I run bad at life sometimes

OK I did pretty Sunday at Steps but didn't play more than 15 total. But put me up for the weekend.

Yesterday I take the GTO into the shop for oil change and tire rotation. They found my back tires were fixing to blow out and the alignment was out bad. I guess from hitting the tire on the interstate screwed up the rear alignment and was eating in the inside of my tires. I thought I could get a set of tires for around $400 for the set but they called back today and its going to be around $650 for the set of tires. I'm glad they found the tires when they did cause they probably wouldn't last a week longer if that but the timing is horrible. I think I'm going to have to cash out 1 if not both of my main poker accounts and then try to make a deposit in a month or so when I get some free cash. :(

Why do I run so bad?

I guess next weekend is my last run at Steps since WCOOP will be going and I'm glad. I just lost KK to A8 to bubble another Step 4. I had him covered easily and he insta calls. Flop is T8x 3 spades and I have Ks, turn is a red Ace and I brick river obv. SO far I have 2 Step 3 wins and 4 3rds, Step 4s 2 wins, 1 4th, 2 5ths. Other than me hitting quads with TT v/s JJ BvB I've run as bad as I normally do in these things. Either getting coolered or sucked out on. I almost forgot about losing to 2 3 outers 3 handed to the same moron on the bubble of a Step 3.

Work seems to be going well though and prob after WCOOP starts I'm going to go back to LHE again and prob some NL HU SNGs as well.

f'ing steps

I played about 12 of them yesterday and ran horrible in the 3s but did decent in the 4s and was up about 100 on the day. Today started off great and was up about 700 and only 700 down overall in them. Then I bubble a 4 AA < JJ which is a recurring theme in them. Then I lose KK to AJ 6 handed in another Step 4. I've bubbled a couple other 3s with dominating hands cracked. I'm really frustrated with how f'ing bad I've run overall in these Steps with the play so horrible. If I get back to even in these Im through with them. I'd rather not leave my backer in a hole in them if possible.

Looks like I'm finishing down on the day after being up really good. I just got bubbled in 3 straight games SB v/s BB with BB having AA every time. In Step 3s I won 5 of 9 and cashed 3 others for repeats but went 0-11 after that and only cashed 4 of them for repeats. I finished them up $9.

Step 4s I played 12 won 4 and 2 repeats. Lots of 5ths and 6ths where I sucked out on or coolered as usual. My next to last game was really weird. We get 4 handed and the guy starts calling shoves with 73o etc. He sucked out a couple times and got the big stack with a player having like 3 BBs and he finally busted. Not sure if he wanted the cash or what. It was very bizzarre. I finished down in these but not much and almost even overall today I guess.

Also having trouble finding small amounts of W$ to buy. Everyone wants to sell blocks of 500 and 1K.

And the job is going ok. Looks like physically its very easy. Just take a lil time to get used to each of the 8 stations there and its a lot of visual inspection. Co workers seem pretty cool. Few nice looking chicks helps out as well. :-) I will be working nights though and its Mon - Fri so I only get Sat and Sun to play any poker so maybe I can play enough to keep myself interested and shouldn't have to worry about burning myself out either.

Work/concert updates no poker updates

OK I haven't played any steps since Fri night. Went on a canoe trip Sat and got completely trashed there. Spent most of Sunday trying to recover from the bruises from falling out of a canoe 25 times and jumping out of trees at 20+ feet. 1st day of work was Monday and this week appears to just be classroom crap.

Went to 3rd and Lindsley last night in Nashville to see Joe Purdy in concert. Chris Seefried of Low Stars and formerly of Joe 90 opened the show. Followed by Jay Nash. Purdy played in both of their sets and did some back up vocals. Meiko played 3rd. I'm not a huge fan of her music but you gotta give credit to a cute southern brunette who writes/plays her own songs, prefers Bud Lite to imported beer, and curses as much as I do. Her stories on stage were pretty cool. Then Joe Purdy finished off the set. This was easily one of the best shows I've been to. The venue was absolutely perfect. Small bar, all the tables are close to the stage, drinks and food are good and not too expensive for nashville. I got home and got 3 hours of sleep before my 2nd day of work. Was the longest day ever as I had to keep drinking Sundops and energy drinks to not fall asleep while the HR manager droned on and on.

