Flop: T J dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises to $60, BB raises to $235, Hero calls $175

Flop: ($470) 7 A 2 (2 Players)
BB bets $350, Hero raises to $1,111, BB raises to $1,705 and is All-In, Hero calls $594

Turn: ($3,880) 6 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($3,880) 6 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $3,880 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
BB showed 6 A (a full house, Sixes full of Aces) and WON $3,879.50 (+$1,939.50 NET)
Hero showed T J (a flush, Ace high) and LOST (-$1,940 NET)

Full Tilt Poker, $10/$20 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $4,556.50
Hero (SB): $1,698.50

Pre-Flop: A Q dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises to $60, BB raises to $235, Hero raises to $615, BB raises to $4,556.50 and is All-In, Hero calls $1,083.50 and is All-In

Flop: ($3,397) 4 Q 6 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: ($3,397) T (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($3,397) 5 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $3,397 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
BB showed K K (a pair of Kings) and WON $3,396.50 (+$1,698 NET)
Hero showed A Q (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-$1,698.50 NET)

Nov 07


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December '07
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Pre-Christmas December was just an extension of November as it was just a lot of wasting time and making no money. I was pretty depressed for awhile not so much from lack of money but I hated the lifestyle. Such a ****ing pointless grind and all I wanted was a cool house the right girl and go from there. I did not envision poker going anywhere as is the case when you struggle. I started realizing that I wasn't going anywhere and kind of freaked out at the thought of continuing to float through life like a loser. I had too much skill heart and charisma in me to be this much of a loser. I took a week and regrouped, enjoyed Christmas and came back focused and determined. I also started using the spreadsheet for live poker after Christmas. I was pretty motivated to get back at it. Won $7k at live poker mostly all post-Christmas. +$10k month ~$23k BR

Dec 07


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January '08
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January was the month I thought I was going to be a great player. I put a lot of things together in my game and having great results. I tried my hardest this month sort of motivated to start a new year and do something special for once. I randomly decided to go to Tunica with my friend Rob at the last minute in the middle of the month. I had a great weekend and won $3,500. I remember shortstacking the $5/10 PLO game where everyone was sitting like $5k deep and limping into every single pot as well as calling every raise PF because they thougt they would stack somebody if they could bet AAxx postflop. I was up $6k at one point playing pretty solidly and I remember one pot where an Arab dude called a 3/4 pot river shove of mine when I bluffed with the best hand. Can't remember the hand but I know he had top pait and I had a higher top pair. I was just amazed at the play. Horrendous. I lost $2500 back in the game but I was dead tired and had to leave two days later. Can't wait to play live PLO again. Played a bunch of HU online against gopheresque, motherflusher, sakisaki(8 hour match) and Pimpkane. I remember clearly losing $4k in a live $5/10 $100 max game playing all night and winning the tournament the next morning to get partially unstuck. Very gross day. +$16k at live and +12k at NL= +$28k month =$50k BR

1/1/2008 8 $600 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/2/2008 1 $420 HHR $520 SNG
1/2/2008 1 ($520) HHR $520 SNG
1/2/2008 16 $500 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/3/2008 8 $1,819 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/4/2008 2 $1,000 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/5/2008 4 $2,000 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/11/2008 4 $474 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/12/2008 15 $3,500 TUNICA RANDOM
1/17/2008 7 $1,115 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/19/2008 6 $2,650 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/20/2008 10 $2,494 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/20/2008 3 $219 ISLE 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/26/2008 4 ($1,100) HHR $1,100 MTT
1/31/2008 14 ($4,100) HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
1/31/2008 5 $3,450 HHR $350 MTT

Jan 08


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February '08
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Inspired by my live PLO experience I decide to give HU a shot and had great results. I really thought HUPLO was going to be my thing for the longrun at the time. I was addicted to the game. I thought I was pretty good and had great results on small stakes but stacks we're flying in and out so I played with 100-200 buyins and was feeling good. My HUnl game was still lacking because I was playing a 40/33 which is way too damn tight. I think the HUnl scene was evolving around this time ie tougher regs, people caring about game selection, people figuring out optimal 3/4betting ranges etc. I was probably a little behind the curve at this time.

Unfortunately my degen shot went terrible again losing like $6,400 to Erik Lingdren. Can't stop degen you can only hope to contain it. I guess. This hand tilted me for a while. Later on in the month I degen shot again this time against DaEvils so obv my control was breaking down again. All in order back to back to back. I ***** quit him once again but I have a lot to say if it was wrong ethically of me. Standard. As you can see I had terrible results but mostly was just poor playing and game selection and too much degen. Another setback and hurdle. I never learn. $40k BR to start March.

