Saturday, March 22, 2008

back from the trip and running hot....

Got back yesterday afternoon. Played a session at the airport yesterday that sucked (couldn't win a hand) but then played three winning sessions today/night to book a $2.2k day.

Duke scared the crap out of me yesterday, and I had to watch the game on the other side of my living room so that I was out of reach of expensive electronics that could be thrown. Tossing my laptop out of the window certainly wouldn't have made me feel any better about that game.

Honestly I was pretty dissappointing in the job that K did during the game. We have had success all season playing a run-n-gun style and just jacking up an early shot in transition. Last night we allowed Belmont to dictate the pace of the game and settled for trying to run a half court offense. In a game like that we need to take advantage of our two biggest advantages 1) talent and 2) depth. Instead of trying to run up and down all game with a 10 man rotation, we settled for playing half court in the second half with a 7 man rotation. That style would work with teams that had j-will, dunleavy, and boozer or JJ and Shelden. But on this years team we just don't have strong enough half court scorers (or balanced inside out threats) to succeed in that way.

I also think a lot of credit should be given to Belmont. They certainly looked the part of a team that deserved significantly better than a 15 seed. I thought we played a good first half and despite that only managed a 7 pt lead. With the defense and shooting they had last night I think they would have beaten a lot of high seeds from major conferences.

I was really dissapointed to see that Clemson lost tonight after having an 18 point lead in the first half. I think their coach is a really classy guy, and they had some hard working seniors on that team. Plus they are an ACC team, and I always root for the ACC in the tourney unless they are playing Duke.

Should be an exciting game tomorrow, but I think Duke will end up winning by 9-11 after making some late free throws despite it being a close game. I hoping that getting to the sweet sixteen will light a fire under this team the way that the overtime loss to Pitt seemed to.

Next post will have more poker content, and I might include some Cruise stories. However most of the cruise stories involved us drinking and partying a lot and really aren't that interesting unless you know us an all of our stupid inside jokes.

Last thought. I had two coaching sessions last week before I went on vacation and I really enjoyed both. I think both of my clients got a lot of help out of their sessions, and I felt like my reads and advice seemed to really help during their play. I love coaching sessions because it really focuses me on solid fundamental poker, and prevents me from creating bad habits that you form while you grind. If anyone is looking to get some (more) coaching let me know. I'm likely going to be raising my rates this summer since my time will be more infrequent, and It is getting to be impractical for me to coach at the prices I offer. Plus I don't know of one other coach that is less than 2.5x the price I charge, and frankly I think I offer a better product than many of them do.

hope everyone out there is doing well, and as always thanks for reading.

later


Jim

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

beats

here are some of the beats I suffered the other night:

5 outer on the river in a $1.7k pot, this was by far the worse....

STAGE #928037754: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $4 - 2008-03-09 22:49:48 (ET)
Table: MONTAGUE DR (Real Money) Seat #2 is the dealer
Seat 2 - JHOOK17 ($181.80 in chips)
Seat 3 - DORIANGRAYY ($1059.10 in chips)
Seat 4 - THEMIGHTYJIM ($823.70 in chips)
Seat 5 - SAMMER79 ($467.30 in chips)
Seat 6 - JKOFALLTRADE ($443.50 in chips)
Seat 1 - STAINLESS9 ($788 in chips)
DORIANGRAYY - Posts small blind $2
THEMIGHTYJIM - Posts big blind $4
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to THEMIGHTYJIM [Kh Kd]
SAMMER79 - Calls $4
JKOFALLTRADE - Folds
STAINLESS9 - Raises $20 to $20
JHOOK17 - Calls $20
DORIANGRAYY - Calls $18
THEMIGHTYJIM - Raises $96 to $100
SAMMER79 - Folds
STAINLESS9 - Folds
JHOOK17 - Folds
DORIANGRAYY - Calls $80
*** FLOP *** [9c 4d 2h]
DORIANGRAYY - Checks
THEMIGHTYJIM - Bets $185
DORIANGRAYY - Calls $185
*** TURN *** [9c 4d 2h] [Qd]
DORIANGRAYY - All-In $774.10
THEMIGHTYJIM - All-In $538.70
DORIANGRAYY - returned ($235.40) : not called
*** RIVER *** [9c 4d 2h Qd] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DORIANGRAYY - Shows [4c 7c] (Two Pair, sevens and fours)
THEMIGHTYJIM - Shows [Kh Kd] (One pair, kings)
DORIANGRAYY Collects $1687.90 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($1691.40) Rake ($3) Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [9c 4d 2h Qd 7s]
Seat 1: STAINLESS9 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: JHOOK17 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: DORIANGRAYY (small blind) won Total ($1687.90) All-In HI:($1687.90) with Two Pair, sevens and fours [4c 7c - B:7s,P:7c,B:4d,P:4c,B:Qd]
Seat 4: THEMIGHTYJIM (big blind) HI:lost with One pair, kings [Kh Kd - P:Kh,P:Kd,B:Qd,B:9c,B:7s]
Seat 5: SAMMER79 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: JKOFALLTRADE Folded on the POCKET CARDS


