Fantasy Goodness @ Draftbug.com

I just signed up for a new account at Draftbug.com. Today is the last day to take advantage of their $4 in free money for starting up an account. I instantly had the money and went ahead and joined a couple of hockey pools and a $100 freeroll where you get to pick 10 players who will hit the most home runs for the month of April. I really will get pwned in any baseball pool I join, but I look forward to seeing what I can do in hockey, and then football in the Fall.

Check it out and join!

April Fools Spoiler in the house. For those of you that are thinking about writing a witty April Fools post then the joke is on you because I just sp

Spoiler Schaubs

Tiger Woods is back. Watching him make that pressure packed putt on 18 in the dusk was amazing. A great way to spend my Sunday as I nurse a filthy h

Hungover Schaubs

What if I decided to just write my posts in the form of a title instead? How long could my post be? Could I just continuosly write about stuff or wou

Schaubs

Plus EV posts and comments (insert sarcasm)

When I first started reading blogs, like most people, I was really into the strategy posts. I'd look for any place that I could get information from and determine whether it was something I wanted to invest time into or not. Often (because Schaubs is lazy) I'd just skim over it and bookmark it for later. Or I'd skip it altogether if I wasn't confident in the writer and his abilities as a poker player. In other words, if you can't show me results - then I probably won't believe you.

Then right around when the BBT1 started things began to change. Content dropped and people started to rant. Rant about the play of others, rant about collussion or seat sales or chops. Myself included. I remember writing a few posts and sometimes it was just to start shit (ala Hoy) and other times I was just being the honest Schaubs that I play in real life. I asked the tough questions and people would often get offended or start up their own whine post. Calling out anyone they felt played suboptimally and often using their real names. Now people are a bit more careful and use hand converters and delete the names to protect the innocent. Ghey.

Nowadays people actually give you shit for helping others... tapping the glass so to speak. I always figure people already know this stuff and if they don't, eventually they will learn it from someone, so why not me? Like folding to the points. This is becoming very obvious. Most of the top leaderboard players are very very cautious with their chips. They will fold if they are nearing the points bubble and they will rarely go to war for fear of missing out on some min points. The first place seat is the only thing worth fighting for unless you are in the points race so my mindset has always been to exploit that type of information wherever possible.

Last night I made the error of making a comment at a table (I believe I said something like "points fold" after a button raiser folded to a push) and got scolded by a guy I consider a terrific poker player and a good friend. He has helped me grow my game and when he tells me I screwed up, he's usually right. I regret tapping the glass last night and need to think before I type. A part of me still wants to help, but if I take a step back and look at the big picture the only people I am hurting are myself and the ones who already know the answer.

While all of this was going on I was playing shitty and folding to the money in the Dookie. Another 3rd place finish for me. Anything helps the BR at this point.

Week 2 of the NCAA. I'm still pulling for Gonzaga and Arizona. If they go far, Schaubs will make some cash. It's all about the money baby, just like in poker. So if this is true then why do I tap? I will make sure to check myself next time, and so should you.

In fact, this post in itself is a bit of a tap, but I just can't help myself!

Eating yogurt with a fork is actually easier than I thought

That was my latest tweet as I sit here and eat my lunch. First it was left over pizza, then I couldn't decide whether to move onto the yogurt, apple or the rocky road granola bar. I chose the raspberry fat free stuff first and the realized I didn't have a spoon. Into the desk drawer I go and find a fork. I give it a try and you know, eating it with a fork is surprisingly easy. You would think that the stuff would just slip through the cracks, but nope you'd be wrong. It stays together nicely on the fork and makes it to my mouth without issue.

After reading my last post I realized that Lightning was right along with what most others were probably already thinking... DORK. I laugh at myself all the time, but this time I may have topped my inner geekdom by outting myself as a self taught I.T. hack. Anyway, the real Schaubs is nothing like the geek he portrayed in the last post. The real Schaubs just does that stuff so he can pay the bills and play golf amongst many other sports and leisurely activites...

I had a good live poker session last night. First hand I doubled up with a flopped set of 10's. Guy just loves to cbet and I was in the BB and let him bluff his whole stack. I actually surprised myself with how focused I remained. I tend to just donk off at the end of the night, but for some reason this night was different. Up a hundo over all FTW. Japan was playing Korea on the TV's throughout the room, what a good game to end the rather lackluster "Classic" tournament.

Ok I am nearing the end of my yogurt now and am starting to realize this isn't as easy as it once was. I can't scoop out the corners and I am now reaching for my knife. Yep, scooping yogurt with a knife is much easier and I was very careful (don't worry little ones) when I withdrew the knife from my mouth as to not slice into my tongue or lips.

I've never live blogged my lunch eating before. Good times.

Time for the apple!

itouch is changing my life

For the longest time I wanted a blackberry. Even before I installed the MS Exchange Server 2007 and Blackberry Enterprise server here at work. Once I had this stuff I felt like it was absolutely necessary to have one for various technical reasons as well as personal.

