I am a huge fan of Marc Davis and have been following his blog for over a year now. He is a Heads Up No Limit Pro out of Florida. Anyhow, he made it onto a feature table during the 2009 WSOP Main Event and locks horns with non-other than Mr. Phil Hellmuth himself. Here are links to the youtube clips of PeopleMover's tv debut on ESPN:
Forward to 3:00 for this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frCEX5HEeZA&feature=PlayList&p=46C6174BF1B5277D&index=41
And here is a link where Hellmuth pays to see PeopleMover's hand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpK0SiMm3ok&feature=PlayList&p=46C6174BF1B5277D&index=43
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Time to start posting again...
I have been grinding on Pokerstars trying to get a bankroll going. My last post is of a screen pic of me FTing a micro tourney. Well the story behind that is: my buddy transferred me $1 and I started playing those 10 cent 360-man sngs. Well, I won the second sng I played and that was for like $8. I then took a shot at a $2.20 mtt and was able to FT that. Since then I have been grinding the $1.20 sngs and taking a few shots here and there at micro mtts. I was able to grind my $80 micro bankroll into about $140 and then I decided to take a shot at a $5.50 mtt. I was able to cash out in 16th place and I have now officially broken the $200 bankroll mark.
I will start posting more screen caps of my tourney finishes and just drop some win/loss stats just so I can say that i actually blog.
Hopefully I can find some other interesting things to post about as well.
Until then... good luck at the tables.
I will start posting more screen caps of my tourney finishes and just drop some win/loss stats just so I can say that i actually blog.
Hopefully I can find some other interesting things to post about as well.
Until then... good luck at the tables.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
P90X Training - Day 4
One of my new year's resolutions was to exercise more and keep the pounds off. Well, many of you may have seen the P90X infomercial on late at night and written it off as another work out/lose weight gimmick. Well, I am a believer that EVERY diet plan and work out regimen marketed to the public WORKS. Yes, if you went out and bought Buns of Steel and followed the program to the tee and ate properly, you would have buns of steel. I have tried many different work out programs (I don't like to diet) and have always lost 15 - 25 lbs. depending on how motivated I was. My problem is, these programs are about short term results and I always gained the weight back. I feel P90X not only works you out but provides you with many different alternatives to just lifting weights or running that make exercising fun and challenging. P90X is a 78 day program and I am currently on day 4 today. Let me tell you, my body is in some major pain, but it just reminds me how hard I am working. Makes me feel great! I weighed myself on Monday and I weighed 232 lbs. Did I mention I am only 5'9"? Ya, I am definitely not in shape and actually on my way to obesity I think, which is another good reason to start this program. So along with poker content, I will also post updates on my weight loss progress. Hmmmm... maybe I should include before and after pics? Nah... too embarassing, plus I don't want to disgust anyone and discourage them from reading my blog. I'll just post stats and stuff. I guess that means I should re-measure and weigh myself regularly.
Until next time... GL at the tables and be healthy!
Until next time... GL at the tables and be healthy!
Monday, February 2, 2009
February 2009
Well, I put in a ton of volume for mtts in January and did pretty well. However, what should of been a +$400 or so month ended up being more like only +$150 due to me booking some losing sessions at the cash tables. My goal for February will be to stay away from the cash for now and concentrate on my tournament game.
The WSOP circuit event is coming to Harrah's Rincon in March and I plan on playing maybe 2-3 events. If I do well and win some decent coin, I will definitely give some of the bigger buy-in tourneys a shot hoping to make enough to buy into the 5k main event. I am estimating buy-ins to be about $800, and right now I have about $220. So I have some work to do. I have no doubt I will reach that goal as long as I stick to mtts and not let the variance at the cash tables knock me back.
I am also happy to report that I now have a micro bankroll on PokerStars. My buddy, M4NT1S, sent me $1 and I have been grinding the 10 cent 360-man tourneys. As Phil Hellmuth would say: If it weren't for luck, I'd win 'em all! LOL These tourneys are very soft. Maybe once in awhile I will run into a decent player but its not that often as the play usually mimics that of a freeroll. I have played a ton of these and have cashed in many. Once again, my bankroll should be up to about $30 right now, but its really more like $14 due to variance at the cash tables. Yes, I tried grinding the .01/.02 NL tables and lost a lot of my bankroll due to suckouts and just generally horrid play. So my rule on Absolute Poker will also stand on PokerStars. No cash tables! (for now at least) I promised the M4NT1S that the first "real" tourney I ship that I would give him 40%. I don't want to let him down, so my primary goal is to build the bankroll so I can start playing the $1 and $2 micro tourneys. These are actually pretty large on PokerStars and 1st place usually wins about $400. Now that would be a bank roll booster for sure!
Until next time... GL at the tables!
