SCOOPie at war.

The SCOOP Poker Tournament is coming in the first half of May.

I might play in event 33 ($22 and $215 NLO8) and event 36 ($22 and $215 HORSE). I would also like to play in event 6 ($109 PL 5-draw) and event 25 ($22 and $215 7-Stud H/L), but it is during the work day so I don't know if it will be feasible.

My last MTT glory was 16/2091 in the $215 HORSE in 2008 in WCOOP-18. Maybe I can make even bigger glory this year.

Decimated my account.

Lost $2300 in 30/60 Stud and Stud H/L.

Should have listened to myself.

That hurt.

Nice break.

I had a nice break from poker.

When I got back though ... I had an early hot spell at NL($1) and was up $300, then everything went wrong and I quit it a small winner, and moved to Stud H/L, where I lost at 3/6, then lost at 5/10, then lost at 10/20, then lost at 30/60, and was down about $800, then I won 3 hands and after all of that torture I was up a tiny amount.

I think I am just going to grind VPPs, because gambling and the swings of regular poker do not provide me enjoyment, so I mine as well just make a little money.

Unreal events: Stud & H/L.

I just experienced possibly the biggest BS I ever experienced in online poker. I lost on 8/9 tables, and got drawn out on about 20/25 times in 3/6 and 5/10 Stud and Stud H/L. Total was about $370, and I am very angry about it.

Maybe I should take a week off from online poker.

The last 3 days of poker...

were ugly.

I did make a bit of a comeback today which reduced the pain somewhat. $820 of the loss is from NL($1) full ring over 4k hands. The other limits were +$170 over 12k hands. The only good news is that I am back on 300k VPP pace. I also played a bunch of Stud, NLO8, Stud H/L, FLO8, 5-draw ... but was approximately even over all of those games. I paid a stellar $1,004 in rake from NLHE alone over the last 3 days (and I got a $100 stellar rewards!?).

Stuck at the micros ...

I don't want to be at the micros, but I can't handle this happening over and over, very short session ...

PokerStars Game #40631424611: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2010/03/03 21:24:37 ET
Table 'Thais' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: allstars6 ($64.55 in chips)
Seat 3: krissyb24 ($314 in chips)
Seat 4: Graham Razzi ($294.55 in chips)
Seat 5: petar2211 ($40.50 in chips)
Seat 6: shevliak ($40 in chips)
Seat 7: dobieatwar ($118 in chips)
Seat 8: mike8557 ($40 in chips)
Seat 9: sirfreddy83 ($121.65 in chips)
dobieatwar: posts small blind $1
mike8557: posts big blind $2
VACBlack: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dobieatwar [Qs Qc]
sirfreddy83: folds
allstars6: folds
krissyb24: folds
Graham Razzi: folds
petar2211: folds
shevliak: folds
dobieatwar: raises $2 to $4
mike8557: raises $36 to $40 and is all-in
dobieatwar: calls $36
*** FLOP *** [6h 5h 7d]
*** TURN *** [6h 5h 7d] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [6h 5h 7d Jh] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dobieatwar: shows [Qs Qc] (a pair of Queens)
mike8557: shows [6s 4s] (a straight, Four to Eight)
mike8557 collected $77 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $80 Rake $3
Board [6h 5h 7d Jh 8s]
Seat 2: allstars6 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: krissyb24 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Graham Razzi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: petar2211 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: shevliak (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dobieatwar (small blind) showed [Qs Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 8: mike8557 (big blind) showed [6s 4s] and won ($77) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 9: sirfreddy83 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #40632080494: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2010/03/03 21:42:25 ET
Table 'Chicago III' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: dobieatwar ($116 in chips)
Seat 2: Jompatan ($212.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Piri1 ($346.70 in chips)
Seat 4: AcesKid33 ($192 in chips)
Seat 5: downgoesdown ($222 in chips)
Seat 6: cph72 ($203 in chips)
Seat 7: EmptyScat ($229.65 in chips)
Seat 8: Zockermicha ($103 in chips)
Seat 9: 4timmy ($200 in chips)
Piri1: posts small blind $1
AcesKid33: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dobieatwar [2d 2s]
downgoesdown: folds
cph72: folds
EmptyScat: folds
Zockermicha: folds
4timmy: folds
dobieatwar: raises $2 to $4
Jompatan: folds
Piri1: folds
AcesKid33: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [4d Ad 2h]
AcesKid33: checks
dobieatwar: bets $4
AcesKid33: calls $4
*** TURN *** [4d Ad 2h] [Ts]
AcesKid33: bets $11
dobieatwar: raises $25 to $36
AcesKid33: raises $148 to $184 and is all-in
dobieatwar: calls $72 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($76) returned to AcesKid33
*** RIVER *** [4d Ad 2h Ts] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AcesKid33: shows [Td Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Tens)
dobieatwar: mucks hand
AcesKid33 collected $230 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $233 Rake $3
Board [4d Ad 2h Ts Ah]
Seat 1: dobieatwar mucked [2d 2s]
Seat 2: Jompatan (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Piri1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: AcesKid33 (big blind) showed [Td Ac] and won ($230) with a full house, Aces full of Tens
Seat 5: downgoesdown folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: cph72 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: EmptyScat folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Zockermicha folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: 4timmy folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Burnout.

Got a bit burned out from poker, and I took my second day off this year yesterday.

I had been playing a lot of micro limits and non-holdem, because the feeling of being a winner has been more important than the actual money that I am winning. This is really sad and it is just a waste of time. I have a lot of other monetary stresses right now, between the financial markets, rental properties, and most importantly I can't figure out how to do my taxes for the first time ever (I worked for 1 year at H&R Block about 10 years ago, but I was never good with the Depreciation form).

I had over 300k VPPs last year, and now that they made the reward a lot larger I was hoping to get 300k VPPs again this year. I hope the burn out goes away and I can also go back to playing the small limit games instead of the micro limits.