2/1/2008 $1,400 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/14/2008 35 $50 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/17/2008 8 $509 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/17/2008 2 ($250) HHR $350 MTT
2/20/2008 11 ($1,309) HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/20/2008 2 ($140) HHR $140 MTT
2/21/2008 9 ($673) ISLE 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/22/2008 9 $909 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/23/2008 1 ($1,100) HHR $1,100 MTT
2/26/2008 9 ($200) ISLE 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/29/2008 9 $1,344 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)


Full Tilt Poker, $25/$50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $5,196.50
Hero (SB): $6,520

Pre-Flop: 5 A dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises to $150, BB calls $100

Flop: ($300) A 6 9 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($300) 2 (2 Players)
BB bets $250, Hero calls $250

River: ($800) 5 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $600, BB raises to $1,800, Hero calls $1,200

Results: $4,400 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
BB showed 3 4 (a straight, Six high) and WON $4,399.50 (+$2,199.50 NET)
Hero mucked 5 A (two pair, Aces and Fives) and LOST (-$2,200 NET)

Full Tilt Poker, $25/$50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: $4,164
Hero (BB): $1,025

Pre-Flop: Q 4 dealt to Hero (BB)
SB calls $25, Hero checks

Flop: ($100) Q A T (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB bets $75, Hero calls $75

Turn: ($250) 7 (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB checks

River: ($250) Q (2 Players)
Hero bets $150, SB raises to $4,039 and is All-In, Hero calls $750 and is All-In

Results: $2,050 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
SB showed J 8 (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-$1,025 NET)
Hero showed Q 4 (three of a kind, Queens) and WON $2,049.50 (+$1,024.50 NET)

Full Tilt Poker, $25/$50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: $3,063
Hero (BB): $2,124

Pre-Flop: J A dealt to Hero (BB)
SB raises to $150, Hero raises to $575, SB calls $425

Flop: ($1,150) 9 7 J (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB bets $2,488 and is All-In, Hero calls $1,549 and is All-In

Turn: ($4,248) 9 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($4,248) 6 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $4,248 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
SB showed Q K (a pair of Nines) and LOST (-$2,124 NET)
Hero showed J A (two pair, Jacks and Nines) and WON $4,247.50 (+$2,123.50 NET)

Full Tilt Poker, $25/$50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $5,074.50
Hero (SB): $4,222.50

Pre-Flop: A 9 dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises to $150, BB raises to $500, Hero calls $350

Flop: ($1,000) 2 4 9 (2 Players)
BB bets $500, Hero raises to $1,000, BB raises to $4,574.50 and is All-In, Hero calls $2,722.50 and is All-In

Turn: ($8,445) 2 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($8,445) 7 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $8,445 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
BB showed A 4 (two pair, Fours and Twos) and LOST (-$4,222.50 NET)
Hero showed A 9 (two pair, Nines and Twos) and WON $8,444.50 (+$4,222 NET)

Feb 08(PLO)(NL)






2/1/2008 $1,400 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/14/2008 35 $50 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/17/2008 8 $509 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/17/2008 2 ($250) HHR $350 MTT
2/20/2008 11 ($1,309) HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/20/2008 2 ($140) HHR $140 MTT
2/21/2008 9 ($673) ISLE 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/22/2008 9 $909 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/23/2008 1 ($1,100) HHR $1,100 MTT
2/26/2008 9 ($200) ISLE 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
2/29/2008 9 $1,344 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)

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March '08
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I started off March focused on getting back to my bread and butter which was my HU nl game. I started playing a bunch of $400 HU and crushed the games and played a bunch of $400 6max with equal success. I was pretty determined to not lose this month and figure out how to crush again. I tried going to bed on the right time, getting in shape, eating right to do all the little things to be the best I could be. I remember being in the green at every single level except for 0.15/0.30 where I was flipping. +2k at PLO = ~ $90k BR