Also gl to Hutch who's in the final 10 in Borgata. glgl sir.

New job + more step madness

OK I got the job at the factory which is good but also my buddies got contacted for references but they weren't list for this job so its got to be another job I'm in the running for but I have no idea who.

Ran good at Step 3s to start off. Won 4 of my 1st 7 with repeats in the other 3 but never won another the rest of the night. Cashed in 16 of 21 though and was up in them. Down in Step 4s but I only played 9 and had 1 cash where 2 complete idiots kept doubling each other up to keep me from getting a win. I was down in them but only a few buy ins.

New Job?

OK I got a phone call today and I got to go take a physical test for the place where my lil bro works. If I get the job it will probably be night shift after 2 weeks but the thing that sucks is that I just bought tickets for Joe Purdy in Nashville on Monday night. I put the tix on my credit card and got them set to pick up at the will call office. Prob is if I don't go then none of my friends can get the tickets. I'm not sure I can just give them my credit card and them get the tix. And I really want to go to this concert. Lil bro said the 1st week is sitting through training classes so I might be able to go and drink a ton of energy drinks on Tuesday to stay awake.

wed update

This starts off well. Step 3 7 handed UTG raises I 3 bet AA UTG+1, he calls. Flop Kxx 2 spades and he open shoves AsKx. Turn and river are spades. Just got a 4th in a Step 4 when I was uber short 5 handed and UTG raised, big stack shoves 32s and sucks out on the JJ. Followed that with a 5th in a Step 3 when KK < AT. 4th in another Step 4 AA < JJ when he catches running diamonds. In a step 3 3 handed and the 3rd stack who is equal to my stack is disconnected and we;re blinding off. He just came back then disconnected and got another 2 minutes on his time bank. If he comes back to win I'm going on life tilt LOL! OK I won that and take 9th in the next Step 4 TT < AK v/s johnster. OK I took a break here and don't remember a lot of the action but I didn't run great afterward. Also I did a blog post about the new job, at least I hope I pass the test tomorrow and get on there. Not the best job in the world but its a paycheck and gets me out of the house lol. Jeez 4 handed I shove T8s into BB from SB and he calls 44 for amost all his chips and flop is 44x. GG me. This after he gave me a speech earlier about folding AKo pre to my shove 6 handed. So much for having respect for my game I guess. This was great my 2ns AA < JJ on bubble. This time he flops OESD and I'm out. truly gross. I was up on the day til that. Not down much but I should be up over 800 if my Aces hold both times.

Not sure how much I like these Step 3s. With the turbo structure its really hectic in them and maybe I'm not getting enough chips early idk but the bubble 6 handed seems big and it seems like I'm just getting 5 handed without enough chips to fight for top 2 places. The blinds are so high 5 handed you don't really have a lot of time to be patient.


Overall today
Step 3s - 13 played 4 wins, 6 repeats.
Step 4s - 8 played, 1 win and 5 4ths.

More step maddness

OK got the green light to add some Step 3s today. These are super soft but they are turbos. Top 5 pay, 3-5 repeat and 1-2 advance to step 4. Started off well today winning 3 of my 1st 4 and bubbled 2 of my 1st 5. Both I got in ahead and lost.

Totals on the night
Step 4s 12 played 6 wins, 2 4ths, 3 5ths, 1 8th.
Step 3s 10 played 1 win, 4 3rds-5ths, 4 6ths and a 7th.