nuts on the turn when we get it all-in, ran into an 11 outer on the river in a $850 pot

STAGE #927997014: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $4 - 2008-03-09 22:08:22 (ET)
Table: DOGWOOD RD (Real Money) Seat #2 is the dealer
Seat 2 - MEGAX82 ($1076.45 in chips)
Seat 3 - IAINTCHASIN ($527 in chips)
Seat 4 - IKESTOYS ($800 in chips)
Seat 5 - THEMIGHTYJIM ($421.20 in chips)
Seat 6 - HAHAMUCK ($973.40 in chips)
Seat 1 - NOLA_DAS ($180.50 in chips)
IAINTCHASIN - Posts small blind $2
IKESTOYS - Posts big blind $4
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to THEMIGHTYJIM [Ks Ad]
THEMIGHTYJIM - Raises $16 to $16
HAHAMUCK - Folds
NOLA_DAS - Folds
MEGAX82 - Folds
IAINTCHASIN - Folds
IKESTOYS - Calls $12
*** FLOP *** [2s Qc 10d]
IKESTOYS - Checks
THEMIGHTYJIM - Bets $22
IKESTOYS - Calls $22
*** TURN *** [2s Qc 10d] [Jh]
IKESTOYS - Checks
THEMIGHTYJIM - Bets $46
IKESTOYS - Raises $150 to $150
THEMIGHTYJIM - Raises $330 to $376
IKESTOYS - Raises $602 to $752
THEMIGHTYJIM - All-In $7.20
IKESTOYS - returned ($368.80) : not called
*** RIVER *** [2s Qc 10d Jh] [10h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
IKESTOYS - Shows [2c 2h] (Full house, twos full of tens)
THEMIGHTYJIM - Shows [Ks Ad] (Straight, ten to ace)
IKESTOYS Collects $840.90 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($844.40) Rake ($3) Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [2s Qc 10d Jh 10h]
Seat 1: NOLA_DAS Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: MEGAX82 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: IAINTCHASIN (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: IKESTOYS (big blind) won Total ($840.90) HI:($840.90) with Full house, twos full of tens [2c 2h - B:2s,P:2h,P:2c,B:10h,B:10d]
Seat 5: THEMIGHTYJIM HI:lost with Straight, ten to ace [Ks Ad - P:Ad,P:Ks,B:Qc,B:Jh,B:10h]
Seat 6: HAHAMUCK Folded on the POCKET CARDS


I'm only a little over a 2-1 favorite preflop (which considering my range when I make this bet he is usually in much worse shape when I call), but in the context of the others (and considering the flop) this one also sucked: AKs < 79o

STAGE #928059637: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $4 - 2008-03-09 23:12:32 (ET)
Table: GALLEON DR (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 5 - HARDCORY3011 ($475.20 in chips)
Seat 6 - MORG21 ($314.50 in chips)
Seat 1 - STAINLESS9 ($874.70 in chips)
Seat 2 - BRADVOLLEY ($432.25 in chips)
Seat 3 - SUPERMAN1966 ($412.05 in chips)
Seat 4 - THEMIGHTYJIM ($394 in chips)
MORG21 - Posts small blind $2
STAINLESS9 - Posts big blind $4
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to THEMIGHTYJIM [As Ks]
BRADVOLLEY - Folds
SUPERMAN1966 - Folds
THEMIGHTYJIM - Raises $16 to $16
HARDCORY3011 - Raises $52 to $52
MORG21 - Folds
STAINLESS9 - Folds
THEMIGHTYJIM - Raises $140 to $156
HARDCORY3011 - All-In(Raise) $423.20 to $475.20
THEMIGHTYJIM - All-In $238
HARDCORY3011 - returned ($81.20) : not called
*** FLOP *** [5s Kc 4d]
*** TURN *** [5s Kc 4d] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [5s Kc 4d 7d] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
THEMIGHTYJIM - Shows [As Ks] (One pair, kings)
HARDCORY3011 - Shows [7s 9c] (Two Pair, nines and sevens)
HARDCORY3011 Collects $790.50 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($794) Rake ($3) Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [5s Kc 4d 7d 9h]
Seat 1: STAINLESS9 (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: BRADVOLLEY Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: SUPERMAN1966 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: THEMIGHTYJIM HI:lost with One pair, kings [As Ks - P:Ks,B:Kc,P:As,B:9h,B:7d]
Seat 5: HARDCORY3011 (dealer) won Total ($790.50) All-In HI:($790.50) with Two Pair, nines and sevens [7s 9c - B:9h,P:9c,P:7s,B:7d,B:Kc]
Seat 6: MORG21 (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS


