Happy 2011 all! A little late. Well, this has been an eventful year both personally and professionally so far. I am in the process of make drastic changes in both, hopefully for the best. Personally, I am trying to reorganize my life (not that I am sure if my life ever had any order to begin with). I am throwing away EVERYTHING in the house. I am trying to declutter as best as I can and it cannot happen soon enough. I have started working out again. Almost finished with my Blakey weight. What is it about the second baby that makes the weight superglue on??? With Luke, I just sort of snapped my fingers and POOF the weight left. UGH! Oh well!! Guess it is going to take hard work this time! That bowl of magic shell ice cream didn't help either.
Professionally, I am trying for a new position at work. I have heard sooooo many good things about my new potential manager. I am so excited. I love my current manager, but she is stepping down.
Poker-wise, I am starting to play more again. I am really starting to figure out my end game. I am picking up my aggression in the right spots and trapping really well. Unfortunately, sometimes, they just "get there." Yesterday was brutal. AA < A4os. KK < A3os. 77 < 55. JJ < 88. KK < 88. Finally, get super deep with 2 entries in the 3 rebuy on Full Tilt. (full tilt now allows you multiple entries into the same tournament. I was skeptical at first, but I am LOVING it. The fields are so soft. If you can get a stack in just one, you can really run over the tables if you know how to play). Anyway, back to the 3r. Get down to 120 in one. I shove AT over top of a small raise. He snap calls. A2os. 2 on flop. GG me. Ok - well, this just means I am going to have good luck in the other.....right? WRONG! Here was the hand that busted me around 100th place in the other.
Full Tilt Poker Game #27766503132: $21,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (215520014), Table 140 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit Hold'em - 01:22:54 ET - 2011/01/31
Seat 1: DJ Fitt (63,772)
Seat 2: Aggresive_26 (164,452)
Seat 3: clodine (5,964), is sitting out
Seat 4: alpha555 (281,978)
Seat 5: TuxFL (354,038)
Seat 6: pokerology401 (58,846)
Seat 7: SmileyLSU (49,943)
Seat 8: STABBINCHAMPS (108,045)
Seat 9: NickD17 (115,462)
DJ Fitt antes 500
Aggresive_26 antes 500
clodine antes 500
alpha555 antes 500
TuxFL antes 500
pokerology401 antes 500
SmileyLSU antes 500
STABBINCHAMPS antes 500
NickD17 antes 500
Aggresive_26 posts the small blind of 2,000
clodine posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SmileyLSU [Kh Ks]
alpha555 folds
TuxFL folds
pokerology401 folds
SmileyLSU raises to 8,875
STABBINCHAMPS folds
NickD17 folds
DJ Fitt raises to 63,272, and is all in
Aggresive_26 folds
clodine folds
SmileyLSU calls 40,568, and is all in
DJ Fitt shows [Ah Kd]
SmileyLSU shows [Kh Ks]
Uncalled bet of 13,829 returned to DJ Fitt
*** FLOP *** [Tc Ac Kc]
*** TURN *** [Tc Ac Kc] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Ac Kc 3d] [As]
DJ Fitt shows a full house, Aces full of Kings
SmileyLSU shows a full house, Kings full of Aces
DJ Fitt wins the pot (109,386) with a full house, Aces full of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 109,386 | Rake 0
Board: [Tc Ac Kc 3d As]
Seat 1: DJ Fitt (button) showed [Ah Kd] and won (109,386) with a full house, Aces full of Kings
Seat 2: Aggresive_26 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: clodine (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: alpha555 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: TuxFL folded before the Flop
Seat 6: pokerology401 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: SmileyLSU showed [Kh Ks] and lost with a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 8: STABBINCHAMPS folded before the Flop
Seat 9: NickD17 folded before the Flop
The hand turned out to be very standard (preflop-wise). No matter what I would have done, AK and KK were getting all of their money in. BUT - if you want to know my logic behind the hand, I will share. The BB was sitting out (and only had a little over 1 BB left in her stack). I min-raised to give the "illusion" that I was just trying to steal, but would fold to a shove. This play doesn't work as well in the higher limits, but in the 3 rebuy....it will work every time if anyone behind me picks up 55+ or KQo+.
It wasn't meant to be this weekend. I will be back to the grind again this week.
On a side note: in 3rd place in the Baton Rouge ratings on Pocketfives.com. Only 200ish more points to catch my friend Bryan in first. My goal for February is to take him down :)