Oh, did I tell you I won an itouch? Yep, and it's the new sleeker version too. It's only 8GB, but it was free so I'm not complaining. All I did was fill out a customer service survey online for our ISP and my name was randomly drawn. That's like flopping a royal if you ask me... except my sales lady I was talking to about it managed to put in a good word for me to her marketing manager and I somehow was "picked randomly." It helps to know the right people.

Anyway the itouch is awesome. Within minutes I had my yahoo account and my work MS Exchange account loaded up. I have access to all of my contacts and calendars. No more emailing myself at home to remind myself to do something, I just slap it into my calender here at work and boom, its loaded. I can't tell you how many times I've had to send myself emails to and from myself just to keep up. Or access my work accounts from home through rdc or vnc and get what I want. My life just became a whole lot simpler and more organized.

Of course there is a catch. I don't have real time access unless I am hooked up to a wireless connection. But really, who doesn't have wireless these days? The only time I'll be without real time access is when I am driving. So instead, I'll just use it as my music player. I've already loaded about 6GB of music and left a bit of space for a video or two. If and when I get into the podcast stuff I'll have to manage my space accordingly. I've already been surfing the net, adding a free app here or there. I want to figure out which ones are the best so if you (yes YOU the reader) have any suggestions then let me know.

The best news is now I don't have to get a blackberry and pay those ridiculous data fees. Everything is free and while I am at work and roaming the building putting out fires, I can see with the touch of a screen what my next fire will be without ever having to get back to my desk. I am free to roam the building and concentrate on those relationships that matter most!

itouch is my new best friend.

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I finished 7th in the Brit game yesterday. NewinNov called my shove over the short stack shove for about 1/3 of his stack with AKo and my tens couldn't hold. But hey, at least I didn't get disconnected! There is hope yet, and maybe I'll even end my boycott if things keep improving.

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Golf - nothing to report except - I think I'm going with the re-grip and then buying all new wedges. 52, 56, 60 degree Cleavland's to be exact, probably gun metal again. I think having good sharpe groved wedges is the key to scoring even lower. Of course once you stiff it, you still have to make the putt but the more you can control the golf ball from inside 100 yards the better your scores will be.
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Live poker tonight at the club, should be good times and I'll have my itouch with me to listen to some tunes. I never play poker and listen to music so it will be interesting to see if hurts or helps my game. I say neither.

Lost

I feel like my head is spinning. Actually, check that. My head IS spinning. I couldn't sleep at all last night. It was very frustrating as I tried my best to get in the 6 hours or so I was allowing myself before I woke up to get into work earlier than usual. The turnover here at work has been such that I am now without leadership once again. This is the third time in three years, and I am getting tired of it. Lack of sleep contributes to my annoyance this morning but overall its just the feeling of "where do we go now" and the fact that the position is so hard to please. I'm not sure if anyone can get it right. I wish I was ready.

I look forward to LOST tonight as it was on break last week. I can't say enough about how much I enjoy that show on so many levels. I don't spend a whole lot of time reading up on the background and theory behind it all... except for that genius The_Goat_Speaks. When he speaks, I listen. Mike Maloney also does a great write up each week. That's pretty much the extent of my research though. LOL poker bloggers giving TV reviews. It's great.

Golf is coming along, but not as quickly as I'd like. I'm contemplating buying new irons. I won't bore you with the details of which brands, shafts, lies etc. I'm just struggling with whether I should bother, considering the year I had last year. Maybe just a regrip of the old sticks is in order. Undecided.

NCAA - can't wait. As you can see below I have created a fun pool for minimal stakes. I always enjoy the tournament much more when I have a couple of brackets completed and I can cheer for Zaga. I've got them going to the final four. I'm dead money so come along for the ride. You won't regret it.

Mookie tonight. Sure why not.

NCAA Blogger Bracket Battle 2009

I've set up a NCAA Bracket pool on cbssports.com

Here are the details if you want to join:

http://2009bbb.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?referrer=MKTG_BM_INVITE

pw is: bbb09

If you are interested in putting in $10 then say so on the "group message board."

GL and enjoy the tournament.

BBT pimpage boycott

This post is to herby notify the unnamed sponsor of the BBT4 that I will no longer be pimping their site or their tournaments until I play an entire tournament without getting disconnected. I can't take it anymore and I don't see why I should keep giving out free pimpage when I can't even put in a raise without them (unnamed poker site) fucking me over and disconnecting me. It honestly happens at the worst possible time, everytime. That's three days in a row and I just can't take it any longer. Therefore I have no choice but to no longer blog about this crap until further notice. If you want to know how the Mookie Prop bet is going, check the leaderboard on the right. If you want to know how I'm doing in the BBT4 (that is, if I play in it again), check the leaderboard on the designated page that Al has set up. If you want to know how I'm doing in anything other than the BBT4 then check back here some other time, some other place or some other month. The part that stings the most is the fact that this has happened three days in a row, and always at point where it matters most. Whether it is the final table bubble (Brit), or the rare chance that I'm dealt a big hand (tonight it was AAKJds early on) they have consistently found a way to screw me over and tilt me like no other time that I can ever remember.
Pokerstars, you are the real deal. You never fail me and you never give me the boot. I never have to restart my computer and I never have to miss out on any of the action. I. am. done. I am so fucking done.