The last game of the night I finished 4th in one of the sickest endings I've had. There is 1 giant stack and 3 of us short. There was a BvB where SB had 2BBs and shoved 96 and beat 62. I split AK v/s A2. Prob jinxed myself cause I pressed timebank cause I wanted a second to think about it and not just snap call. I lose A8 to AQ to get to 1BB. Then I win A3 > T3 to dbl. Get a walk with 2BBs, BB has under 2BBs and folds to my shove, shorty wins 72 > AJ river 7, then UTG shoves AJo and I call QQ. Flop J, turn J and gg me in 4th. I win that hand its over. Course if the AJ had won, the AK had won, or any of the other AI hands I get the win. Pretty sick ending.

Starting off better today but ended up the same...

Last night I ended up cashing my last 5 steps. 2 wins and 3 4ths though but 2 of the 4ths I got in dominating and they sucked out. Got another win 1st off today and then finished 6th when I ran AT into AA btn v/s BB. Followed that with another win thanks to AA v/s KK and I flop an Ace 6 handed to get to 2nd place in chips. Then I go out 6th in the next one when I shove 10BBs in EP with JJ and SB makes a horrific call with KJo and flops KK8 and gg me. Go to lunch come back and 6th 99 < AQo. I go out 4th 99 < A6, and 5th A6 < J9 after dumping 15BBs to pwnasaurus earlier in the match KK < AA. Then I lose AK to 99 and I'm losing on the day now and prob calling it quits.

Won 3 and 4th in 9 games so that makes 4 losing days and apparently everyone else who grinds these are killing them so I obv suck at these. I got like 7 BIs left on the stake we'll see how tomorrow goes.

More steps

OK I'm doing game by game updates here so I can vent. lol

I'm really disliking the steps cause they play so horrible and I run even worse. Game 1 I lose AK to KJ, AJ to K9, and 5 handed I shove 13BBs A5 and BB wakes up with 99. Flop is X42 giving me the draw, turn 9 and river blanked. Next I lose AQ to JJ and A8 to 86 for 6th. 4th after moron calls a shove with ATo 4 handed v/s CL when he was 3rd place and won the race and then his 73 beats my Q4 when he rivers a gutshot straight. Next a 5th when I shove AQ and get called by TT by CL. Finally get a win. Then next game I win AA v/s KQ 5 handed. Next I got short and bubbled in 5th again.

Finally a break. 5 handed I have 8BBs and shove SB with A3. Obv BB has JJ and I catch running 3s to dbl through and cripple him. I got the win there. Next game 6 handed KK < 55 river 5. Then the blinds went up as they came to me 2 hands later so I went from a 30BB stack to 12. Had a feeling my KK was no good when we got it in there though. Figured I was racing AJ or something. No spots afterward and I blinded off to 4BBs and shove 55 UTG and lost to AJo.

Next game I just got no spots and blinded down. Ran 55 into 88 6 handed. 5 handed I run AT into AQ and bubble. JJ < AQ 7 handed btn v/s BB when he shoves my blind. OMG i got a win?!?! Follow that up with a 4th when I shove J8s in SB and BB insta calls 66 for his life and I flop a GS and miss everything. Wow 5 handed I have like 6BBs and shove TT UTG 4th place calls with KK and I flop T! Then I get walk with AA in BB :-( 4 handed QQ < ATo.

Just found out cradshark_ is a PXF sub that I've been running into. Just took anther win. Day is starting to look up a lil. Also been able to net almost $100 by buying W$. OK in my last game now we're 5 handed and big stack has dbled both shorties A9 <> K9 and I'm back to 4th. Folded down to 2BBs trying to get a hand or hope someone blows up and had to call all in Q8s in BB v.s 44 and flop 883 v/s 3rd place. I have a small lead on him now. Shove Q9 he calls K2 flop AKT, turn Q. I'm down to under 1BB. I gte a split in 3 way pot. QQ in SB 2 limps to me and BB checks. board comes 4865A and I'm out. I hate my life.

