Operation: 100k

[BankItDrew]

LMAO check this shit out: 2 in 2 days... this time i lost

[LuckySlevin]

Thanks for answering the questions earlier, and nice pictures - looks like you had a great trip

[BankItDrew]

Update

Man I love Kellogs Frosted Flakes with Almonds

So I went to Niagara Falls over the weekend and played at the B&M each of the three night. Overall I did horrible! Probably dropping $800-$900 at the 1/2 tables. Mainly because I was drunk Friday and Saturday nights.

Not only did I fuck up that side of the finances but I also spent $500 more on the hotels than I was expecting. Long story, rather not get into it.

Third: I hit on a manatee at the club and bought many many rounds for her and her manatee friends. Talk about widening the standards

Fourth: $120 The Keg bill

= -$2k weekend lmao wtf i'm a noob...

That being said, I've made it all back over this Monday and Tuesday so it's all good. I continue to run hotter than that Bolt guy from Jamaica mon. Or is he Kenyan? Either way... skinny black fast guy.

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[daven]

I hit on a manatee

so how IS the chubby chasing going?!?

[BankItDrew]

I hit on a manatee

so how IS the chubby chasing going?!?

I'm gonna be payin' sweetlemon $50

I have no problem keeping the manatee's hydrated though.

[BankItDrew]

here's a hand that happened tonight .. lmao:



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG+1 ($213.25)
MP1 ($168.30)
MP2 ($39.30)
MP3 ($17)
CO ($220.95)
Button ($198.75)
SB ($266.60)
Hero (BB) ($228.80)
UTG ($41.75)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 10, 3
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $2, 6 folds, Hero checks

Flop: ($5) 4, 2, A (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks

Turn: ($5) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks

River: ($5) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks
villain shows

Total pot: $5 | Rake: $0.25

BankItDrew: well played
noriverpls: LOL
noriverpls: not worth it
noriverpls: no one in

[bjsaust]

Rofl. I'd lol if the 5 had rivered and you managed to get him ai.

[sweetlemon69]

Demand update. New sleeping arrangements... etc etc.. our upcoming casino night..

[grindwell]

I just read the beginning of the thread, what is OREA?

[BankItDrew]

I just read the beginning of the thread, what is OREA?

Ontario Real Estate Association
I quit in June though :P
Very boring...not as fun as poker.

Demand update. New sleeping arrangements... etc etc.. our upcoming casino night..

Update

My new sleeping arrangements are as follows:
In bed by midnight and sleeping for 8 hrs.
For those who know me well - my biggest problem in my life is my sleeping habits. I mentioned it at the very beginning of this operation thread and have still not come close to correcting it. Honestly, I am yet to put forth a solid effort either, until this week. I really hope I can discipline myself with this and I'll keep you posted on it.

Upcoming casino night: Seneca Casino (Niagara Falls USA). I've been to 7 casino's and this is #2 on my list for favorites. There are four of us going on the 25th of this month so far (Jared, sweetlemon, and dozer). I'm very stoked. What I'll probably end up doing is stay at a dump of a motel on the Canadian side on Friday night then stay with the guys on Saturday night across the border.

Thanksgiving: Two dinners, one with each side of the family. Went wall climbing for the first time since high school, hiked a whole bunch, and just had a decent time catching up with family. The only downer was a conversation I had with my Uncle. He is the older brother of my father, principal/teacher for 25+ years, so I look up to the guy in terms of what he has accomplished with his life. Anyways, we started talking about me and my career choice. Long story shortened, his main thought was that I would always be a kid until I stop playing poker for a living, "one day you have to grow up." Well, I could not disagree with him more. I can very well become a mature adult, looking after my wife and kids, supporting them better than anyone. A career choice does not define maturity you jackass. "Not everything in life is fun and games," he'd say. "I get my fun from putting food in front of my children, clothes on their back, and a roof over their head." Dude, when you were my age, you probably made half as much as I do now. My response to this garbage was: "I'd rather have fun before I get my paycheck."