Mookie Prop Bet Week 9

Congrats to both Waffles and Instant Tragedy for making the final table. The biggest congrats goes out to Bone_Daddy who took the whole thing down. Head over to Mookie's site to see the details and how it all unfolded. Waffles was the only one who made money in the prop bet. The update is located to your right.

My Mookie adventure was rather uneventful. I played tight out of necessity because the only cards I was being dealt in the first 45 minutes were weak aces and other craptastic stuff. Not a single pocket pair. I was holding my own and made a couple of standard moves when I spotted some players getting out of line or showing weakness. Then I was dealt KK in my BB. The dreaded KK which I have yet to fold preflop...

It folds to WillWonka who is on the button and he makes his standard raise 3x. He had done this before so I re-raised it 3x looking like I was re-stealing (which I had done previously). He re-reraises and I shove. I didn't even think twice and I never will in these tournaments. He flips Aces and I am left with scraps. It folds to him again and he raises again. I shove KJo, he says good luck and shows 99. I catch up, but he re-catches a 9 on the river to send me packing.

I also played in a token frenzy and folded for an hour. Then shoved JJ into AA. Sweet.

Move along, not much else to say right now.

No Skills

I don't think I will play in any Tuesday tournaments. 3 days a week is quite enough. In an effort to be BRM conscious, I think its the right decision. I know how to play these games, but my mistakes would be magnified and my luckbox factor would surely fade.

Pick up the pace! No points yet makes Schaubs feel... well actually I'm not sure how I feel just yet. I've got some major leaks, that's all I know... and I don't see them getting patched up anytime soon. I feel I need more patience, that's for sure. I need to pay more attention, I just can't seem to stay focused. Too many distractions, not enough beer.

The highlight of my BBT thus far actually occured an hour before the first event started. I wanted to get out of the house so I decided to drive down the road to the nearest driving range and hit a couple of buckets. I show up and no one else was hitting balls. The range was empty and I had my choice of spots. I always try to take the one closest to the center so I can aim at multiple targets.

I start my routine, stretch etc. Grab the sandwedge and hit a few easy swinging shots. Then I ramp it up and start to take aim for the car out in the middle of the range about 110 yards away. My thing is, and has always been - hit stuff. I love hitting stuff, whether it be the range ball cart dude, or a 150 yard sign, or in this case - a broken down car. Sometimes I'll hit low cuts, other times I'll lob a shot into a net 75 yards away.

The goal this time was to land it on the roof. I took dead aim and miss the first one. A dude walked by as I launch my second shot and it headed straight for the car. I wasn't expecting much as there is a very fine line between actually hitting your target and well, not.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! The loudest sound I have heard in a long while. It wasn't the car itself I hit though, it was the rear passenger side window! I shattered the sucker on the fly!

Think: Kramer hitting a titliest into a blow hole. It was a pretty sweet feeling and a nice way to get the practice session going. By the end of the two buckets I was exhausted. Rust.

I've never totalled a window like that before. It was fun to actually hit it this time. Next time I guess I'll just have to fly it into the open window instead! Whoever gets to clean up that mess... I got my monies worth. $3 a bucket! Fuckit!

Good luck to all those who try to secure their seat in event #4! See you at the Mook. Go Team!

The Goat Form for BBT4

I've used Julius Goat's handy dandy form and altered it to suit my current thoughts on the BBT4:

I'll admit it, I'm impressed (not listed as a choice on the form but too bad) by what's happening.

I mean, back in 2006, everything was very new to me and the BBT had not even started, but lately, the BBT4 has been making everyone bring their A game and playing well (except for the donkey bloggers of course).

I think that the idea of my not winning is a terrible development. How sad.

It used to be about the free shit. Now, it's ALL about the free shit. I mean, isn't that why some of you started a blog to begin with? For the free shit.

I blame the Dharma Project.

I think I will stop playing never.
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When sitting at the Brit game yesterday, a guy noted that there were many more players than the previous week. Someone told him about the BBT4 and he started to understand why...

Then he said it took 8 minutes for last Sunday's Brit game to finish and that they only had 4 people in the tournament.

This time there were 66 runners and it took about 4 hours to complete. It's $5 tournament!

But the big prize was not the $85 for first, it was the first seat in the TOC!

Congrats to both players who won a TOC seat. Go here for updates as they become available.

See you tonight at the PPI/Riverchasers!