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Nits:

On Wednesday night, I'm heading up to Turning Stone for their Winter Poker Weekend. Flying out of NYC at 10:55p and getting into Syracuse at 12:05a, then heading over to TS.

The tourney schedule looks like this:

Thurs: $340 6max
Fri: $550
Saturday: $1,070
Sunday: $340 deepstack turbo

Here's the link to the flyer, and the structures of the tourneys:

http://www.turningstone.com/gaming/poker/2008winterpokerweekend.php


It's the first time I've played a live series of tourneys, so I'm looking forward to this a lot. I suck too much to qualify for PCA, and fuck FTP and the Aussie Millions --- so I'm heading up to TS with my boy Brian (BJLTNYK) to win a few tourneys and doze some cash game nits.

If anyone's gonna be there, let me know. Otherwise, leave a comment wishing me luck or death (1 or the other, please... not both)


Mike

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Sup yo:

Been running really badly lately (check my posted hands from the last week if you're bored... or if you're bulimic and need something to make you throw up).

Turned around a bit tonight when I ran good en route to a 2nd place finish in the $55 25k gtd for $10,100 and change. Thanks to everyone for their support leading up to, and at the final table.

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sup guys

i'm gonna be focusing more on sports betting for a while now...both BJLTNYK and i have run 1k into about 10k each in the last month, and it seems that we're both extremely good at what we're doing. the variance has gone both ways, we've run both hot and ocld during the month, so it's not like we're just luckboxing and not seeing the big picture. we have an innovative way of betting basketball games especially, and it's going to be a big moneymaker for both of us.

i may restart an attempt at learning cash games, maybe depositing 2k to start at 50NL and play an occasional big tourney depending how things go.

here's to the sick life. cheers.

mike

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Sup Nits:

I'm gonna start playing again tonight... nice monthlong break

Took about 10 days off and I'm mentally refreshed and ready to start dozing MTTs again.

Also received this email from my bff BryanS at Stars:

Dear PokerStars Player, Congratulations! You are receiving this mail because you have qualified to participate in PCA TLB Event 1, which will award PokerStars Caribbean Adventure packages to the top 9 finishers! As one of our Top 150 TLB players for 2007 (from 1 January - 31 October), you have been pre-registered into the event. You can find the tournament under the Events/PCA tab, T#67954697. The tournament will begin at 15:00 ET on 1 December 2007. Good luck! All the best, Bryan S. Tournaments Administrator PokerStars Poker Room Management Team

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-nutshot

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Hello nits:

I am taking a break from poker for a few weeks, maybe a month. Haven't decided yet. I'm pretty burnt out, and I'm not playing optimally -- I've never before played the volume I played in the past two months, and I suck right now.

So, I'm going to take a break.

I'm coaching a high school basketball team right now, and seeing a girl pretty frequently, so hopefully that refreshes me.

Just gonna play the FTOPS Main Event on Sunday, then take it easy for a while.

Also, doing very well in sports betting as I had hoped, along with BJLTNYK who is crushing as well.

Anyway, that's about it. Boring but essential blog update.

Mike

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i need friends

no, actually im just posting this for anyone who wants to add me and talk poker or anything else, since i'm not part of the ventrilo/starcraft/etc crew and don't have a lot of msn/aim sn's from LPers

if you add me just im me and let me know who you are

msn = bxdiamondz21@msn.com

aim = bxdiamondz2

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so last week a 17 year old kid was shot in the back walking down the street two blocks from my house... now this DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET from me

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Police: Man Killed During Home Invasion in the Bronx NEW YORK (AP) -- A 44-year-old man died from a beating during a home invasion in the Bronx, police said. As many as eight men pushed their way into an apartment shortly after midnight Sunday, police said. An 18-year-old was tied up, and the 44-year-old was beaten. Police say after the intruders left, the teenager was able to free himself and called 911. The 44-year-old was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police said they are not sure what was taken in the home invasion. The names of the victims were not released.

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TL;DR




Hello Nerds:

Went to Atlantic City this weekend... a few sick live hands to report. It's pretty long, so if you don't like it, just bounce now and grab a lollipop on the way out. There are also a fun pic at the end for you illiterate folks.

Left the Bronx around 9pm and headed over the bridge to Jersey, en route to the beautiful Borgata with three of my friends. Four more would join us later that night after they got out of work. We end up getting there at about 11:30 after some traffic and miserable rain. Check into our room, drop our bags, and head straight for the poker room.