3/1/2008 1 ($250) HHR $250 SNG
3/1/2008 10 ($350) HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/3/2008 1 ($850) HHR $1,050 SNG
3/3/2008 4 $1,487 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/5/2008 12 $1,085 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/6/2008 1 ($273) ISLE 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/7/2008 9 $317 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/14/2008 4 ($500) HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/14/2008 1 ($150) HHR $150 MTT
3/15/2008 4 $400 ISLE 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/15/2008 12 $2,150 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/20/2008 14 $2,540 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/20/2008 1 $575 HHR $575 MTT
3/24/2008 2 ($646) ISLE 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/24/2008 1 ($600) HHR $300 MTT
3/24/2008 1 $515 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/24/2008 1 ($520) HHR $520 SNG
3/29/2008 11 $2,937 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/29/2008 2 $1,400 HHR $520 SNG
3/29/2008 3 ($1,100) HHR $1,100 MTT
3/30/2008 2 $185 HHR 5/10 NL (100 MAX)
3/31/2008 6 $700 HHR $300 MTT

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April '08
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April was a pretty stellar month. I remember well just crushing the $1k games to no end. Was on such a tear and thought this was my time. Then I woke up one morning with a $130k BR and played Thinker00 at $50/100 who I later hear was Mezmerized? Still unsure of who he is but I lost $60k pretty fast to him and was devastated. Funny looking back but painful at the time. I ended shattering my keyboard into pieces afterwads pretty angry at myself for ****ing up. I don't care that I ran bad or whatever it was just a dumb idea and completely ****ed up my momnetum. He won every big and medium pot and I just did not when any off him. My friend gets robbed for $15k at a home game we were in in the beginning of the month. I end up rebuilding to $100k and continue being a retard abd sit with Urin when I was tilted one day. I was up a little and then get nailed. The third hand is against INTERNET POKERS and bothered me for a long time. Then hold to win small profit. He quit me this time. As you see I played a bunch of good players and took some rediculous shots and was lucky to survive it all for this long. I stopped using live poker spreadsheets once again this month. Probably a sign that I was losing discipline.

Full Tilt Poker, $100/$200 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $20,500
Hero (SB): $27,347

Pre-Flop: 8 8 dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises to $400, BB raises to $1,600, Hero raises to $4,950, BB calls $3,350

Flop: ($9,900) 2 6 2 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $4,900, BB raises to $15,550 and is All-In, Hero calls $10,650

Turn: ($41,000) 9 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($41,000) 4 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $41,000 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
BB showed K K (two pair, Kings and Twos) and WON $40,999.50 (+$20,499.50 NET)
Hero showed 8 8 (two pair, Eights and Twos) and LOST (-$20,500 NET)

Full Tilt Poker, $100/$200 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $51,345.50
Hero (SB): $21,200

Pre-Flop: 4 A dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises to $400, BB calls $200

Flop: ($800) T 4 A (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $600, BB raises to $1,600, Hero raises to $4,900, BB raises to $50,945.50 and is All-In, Hero calls $15,900 and is All-In

Turn: ($42,400) K (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($42,400) 8 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $42,400 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
BB showed T 7 (a pair of Tens) and LOST (-$21,200 NET)
Hero showed 4 A (two pair, Aces and Fours) and WON $42,399.50 (+$21,199.50 NET)





Full Tilt Poker, $25/$50 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (SB): $10,820.50
BB: $9,397

Pre-Flop: 3 3 dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises to $100, BB calls $50

Flop: ($200) 2 3 T (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $150, BB calls $150

Turn: ($500) 5 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $425, BB raises to $1,250, Hero calls $825

River: ($3,000) 5 (2 Players)
BB bets $4,545.45, Hero raises to $9,320.50 and is All-In, BB calls $3,351.55 and is All-In

Results: $18,794 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
Hero showed 3 3 (a full house, Threes full of Fives) and LOST (-$9,397 NET)
BB showed 2 5 (a full house, Fives full of Twos) and WON $18,793.50 (+$9,396.50 NET)

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May '08
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May was my favorite month of this past year. I started the month by winning a local tournament for $16k. Later in the month I woke up to my friend Rob almost begging me to play the $100 PLO+rebuys with him. I oblige and win it for $85k. At the end of May I played the $2500 LAPT in San Jose Costa Rica. 2 orbits in I 4bet/fold KK pf lose 1350 of 10k and get shown AA. 2 days later I'm at the final table With Zugwat and Traheho 2nd in chips to Zugwat. I screw up a hand where I coldshove AQ into a raise and 3bet and they have AA and KK and get 7th for $30k. I hardly play any cash this month breaking even at NL but losing a ton at PLO late. Costa Rica was a blast because nothing else compares to success at live tournaments. You get all the attention and being at the final table with all the money on the line was a blast. Dissappointing end though. Ended the month with ~ $200k BR

May 08 PLO


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June '08
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I ended up developing a PLO addiction in late May and ended up getting destroyed in June. Clowns like Pixkim just ran redic hot on me and I get smoked. My game was spewy at the time and not refined like it is now. I lose $24k at NL and $66k at PLO. I played a lot of poker at Paul Wolfe's game and must have won ~$120k total in that game. He found some pretty rediculous players and he went off on me one night. I also remember winning a $36k pot one night. I won about $30k in June which includes all my play.