The WSOP circuit event is coming to Harrah's Rincon in March and I plan on playing maybe 2-3 events. If I do well and win some decent coin, I will definitely give some of the bigger buy-in tourneys a shot hoping to make enough to buy into the 5k main event. I am estimating buy-ins to be about $800, and right now I have about $220. So I have some work to do. I have no doubt I will reach that goal as long as I stick to mtts and not let the variance at the cash tables knock me back.
I am also happy to report that I now have a micro bankroll on PokerStars. My buddy, M4NT1S, sent me $1 and I have been grinding the 10 cent 360-man tourneys. As Phil Hellmuth would say: If it weren't for luck, I'd win 'em all! LOL These tourneys are very soft. Maybe once in awhile I will run into a decent player but its not that often as the play usually mimics that of a freeroll. I have played a ton of these and have cashed in many. Once again, my bankroll should be up to about $30 right now, but its really more like $14 due to variance at the cash tables. Yes, I tried grinding the .01/.02 NL tables and lost a lot of my bankroll due to suckouts and just generally horrid play. So my rule on Absolute Poker will also stand on PokerStars. No cash tables! (for now at least) I promised the M4NT1S that the first "real" tourney I ship that I would give him 40%. I don't want to let him down, so my primary goal is to build the bankroll so I can start playing the $1 and $2 micro tourneys. These are actually pretty large on PokerStars and 1st place usually wins about $400. Now that would be a bank roll booster for sure!
Until next time... GL at the tables!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Goals...
Wow, 2009 is in full swing and I am already not following through on one of my resolutions which was to post more often. Let me start off with my goals for 2009:
Personal:
1) Spend more quality time with my family. Poker is a big part of my life, but my family is BIGGER! I am going to plan more family trips and activities instead of planning out my tournament schedule. My wife used to hate me playing poker all the time but we came to a compromise and I don't want to take advantage of it. She has been really supportive and understanding. So I need to do my part in be more involved as a husband and father; even though I am a degen, lol.
2) Just like everyone else, we all would like to lose some weight or maybe tone up a bit. Well, ever since I got married 8.5 years ago, my weight has slowly climbed higher along with my age. I don't have problems losing weight once I start working out. My problem though is keeping it off! So am going to sign up at the local gym and stick to it all year (I hope).
3) Focus more at work. I think I kick ass at my 7 - 3:30 job, but I am not pushing myself like I used to. I am sort of just coasting. So I am going to make it a point to work harder and really give it 110% until I either win the lottery or become a poker pro.
4) This one's kind of cheesy, but I also need to pay more attention to my pets. I have two little pomeranians who need more attention from me and the family. I was thinking about it the other day... we have had them since they were puppies. They are 8 years old in human years. Pomeranians live to about 12! Wow! It's a crazy feeling knowing the dogs I love may be gone in the next 3-4 years. I think I owe it to them to pay more attention to them.
...and now for poker goals:
1) Focus on learning more about the game! My tournament game has gotten a lot stronger but it needs to continue growing. Same goes for my cash game play. In order to improve on these aspects of poker, I have subscribed to a poker training site: PokerXFactor (PXF). Hopefully I will be able to post some big scores in the future that I can attribute to subscribing to PXF.
2) Volume, volume, volume! There is only one way to get better. That is to continue to play, play, play and play! I am going to make a schedule so that my family knows my "poker days" which will be days I focus primarily on tournaments. I have already gotten the ok to make Sundays my "Live" play day which has worked out nicely.
3) Make money! Don't forget, I am a micro stakes player...errr... well maybe I am a small stakes player now. But either way, I have a limited bankroll. My overall goal is to have a 50% ROI(online) by December 31st of this year. That's alot, but you know what, you have to set big goals to accomplish big goals. This will include sit n gos, tournaments, and cash games. I don't have a "Live" bankroll so I can't set this type of goal yet. Hmmm... maybe I should set a goal to create a "Live" bankroll?
Well... that's all I've got for now.
Good Luck at the Tables!
Personal:
1) Spend more quality time with my family. Poker is a big part of my life, but my family is BIGGER! I am going to plan more family trips and activities instead of planning out my tournament schedule. My wife used to hate me playing poker all the time but we came to a compromise and I don't want to take advantage of it. She has been really supportive and understanding. So I need to do my part in be more involved as a husband and father; even though I am a degen, lol.
2) Just like everyone else, we all would like to lose some weight or maybe tone up a bit. Well, ever since I got married 8.5 years ago, my weight has slowly climbed higher along with my age. I don't have problems losing weight once I start working out. My problem though is keeping it off! So am going to sign up at the local gym and stick to it all year (I hope).
3) Focus more at work. I think I kick ass at my 7 - 3:30 job, but I am not pushing myself like I used to. I am sort of just coasting. So I am going to make it a point to work harder and really give it 110% until I either win the lottery or become a poker pro.
4) This one's kind of cheesy, but I also need to pay more attention to my pets. I have two little pomeranians who need more attention from me and the family. I was thinking about it the other day... we have had them since they were puppies. They are 8 years old in human years. Pomeranians live to about 12! Wow! It's a crazy feeling knowing the dogs I love may be gone in the next 3-4 years. I think I owe it to them to pay more attention to them.