Poker:
I have been on a horrid streak. Well... it's been three losing days in a row and I'm down about 4 buy-ins. This is as bad as it gets for me I admit. I'll be fine, I just need to keep playing consistently (lost last monday, took three days off, lost a little on Friday, took a few days off, lost one BI today). Playing consistently and getting the hours in is my only problem and is the bread and butter of a professional poker player. I'll be back strong in no time.

On the bright side, I got my 8th Royal today (I think I've stacked my opponent 5 or 6 times of the 8):

Obv no reads on villain
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($152.60)
BB ($173.60)
Hero (UTG) ($198)
MP1 ($331.35)
MP2 ($81)
CO ($245.05)
Button ($184.30)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, K
Hero raises to $8, 2 folds, CO calls $8, 2 folds, BB calls $6

Flop: ($25) 9, Q, 10 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $16, CO calls $16, 1 fold

Turn: ($57) J (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $25, Hero calls $25

River: ($107) 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $30, CO raises to $100, Hero raises to $149 (All-In), CO calls $49

Total pot: $405 | Rake: $3

villain shows





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[Jack Sawyer]

your ps theme kind of sucks

but, that royal is nice

[bjsaust]

Man, and he had the nuts!

[daven]

my biggest problem in my life is my chubby-chasing-success. I mentioned it at the very beginning of this operation thread and have still not come close to correcting it. Honestly, I am yet to put forth a solid effort either, until this week. I really hope I can discipline myself with this and I'll keep you posted on it.

fyp

I have been on a horrid streak. Well... it's been three losing days in a row and I'm down about 4 buy-ins. This is as bad as it gets for me I admit.

wow, I have 2-3 buyin downswings every other session, and being down 4 buyins is SUPER-standard... I play bad.
ps nice river

[the_VENOM17]

Seneca Niagara on the 25th... I will also be there!! GG

[BankItDrew]

Seneca Niagara on the 25th... I will also be there!! GG

Look for me and say hi!

I've posted pictures of myself all over this forum so it shouldn't be hard to find me.

[sweetlemon69]

Plus we'll be wearing our FTR gear drew

[the_VENOM17]

Plus we'll be wearing our FTR gear drew

ha, ok.

[BankItDrew]

Update

This is how it's gone for me since my last update: I've logged about 10k hands and +3BI's. It's so hard to get used to how someone can run so good like I did in September then run this bad in October. I think October has been a break even month for me.

I'm really happy with the hours I logged today. First of all, I started my session earlier than any other day in the last couple months. This turned out great because I found myself putting in many more hands than usual (5k).

On the health front: I've noticed a slight improvement in my sleeping and also my exercising. Although I got up at 1pm today, I have notice myself getting better at turning the lights off at better times at night as well as wanting to get up earlier than usual. I started running last Tuesday and holy fuck is it ever harder than leisurely biking around the block. I still find myself gasping for air after a few minutes of a light jog. It's all well and good though because I'm feeling better for it and I find it helping me sleep at night.

This will be my last update until next week, when I tell you how the Niagara Falls trip went with d0zer and sweetlemon. Holy crap I'm excited! I haven't played at Seneca for a long time and can't wait to hit it back up again... free drinks... great tables... all you can eat crab legs... A+ 5 star steak house...etc.

Here are a couple hands from Monday night. All regs whom I've logged many hands against. I'm sure they use HUD's up my wazzoo. I'm trying some new things with big pairs vs regs, as shown here.

Hand 1:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

UTG ($99.70)
UTG+1 ($223.10)
MP1 ($240)
Hero (MP2) ($206)
CO ($219.75)
Button ($239.55)
SB ($200.65)
BB ($215)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, Q
2 folds, MP1 raises to $8, Hero calls $8, CO calls $8, 2 folds, BB calls $6

Flop: ($33) 8, 3, 5 (4 players)
BB checks, MP1 bets $22, Hero raises to $54, 1 fold, BB calls $54, MP1 calls $32

Turn: ($195) Q (3 players)
BB bets $62, MP1 calls $62, Hero calls $62

River: ($381) 9 (3 players)
BB bets $91 (All-In), MP1 calls $91, Hero calls $82 (All-In)