Dennis started the hand with $14k and Donnie started the hand with $8k and I cover. Dennis very well could be the most retarded dude with a lot of money I have ever met. Donnie has a clue. Dennis raises the $50 straddle to $275 which has been doing slightly more than his fair share. I peel 22 in the SB and Donnie comes along in the BB. Flop comes 22K with 2 diamonds. Great. I check Don checks and Dennis bets $300 into $1k I call and Don calls. Turn brings a 7c and I lead for $1250. At this point of the hand it feels cool because 1) there are really no tough decisions if someone raises I'm just shoving and 2) I 'm going to win a lot of money. Don tanks plays with his chips shoves Dennis snap shoves for $13k and I beat Don's 77 and Dennis' AA.

June PLO


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July '08
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July is where I put the fuel and the fire together and I went on a huge tear. I ran pretty hot and took lots of shots but mostly shortstacked games and put together a solid month. I started dedicating myself to PLO and taking shots at high stakes games where it worked out for me. I did at times continue in bad games but that's another story. This was a very swingy month was way underolled for these games but I know that most of the time I as in a game where I would have been making oney in the long run. My PLO game improved a ton in July and I'd like to think this is where I will be in the near and far future. This hand was the highlight of July. Sorry for repititiveness.

FullTiltPoker Game #7303007417: Table Eginton (6 max) - $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 16:03:06 ET - 2008/07/20
Seat 1: Urindanger ($79,312)
Seat 2: THEDONKEYNO1 ($18,938)
Seat 3: OMGClayAiken ($16,600)
Seat 4: IAmSoSo ($14,100)
Seat 5: durrrr ($154,377)
Seat 6: theASHMAN103 ($58,362)
Urindanger posts the small blind of $200
THEDONKEYNO1 posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to theASHMAN103 [Ts Qc Ad 5c]
OMGClayAiken folds
IAmSoSo folds
durrrr raises to $1,200
theASHMAN103 raises to $4,200
Urindanger has 15 seconds left to act
Urindanger folds
THEDONKEYNO1 folds
durrrr raises to $13,200
theASHMAN103 has 15 seconds left to act
theASHMAN103 calls $9,000
*** FLOP *** [Ks 8d 8h]
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $9,200
theASHMAN103 has 15 seconds left to act
theASHMAN103 calls $9,200
*** TURN *** [Ks 8d 8h] [2s]
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr checks
theASHMAN103 has 15 seconds left to act
theASHMAN103 checks
*** RIVER *** [Ks 8d 8h 2s] [As]
durrrr has 15 seconds left to act
durrrr bets $45,400
theASHMAN103 has 15 seconds left to act
theASHMAN103 has requested TIME
theASHMAN103 calls $35,962, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $9,438 returned to durrrr
*** SHOW DOWN ***
durrrr shows [Td 7d 9c Jc] a pair of Eights
theASHMAN103 shows [Ts Qc Ad 5c] two pair, Aces and Eights
theASHMAN103 wins the pot ($117,321) with two pair, Aces and Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $117,324 | Rake $3
Board: [Ks 8d 8h 2s As]
Seat 1: Urindanger (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: THEDONKEYNO1 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: OMGClayAiken didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: IAmSoSo didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: durrrr showed [Td 7d 9c Jc] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 6: theASHMAN103 (button) showed [Ts Qc Ad 5c] and won ($117,321) with two pair, Aces and Eights





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August '08
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Started off terrible after a huge failure at $500/$1k cap losing $260k there. Soon after I won $560k at Omaha avenging that. Then last night I get to sit with Lady Marmalede who is Guy Lalibirte IRL.