Totals on the day:
Games: 17
Wins: 4
4ths: 4
5ths: 5
6ths: 3
7-9s: 1

Only bright spot is I cashed all 5 of my last games. But 3 of them were 4ths and 2 were suckouts to cripple me.

And an update on the coaching site. They claim that the application I filled out listed that the hourly rate they pay coaches is $15/hr. I don't see that in the copy that was e-mailed to me and I definitely wouldn't have signed up for that rate. That's horrible since they are charging $50/hr. Them making 2/3 of the fee for hosting a website and advertising is really a joke. Especially since they are wanting coaches logged in for several hour a day waiting to get a student to pick the coach for a session. It might be different if someone could just schedule an appointment. Still wouldn't make their payments fair imo.

f'ing Steps

So far only 7 have gone off that I could get in and it hasn't been good. Only down 2.5 buy ins today. 2 4ths, 2 5ths, finally a win in the last game. 2nd game of the day I'm tied for 2nd and shove JJ and get insta called by AJ and he hits an A to cripple me and I take 4th. Then I run AQ into QQ and A6 into KJo. 5 handed LAG to my right opens 4x QJo and I shove TT with no FE but I was sure I was ahead of his range and I only had like 7BBs left. Maybe it was a mistake but I felt I had to make a move somewhere cause the blinds were going to cripple me. Obv QJ won.

The final hand is below is classic. Guy who shoves has raised every hand since we got 4 handed which is only 2-3 hands but still. He'd been pretty tight and now he's a maniac. LOL

Poker Stars, $200 + $15 NL Hold'em Tournament, 75/150 Blinds, 4 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter


BTN: 5,009

Hero (SB): 1,755

BB: 2,429

UTG: 4,307

Pre-Flop: (225) 2 T dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG raises to 450, 2 folds, BB raises to 2,429 and is All-In, UTG calls 1,979

Flop: (4,933) Q 6 5 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Turn: (4,933) Q (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


River: (4,933) 3 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: 4,933 Pot
BB showed 2 J (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-2,429 NET)
UTG showed K A (a pair of Queens) and WON 4,933 (+2,504 NET)

Step 4s really suck

Man I played these yesterday and won 2 and cashed in 4th in 1 out of 12 games. The games pay top 4 and I cash 3 of 12 lol. Pretty sick. I went 10 games to get a win. Plugging the structure into SNG Wiz and its amazing how big a nit you are supposed to be in these things. I'm probably going to start reviewing all my games in it that I get deep. I played 12 in 10 hours yesterday so I wasn't slammed with them and more went off in the afternoon than at night. I'm down about 6.5 buy ins already so I need to run good the next couple of days to get back to even.

Here were the bustouts yesterday.
5 handed Q9 < JJ SB v/s BB I bubble
8 handed I shove btn K9 run into KQ, then 22 into 88
6 handed AK < QJ. Flop was K52, turn Q, river J
4 handed I call a min raise in the BB KQ and flop is Q hi we get it in and he had AQ. he had been min raising often and folded to a couple of shoves so I'm not sure I was ever folding pre here and thats prob a mistake though. I believe this tournament we were 5 or 6 handed when I got all in AJ v/s K9 and flop an Ace and we split with a runner runner straight comes.
6 handed KK < A5 but I was short stacked and he raised and I had no FE.
6 handed A8 < AJ SB v/s BB
7 handed A7 < KJ a couple orbits earlier I shove a btn raiser with AQ and he insta calls KQ and flops an OESD and crippled me
7 handed 88 < TT btn v/s BB
8 handed 77 < 86s couple orbits earlier I raise SB v/s BB AJ v/s K9 flop J turn K
5 handed I shove a constant raiser with AQ he calls AT board comes 874 J 9
I then went on to win the next 2 but had a close scare as the big stack 4 handed I lost KK to AKs and became the 3rd place stack and v short but managed to get the win.