Total pot: $645 | Rake: $3

Seat 4: Tnx4urMoney mucked
Seat 9: FATDAN44 (big blind) showed

Hand 2:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP1 ($135.30)
MP2 ($188.40)
MP3 ($198)
CO ($209.05)
Hero (Button) ($516.90)
SB ($200)
BB ($420.10)
UTG ($209.10)
UTG+1 ($205.20)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, Q
6 folds, Hero raises to $8, SB raises to $28, 1 fold, Hero raises to $60, SB calls $32

Flop: ($122) 4, 9, 2 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($122) 7 (2 players)
SB bets $140 (All-In), Hero calls $140

River: ($402) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: $402 | Rake: $3

Seat 6: TomasQ (small blind) showed :Jh: :Jd:

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[sweetlemon69]

hand 1 makes me love poker

[BankItDrew]

I played for one hour today and quit.

700 hands
-6BI

worst day for poker ever

95>AA
flopped flush>top set
turned gut shot>middle set
AA>KK
Lost to quads in two other big pots
flopped flush> river set

I puked in my mouth

No more online poker till after my drunkfest at the B&M this weekend

[d0zer]

No more online poker till after my drunkfest at the B&M this weekend

w00t! yeah yeah yeah! (yee haw and such)




Oh and thx for the cooler stories -- helps relieve the urge to grind

That's pretty brutal tho. Never seen a cooler THAT bad. -5BI sure, but -6? yuck

[Keilah]

ouch =[

[sweetlemon69]

way to get your money in bad donk

[bikes]

Hand 1, is so sick.

[the_VENOM17]

BankitDrew:
I'm wondering if you figured out who I was. I did kkep my word and was up there on Saturday. My plan was to keep on the low until I found you and we could play a big pot or something fancy like that. But I ended up moving tables which was a bad decision! Before I could introduce myself, I found I was getting 5, 3 outered in a horribly soft $200NL game.

That table was putting me on serious tilt. I had a loose image which is always great, but the amount of horrible crap and calls I was seeing only to get cracked by 2 and 5 outers was sick! Sometimes I hate the Live Donkey Games. O' well. Before I knew it I was in for $585 and just left. My apology for not saying Wsup. Next time brotha. Anyways how did you do, looked like you were hustlin' pretty good?

*Hint: I did use my sn here for the waiting list...

[sweetlemon69]

awwwkkwarrdddd.....

we were all at the same table... drew and I with the same shirt on (FTR). And our table was stupid tight. Which loosie were you? lol

[the_VENOM17]

LOL. Unfortunately I was not at that table. I was at his previous table b4 I moved to a bigger game table.

Yea them NL100/200 Donkeys are Holy Cow TIGHT! That's why I was flabbergasted as to why the Poker Gods was mocking me while I was getting 5,2 outered in way too many pots! Actually I did keep track, lol, I was 1 for 6 in AI pots and my opponents drawing to 5 or less outs, go figure. Poker is a brutal game sometimes.

But my luck turned when I got home that night as I made more than double what I lost in the late night Online Games, luv thee pokerz!

[BankItDrew]

I was going to guess you TBH

I always guess Asians

[BankItDrew]

+$350 on the weekend... paid for it basically

[the_VENOM17]

I was going to guess you TBH

I always guess Asians

I am going to assume you have a good idea on who I am?? Do you remember a runner runner flush I happen to give a female at the table? :P

*Let's plan another trip already!

[BankItDrew]

I was going to guess you TBH

I always guess Asians

I am going to assume you have a good idea on who I am?? Do you remember a runner runner flush I happen to give a female at the table? :P

*Let's plan another trip already!

I think so, you were wearing black, sat two seats to my left on table 14 then moved to table 9. I don't remember any runner runner flush though.

Planning another trip is a good idea. Time and place?

Where do you live BTW?

[the_VENOM17]

I think so, you were wearing black, sat two seats to my left on table 14 then moved to table 9. I don't remember any runner runner flush though.

Planning another trip is a good idea. Time and place?