...and now for poker goals:
1) Focus on learning more about the game! My tournament game has gotten a lot stronger but it needs to continue growing. Same goes for my cash game play. In order to improve on these aspects of poker, I have subscribed to a poker training site: PokerXFactor (PXF). Hopefully I will be able to post some big scores in the future that I can attribute to subscribing to PXF.
2) Volume, volume, volume! There is only one way to get better. That is to continue to play, play, play and play! I am going to make a schedule so that my family knows my "poker days" which will be days I focus primarily on tournaments. I have already gotten the ok to make Sundays my "Live" play day which has worked out nicely.
3) Make money! Don't forget, I am a micro stakes player...errr... well maybe I am a small stakes player now. But either way, I have a limited bankroll. My overall goal is to have a 50% ROI(online) by December 31st of this year. That's alot, but you know what, you have to set big goals to accomplish big goals. This will include sit n gos, tournaments, and cash games. I don't have a "Live" bankroll so I can't set this type of goal yet. Hmmm... maybe I should set a goal to create a "Live" bankroll?
Well... that's all I've got for now.
Good Luck at the Tables!
Monday, January 5, 2009
Happy New Year and Hello 2009!
Ok, so I haven't blogged in a LONG time. So obviously one of my new year's resolutions will be to blog on a more consistent basis. So there's no better time to start this new trend than with right now.
Let me start off by saying: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The new year has been awesome so far. My 8-8 San Diego Chargers just won their wild card game and move to round 2 to face off against the Steelers next Sunday. Our city is going nuts right now and rightfully so. I just hope some of our key players can heal up from their injuries because traveling to Pittsburgh and winning there is going to be extremely tough.
As for POKER:
Something remarkable happened to me on January 3rd. I was grinding as usual at the .25/.50 NL games on Absolute Poker and I was dealt AdKd. I raised it preflop and got 3 callers. The flop came down: K K K Yes you're reading that correctly, I flopped quads. We all checked the flop and the turn was a 8. I was thinking great, no value on flopped quads, so we all checked around and the river brougth another 8. Now the first player bet $4. I was thinking perfect, maybe I will get some value out of this hand since the board read KKK88 which is a full house for everyone. I raised it to $20.50. The player after me called, but the original bettor moved all in for his remaining $92. I immediately re-raised all in and the player behind me called.
My jaw dropped the second a message box appeared on my screen, it read: ATTENTION PLAYERS: THE BAD BEAT JACKPOT HAS JUST BEEN HIT. WINNING PAYOUTS WILL BE CALCULATED AFTER ALL CURRENT HANDS HAVE BEEN PLAYED OUT. Holy crap! I was the winning hand in the bad beat jackpot on AP!! Whoo-Hoo! My quad Kings beat my opponents quad 8s. I had just won more money than I could ever imagine, and it was while I was playing POKER!
So, my new year was quite memorable and I look forward to setting some new poker goals for myself as well as personal goals. I will talk more about these new goals in my next post. I just wanted to say thanks for reading and look forward to a lot more content in 2009.
Happy New Year and good luck at the tables.
Let me start off by saying: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The new year has been awesome so far. My 8-8 San Diego Chargers just won their wild card game and move to round 2 to face off against the Steelers next Sunday. Our city is going nuts right now and rightfully so. I just hope some of our key players can heal up from their injuries because traveling to Pittsburgh and winning there is going to be extremely tough.
As for POKER:
Something remarkable happened to me on January 3rd. I was grinding as usual at the .25/.50 NL games on Absolute Poker and I was dealt AdKd. I raised it preflop and got 3 callers. The flop came down: K K K Yes you're reading that correctly, I flopped quads. We all checked the flop and the turn was a 8. I was thinking great, no value on flopped quads, so we all checked around and the river brougth another 8. Now the first player bet $4. I was thinking perfect, maybe I will get some value out of this hand since the board read KKK88 which is a full house for everyone. I raised it to $20.50. The player after me called, but the original bettor moved all in for his remaining $92. I immediately re-raised all in and the player behind me called.
My jaw dropped the second a message box appeared on my screen, it read: ATTENTION PLAYERS: THE BAD BEAT JACKPOT HAS JUST BEEN HIT. WINNING PAYOUTS WILL BE CALCULATED AFTER ALL CURRENT HANDS HAVE BEEN PLAYED OUT. Holy crap! I was the winning hand in the bad beat jackpot on AP!! Whoo-Hoo! My quad Kings beat my opponents quad 8s. I had just won more money than I could ever imagine, and it was while I was playing POKER!
So, my new year was quite memorable and I look forward to setting some new poker goals for myself as well as personal goals. I will talk more about these new goals in my next post. I just wanted to say thanks for reading and look forward to a lot more content in 2009.
Happy New Year and good luck at the tables.
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