but this one put me into the black for the night, biggest pot I've ever won in any game. FWIW this player is a good regular and I honestly don't know what he was thinking when he called the turn or river, but I'm guessing it had something to do with the tilty chat I was typing at another table he was also at. Ship the 3.3k pot......

STAGE #928064260: HOLDEM NO LIMIT $4 - 2008-03-09 23:17:25 (ET)
Table: BRANDYWINE AVE (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - BIGSEXYSLICK ($1015.05 in chips)
Seat 2 - STAINLESS9 ($870.50 in chips)
Seat 3 - HAHAMUCK ($1815.20 in chips)
Seat 4 - KASHISKING ($594.10 in chips)
Seat 5 - IKESTOYS ($2001.25 in chips)
Seat 6 - THEMIGHTYJIM ($1660.25 in chips)
STAINLESS9 - Posts small blind $2
HAHAMUCK - Posts big blind $4
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to THEMIGHTYJIM [6d 6c]
KASHISKING - Folds
IKESTOYS - Folds
THEMIGHTYJIM - Raises $18 to $18
BIGSEXYSLICK - Folds
STAINLESS9 - Folds
HAHAMUCK - Raises $58 to $62
THEMIGHTYJIM - Calls $44
*** FLOP *** [3d Kh 6h]
HAHAMUCK - Bets $84
THEMIGHTYJIM - Raises $196 to $196
HAHAMUCK - Calls $112
*** TURN *** [3d Kh 6h] [Qc]
HAHAMUCK - Checks
THEMIGHTYJIM - Bets $384
HAHAMUCK - Calls $384
*** RIVER *** [3d Kh 6h Qc] [5h]
HAHAMUCK - Checks
THEMIGHTYJIM - All-In $1018.25
HAHAMUCK - Calls $1018.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
THEMIGHTYJIM - Shows [6d 6c] (Three of a kind, sixes)
HAHAMUCK - Mucks
THEMIGHTYJIM Collects $3319 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($3322.50) Rake ($3) Jackpot Rake ($0.50)
Board [3d Kh 6h Qc 5h]
Seat 1: BIGSEXYSLICK (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: STAINLESS9 (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: HAHAMUCK (big blind) HI: [Mucked] [Kd Ad]
Seat 4: KASHISKING Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: IKESTOYS Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: THEMIGHTYJIM won Total ($3319) All-In HI:($3319) with Three of a kind, sixes [6d 6c - B:6h,P:6d,P:6c,B:Kh,B:Qc]

I'll be in miami 48 hours from now, and then on the cruise with my boys on saturday. I'm looking forward to the warm weather, and the break from Boston and my normal routine.

Also I got my laptop in the mail. Its pretty sweet, and I've already got it all setup to play poker. Pokertracker on board with my DB, and the sites downloaded. So I'll be playing poker by the pool on friday. Man, life is tough......

Monday, March 10, 2008

weirdest session of all time

just finished a 650 hand session at NL4. I finished up $500 despite running -$3070 below expectation. Thats right, I had over 3k worth of beats put on me. And I' m talking really really nasty beats.

But I managed to win a $3400 pot and finish the session in the green.

a new post with beats coming soon.

jezuz that session was crazy.

I'm exhausted...

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Duke vs. UNC part 2....

D U K E!!!!!

GTHC GTH (for those in the know).

Anyone who has been waiting to hear from me sorry for the disappearance. Been super busy the last couple of days, and tonight is all booked up with Duke/UNC action.

I'll get all my stuff taken care of tomorrow.

later

Jim