Where do you live BTW?

Nope, that wasn't me? I would PM you this but unfortunately I do not have 10 posts yet?

I sat at table 10 with you. I think you were seat 1. I remember you showing pocket 2's and saying "I had a staright draw, lol". I just sat down when you were already planning to move to that table your friend wanted you to come over to. I was the guy in the Dark Green hoodie, seat 8? I think I played 8 hands literally and then moved tables when my name got called "VENOM?"

*Time and Place does not matter to me, obviously a weekend though. Seneca Niagara is like an hour drive for me so no biggie. I'm on the USA side eh, lol.*

[BankItDrew]

I don't remember you at all you sneaky guy you! i can barely see seat 8 from seat 1 anyways. I also was not listening to the waiting list.

I remember that 22 hand... that table was so weak passive and super loose preflop.

[sweetlemon69]

I remember this guy.. we basically convinced him to leave our table (14) as the other table was more loose, he was like yeah that sounds like a good idea.. .then ur buddy drew sat at his seat. Venom next time no stalking, speak up and lets fire up the drinks and play some pizzy!

[the_VENOM17]

I remember this guy.. we basically convinced him to leave our table (14) as the other table was more loose, he was like yeah that sounds like a good idea.. .then ur buddy drew sat at his seat. Venom next time no stalking, speak up and lets fire up the drinks and play some pizzy!

No, this wasn't me either? Haha. Maybe I did too good of a job being "undercover"...

[BankItDrew]

Update

Well, it's been over a month now and I even had to go to page 3 of this forum to find this blog again. Pretty obvious why I took so long to update: I got pwnd for 5 weeks but have had success recently.

First of all, let's see where we are at with the annual goals I set for myself to accomplish by the end of this year:

Long term (years end) goals:
1) I'm in good shape (155 lbs)
2) Non-smoker
3) I drink casually
4) Consistently getting up at a reasonable time
5) Completed all 3 Phases of OREA
6) 300k VPP achieved + $80k bankroll (doubling current roll) = $100k in Poker Assets

1) I'm the lightest I've been all year (160lbs) and happy with the progress I've made throughout November
2) I have not smoked for two weeks. This is certainly not a long time but I'm confident that it won't come back before years end
3) I drink casually and not recklessly as I have in the past. Although, I did get sick in a Drug Store parking lot two weekends ago
4) 3pm is the norm these days, epic fail
5) Completed Phase 1 in May and quit halfway through Phase 2 due to boredom - I am not dissatisfied with this decision
6) I'm going to have a hard time achieving 200k VPP, let alone 300k. My roll is healthy and I'm confident my goal in this category will be reached.

I will update this throughly again at the end of the year obviously.

So here's how the past 8 weeks have gone: Weeks 1-6 were bullshit. I played maybe 20k hands and lost 10BI. I think that works out to about 3hrs/week. Lazy son of a bitch. Weeks 7-8 were awesome. I am up about 40 buy-ins during that stretch... and this is only from 8 days of playing... approximately 25k hands.. which works out to 8ptbb/100. I have to admit though, I'm running super hot - set>set, AA>KK, KK>AA, etc

I can attribute the recent success to just sitting down and playing. If I play regularly - I get into a grove. I really love the title of one of the other threads: "Winning is a habit." This is very very true.

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[JinxT4]

How many VPPs away from 200k are you?

Also, keep pwning/updating.

[sweetlemon69]

HHAHAHAHAHAH Drew... words can't describe how much I love ya bud you slob "Lazy son of a bitch"
: D stoked for tonights pizzzzzzzzeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!

[BankItDrew]

^^^^^^
Ya bud... lol I always seem to update this thing a day or two before we meet up.

How many VPPs away from 200k are you?

37k

[BankItDrew]

this is a new blackberry test bitches!

[sweetlemon69]

immediately give me your pin!

[bigred]

You two...get a room!

[BankItDrew]

immediately give me your pin!

How do I find out my pin?

[sweetlemon69]

update... please give your devoted fans the bad.. i mean... good news.. miss ya already bud

[sweetlemon69]

alive bud?