FullTiltPoker Game #7748052795: Table Barn (deep 6) - $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 0:08:34 ET - 2008/08/22
Seat 1: theASHMAN103 ($83,770)
Seat 2: slaktarn ($86,355)
Seat 3: lady marmelade ($50,523)
Seat 4: howisitfeellike ($56,619)
Seat 5: Brian Hastings ($42,195.50)
Seat 6: Cole South ($55,162)
slaktarn posts the small blind of $200
lady marmelade posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to theASHMAN103 [Jd Ts 9d Js]
howisitfeellike folds
Brian Hastings folds
Cole South folds
theASHMAN103 raises to $1,400
slaktarn raises to $4,600
lady marmelade folds
theASHMAN103 has 15 seconds left to act
theASHMAN103 calls $3,200
*** FLOP *** [Kd Jh 4h]
slaktarn has 15 seconds left to act
slaktarn bets $9,600
theASHMAN103 has 15 seconds left to act
theASHMAN103 raises to $38,400
slaktarn calls $28,800
*** TURN *** [Kd Jh 4h] [5d]
slaktarn bets $43,355, and is all in
theASHMAN103 calls $40,770, and is all in
slaktarn shows [Qh As 9s Ah]
theASHMAN103 shows [Jd Ts 9d Js]
Uncalled bet of $2,585 returned to slaktarn
*** RIVER *** [Kd Jh 4h 5d] [Qc]
slaktarn shows a pair of Aces
theASHMAN103 shows a straight, King high
theASHMAN103 wins the pot ($167,937) with a straight, King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $167,940 | Rake $3
Board: [Kd Jh 4h 5d Qc]
Seat 1: theASHMAN103 (button) showed [Jd Ts 9d Js] and won ($167,937) with a straight, King high
Seat 2: slaktarn (small blind) showed [Qh As 9s Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: lady marmelade (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: howisitfeellike didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Brian Hastings didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Cole South didn't bet (folded)

FullTiltPoker Game #7746839623: Table Acres (deep 6) - $200/$400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 22:33:34 ET - 2008/08/21
Seat 1: regista8 ($8,192)
Seat 2: theASHMAN103 ($43,797)
Seat 3: lady marmelade ($24,591.50)
Seat 4: howisitfeellike ($28,321.50)
Seat 5: Cole South ($13,791)
Seat 6: dingepling ($24,594)
Cole South posts the small blind of $200
dingepling posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to theASHMAN103 [9c Jc 8d 7c]
regista8 folds
theASHMAN103 raises to $1,400
lady marmelade has 15 seconds left to act
lady marmelade calls $1,400
howisitfeellike calls $1,400
Cole South folds
dingepling calls $1,000
*** FLOP *** [9s Qh 9h]
dingepling checks
theASHMAN103 has 15 seconds left to act
theASHMAN103 bets $3,000
lady marmelade has 15 seconds left to act
lady marmelade calls $3,000
howisitfeellike folds
dingepling folds
*** TURN *** [9s Qh 9h] [6c]
theASHMAN103 has 15 seconds left to act
theASHMAN103 checks
lady marmelade bets $11,800
theASHMAN103 has 15 seconds left to act
theASHMAN103 raises to $39,397, and is all in
lady marmelade has 15 seconds left to act
lady marmelade has requested TIME
lady marmelade calls $8,391.50, and is all in
theASHMAN103 shows [9c Jc 8d 7c]
lady marmelade shows [6h 2d Ah 7h]
Uncalled bet of $19,205.50 returned to theASHMAN103
*** RIVER *** [9s Qh 9h 6c] [5d]
theASHMAN103 shows a straight, Nine high
lady marmelade shows two pair, Nines and Sixes
theASHMAN103 wins the pot ($52,180) with a straight, Nine high
lady marmelade adds $20,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $52,183 | Rake $3
Board: [9s Qh 9h 6c 5d]
Seat 1: regista8 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: theASHMAN103 showed [9c Jc 8d 7c] and won ($52,180) with a straight, Nine high
Seat 3: lady marmelade showed [6h 2d Ah 7h] and lost with two pair, Nines and Sixes
Seat 4: howisitfeellike (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Cole South (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: dingepling (big blind) folded on the Flop

Aug '08 NL


Aug '08 PLO


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Year Summary
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Full Tilt NL Aug '07 - Aug '08


Full Tilt PLO Aug '07 - Aug '08


So from Aug '07 I went from having $284 left to having about $970k to my name 1 year and 6 days later. Obviously I was lucky to never bust but I think my PLO play recently is the reason why I skyrocketed. I'm like fairly confident that the money I made recently is due to my play. Overall I'm doing great agaisnt the stake I'm playing. I know I'm a degen but I've always had enough control to just drop and grind when I needed to and always had enough skill to have a good bread and butter game when grinding was the option. I get a lot of heat from players about my game but we'll see what happens in the future and long run as far as my poker journey is concerned. Time will tell and I'm not banking on continuing a "heater" but sure that I will improve enough to climb past HS "icons" in time. Just glad I have the opporunity to make a run at it and get to the top(PA PI Durrr OMG status). I'm not just hoping either...