We get seated at 4 different 1/2 tables since there was a short wait list (and I'd rather not play at a table with my friends anyway). The max buyin is $300 which is nice, a little extra play against the subhuman retards that play in these games. Within a few minutes of getting settled, I get a text from my friend Jay, "I hit a royal flush and got a t-shirt lol." Another one follows from my friend Jimmy, "I doubled up already lol." I get up and walk around, Jay's got his t-shirt around his neck and Jimmy is stacking another dude's buyin into his now $900 stack within 20 mins of sitting down. Sick life.

I figure it's only a matter of time before I get mine, since that's apparently how it's going for us today. Wrong.

Quick sample hand to give you an idea of how the play was at my table (9-handed):

UTG limps, UTG+1 makes it 12, 4 callers around including the button... SB makes it 41, bb FLATS. All in all, six callers preflop for 41. In a 1/2 game. Okay. Flop comes Q 9 7. SB bets 75, MP makes it 150, button FLATS with like, 45 behind. SB (probably the only halfway decent player at the table) tanks for like 6 hours and folds... MP puts the button all in in the dark for another $45. Button calls in the dark.

Final board: Q 9 7 6 3

SB folded KK
MP flips up 1010
Button tables Q4 of clubs for the win

...

Anyway, back to my hands.

Same table, EVERYONE limps to my button where I'm sitting with $375 and I make it 25 with JdJs. SB, BB, and three limpers call the raise. (150 in the pot)

Flop: Jc 10d 4d

SB checks, BB checks, limper 1 bets 50, and the other two limpers call. I move all in for $350. SB CALLS, folds around to cutoff who calls also. (Final pot is like $1,200ish)

Cutoff flips over AJ, ok.
I flip my JJ.
SB flips KdQd, GG me.

turn 3d for the flush, river a huge brick job and he gets shipped the $1200.

Later that night, I'm sitting with $450 and get it in with Ah4h on a flop of AJ7 with two hearts, to lose the flip to J7 for $900. Cool. Going well.

Now it's like 8am and I'm somehow down like $800 to these fucking assholes who have no clue how to play. Okay.

The $340 tournament is at 11am, so my three friends and I go grab some breakfast (pancakes and bacon for me, with apple juice and tea..sick life) then relax before the tourney. I'm feeling pretty shitty cause these guys are all horrendous but I'm somehow the only one down money out of my friends. Whatever. The tournament is when I'll shine.

Tournament starts with 10,000 in chips, 25/50 blinds, up every 30 mins, not too drastically. Decent structure, so I'm pretty pumped up. There ends up being about 130 players, with a $15,000 first prize.

First level and a half are pretty uneventful, when the following hand comes up:

50/100, I have about 8700 in front of me. Two limpers, I'm on the button with 9d 10d and make it 500. SB calls and one of the MP limpers calls. (1600ish pot)

Flop: 6d 7d 8c. Hello. Hi. How are you. Wow. Hi.

SB bets 600, MP calls. I think, mess with my chips a little, make it 2200. SB instafolds, and MP goes into the tank. I'm listening to Kanye West's "The Good Life" on my ipod and it seems pretty appropriate given I'm about to double through and start to doze this tournament. Suddenly, MP says "I'm all in," and like a flash, I make the fastest call in the history of poker. I'm talking like, Hellmuth style shove my chips in as fast as I can.

MP goes "Oh, you have aces?" I'm like... "No..........."

He flips 77, apparently trying to slowroll me... I flip the nuts.

As soon as I see his hand, I put on my jacket and shake the guy's hand next to me. River 8, gg.


After that, I was just sick to my stomach and bet sports and the horses the rest of the day and made a little money back while I was sweating my friends and chilling up in the room.

At night, the 8 of us hit up Bobby Flay's Steakhouse which was pretty awesome and fairly baller (for normal humans, not LP ballers) at like $125/man.

Headed home after dinner and a couple of drinks, a little lighter in the wallet but had some fun too. Bleh.

Here's a pic for putting up with the long-ass trip report:



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FTW on saturday night

PokerStars Tournament #65381737, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $20.00/$2.00
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $3600.00
Tournament started - 2007/10/27 - 17:38:29 (ET)

Dear nutshot2,

You finished the tournament in 5th place.
A $234.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 138.39 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/tlb_tournament_rankings.html


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

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