[BankItDrew]

Update (for all of my fans) (sweetlemon) lol

Moved to B.C. to play poker with Keilah and his brother. I'm going to start a new operation thread with new goals and new updates.

I started off poorly last week (took a few weeks off to enjoy life, including friends and family throughout the holidays). Things are going well overall and I'm really excited about this new area in the country I'm embarking upon.

Most of the goals I set last year were an epic fail for the most part.

- sleeping habits are steadily improving because I'm going to sleep and getting up at the same time as my roommates (who are great by the way)

- Quit OREA in June

- Didn't play nearly as much poker in 2008 than in 2007 so I did not achieve the 100k goal

- picked up smoking again a week or so ago

- stopped working out in 2009, but plan on playing soccer and snowboarding regularly so that aspect will change

... I guess everything wasn't too epic of a fail.

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[JinxT4]

Good to see you actually updating. Now I don't have to pester dozer for an update in irc (since he tells me you refuse to go there).

Saw you playin today, & glad we didn't play any pots b/c I had you at some ridic stats that must've been from an FTR 6m game, so I would've had no accurate stats to rely on.

Keep pwning.

[sweetlemon69]

details bud!

[xpaand]

So how are you enjoying your move to B.C.? What part of the province you in?

That taxing thing you were talking about on page 1 sounds horrible. I don't have to worry about that yet since I'm still grinding away at $5NL, but getting taxed that much scares me. Maybe I'll make so much that I can hire a good accountant that can hide it all haha.

[BankItDrew]

Hai guys,

Sorry I haven't kept anyone updated on anything in Vegas. I got here 10 days ago and I plan on staying until about the 12th. Playing in the 1k-2k wsop nlhe events. First one didn't go well but it was my first!

So swingy at the cash tables playing 1/2. broke even overall so I'm pretty unhappy with that. I am blaming myself 100% for being too much of a laggtard and wanting to win every pot vs these idiots. Casino's played at thus far: Rio, Mandalay Bay, Luxor. Future: MGM, Venetian, maybe Bally's.

Today is my birthday and all I want to do is play poker. So because of this, I apologize for not posting much in the way of details.

Peace!

p.s. xpaand, BC was awesome. I lived in Vernon (Okanogan) from jan - april. I then stayed in Van/Vict. for about a month and a half.

[Fnord]

So swingy at the cash tables playing 1/2. broke even overall so I'm pretty unhappy with that.

Move up where they respect your raises!

I run soo bad when I drop down to $500 buy-in games because I forget just how light they call me down...

[BankItDrew]

Update:
Got my ass handed to me playing Event #4 $1000 @ the WSOP in May.
Started playing online again on the 6th of July. So that means I took 3 months off from online poker. FEEEEEEECCCCKKK

So much opportunity cost. A lot of fun times though during that stretch. But I'm back with determination.. trying to put in 4k hands daily/5 day per week. I don't feel much for blogging lately. I may start up a new thread in a month or two.

[d0zer]

gl matt daemon. maybe sometime we can have a live game with your friend worm?

oh btw -- I played live the other day with that friend of yers in de o-dot you brought out to my place that one time. I had no idea he was stuck 150 at our little 50BB .25/.50 game

[elipsesjeff]

sick sick river fold vs me.

[daven]

. trying to put in 4k hands daily/5 day per week..

cool, i've been trying that the last few days - I suggest getting up and playing 07:00-10:30 and then having a whole day free in front of you.

Anyway, however you choose. Do it. Win big. Play well. Good luck!

[BankItDrew]

d0zer - Trevor ? Awesome. Great friend. Shitty poker player.

elipsesjeff - hh? what happened?

daven - thanks for the advice but I don't believe in getting up at 7am.

[d0zer]

d0zer - Trevor ? Awesome. Great friend. Shitty poker player

Yeah I think it was him. It was funny cuz he was sitting to my left and I didn't even clue in it was him. I started telling some story about you & he was like...oh, drew? and it hit me.

Then again...I wasn't...how they say.... 'sober'

[BankItDrew]

Where and when was this? How did you two do?