26.6.10

Kids

How will technology influence my kids and the way they grow?

24.6.10

Poker Update

I played in two rush tournaments which took about the same amount of time as the Mookie where DoubleDave is HU for $95 right now vs. pushmonkey.

I had fun.
I find it funny to post a HH lol:

Full Tilt Poker Game #21837494635: $4 + $0.40 Rush Sit & Go (168559697), Table 22 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:14:14 ET - 2010/06/24
Seat 1: Schaubs (11,372)
Seat 2: Iteach4U (16,131)
Seat 3: pda8181 (11,900)
Seat 4: ripstar22 (6,350)
Seat 5: VBPro7 (9,990) <<<--- lol
Seat 6: elkbugle1 (19,111)
Seat 7: barry839 (24,601)
Seat 8: Ken is Great (10,975)
Schaubs antes 50
Iteach4U antes 50
pda8181 antes 50
ripstar22 antes 50
VBPro7 antes 50
elkbugle1 antes 50
barry839 antes 50
Ken is Great antes 50
Iteach4U posts the small blind of 250
pda8181 posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Schaubs [6c 6s]
ripstar22 has 8 seconds left to act
ripstar22 raises to 1,500
VBPro7 folds
elkbugle1 folds
barry839 folds
Ken is Great folds
Schaubs calls 1,500
Iteach4U folds
pda8181 folds
*** FLOP *** [6h 8c 2h]
ripstar22 bets 4,800, and is all in
Schaubs calls 4,800
ripstar22 shows [Qh Jh]
Schaubs shows [6c 6s]
*** TURN *** [6h 8c 2h] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [6h 8c 2h 5s] [Th]
ripstar22 shows a flush, Queen high
Schaubs shows three of a kind, Sixes
ripstar22 wins the pot (13,750) with a flush, Queen high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13,750 | Rake 0
Board: [6h 8c 2h 5s Th]
Seat 1: Schaubs (button) showed [6c 6s] and lost with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 2: Iteach4U (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: pda8181 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: ripstar22 showed [Qh Jh] and won (13,750) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 5: VBPro7 folded before the Flop lolol
Seat 6: elkbugle1 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: barry839 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Ken is Great folded before the Flop

pushed my scraps into Aces shortly after that.

16.6.10




Also, I'll be over here more frequently now.

11.6.10

7.6.10

Started and Finished with BBT5 cash

I finished 7th today in the Full Tilt BBT5 Battle Royale... so that was cool for $120 more of free money. Actyper got it done and won the $2k Tourney dollars. I'm sure he will take the cash but it would be refreshing to see a blogger actually go and represent poker bloglandia.

The start time threw me off today. I thought it would start just like all the other Sunday tournaments, which is 4pm pst for me. 4pm is much better for me because I can then get in 18 holes first. Anyway, before I was about to leave for golf I thought it would be a good idea to confirm my entry. It started at noon! So much for golf! Which really sucked but it did end up raining later in the afternoon, so it actually worked out well.

I played yesterday anyway. Fired 1 under after making birdie on the 18th. I'm hitting it well and rollin' the rock confidently. :)

We all know that I need to get in as much golf as I can... but I also liked the attraction of free money. So I decided to skip golf for the free roll. Free rolls pay, a Sunday round of golf does not. I do have to qualify for the match play soon, but that can happen next weekend.

So I cashed out from Full Tilt for the first time in a very long time. I pulled out $400 which left me with some spending money on those $4 135 man Rush tournaments. They are great. The cash just went directly to my credit card. $422 Canadian FTW! Crib money.

3.6.10

I won a tournament (not poker obv)

Pretty pumped to say that I finally took down my local Pro-Am tournament that I play in every year. This year, most likely being my last for a while meant that I wanted it to win it extra bad. With two second places and losing last year by one shot when I bogied the final two holes makes it even more special. I also finished 6th in 2008. If you've been reading here for a while now you will have no doubt read about my struggles with second places... and then some.

It was a two day tournament which started on Monday. I fired a 4 under 61 (par 65 short course with lots of tough par 3's) and then shot even yesterday to win by 2. I had it to 5 under on the first day with two to play and then pull hooked my drive into the water down the left side of the reachable par 4. It was probably the only time I was nervous during the entire tournament. I managed to escape with a two putt bogey and never had a double dogey the entire tournament.

I guess it all started on Day 1 when I went Par, Eagle, Birdie to start the day. The eagle came on the same hole that I bogied last year to lose by one.

Justice. Revenge. Just knowing that I could get it done and use the experience I have gained in the past felt great. I was a putting machine on the first day making 5 putts outside of 15 feet. It was a lot of fun to say the least.

They slow rolled me on the victory too. No results were posted and I was up against three other guys who posted 1 under after day one. Knowing that someone had to do better than 3 under on day 2, I was feeling confident and when they finally did not announce my name as 2nd place overall, I knew I had it. That was probably the second time I felt nervous, which was probably more than when I was on the course.

I won a set of Cleavland Tour CG7 irons worth about $700. We also won a Cleavland putter each for the team event (finished 7th).

Not bad for a $275 entry. I usually break even so it is nice to finally take something worth a bit more than a putter.

Now the question is: Do I sell the clubs so I can buy two baby cribs...? Oh you didn't get the memo? yep... twins in 3.5 months. 3.5 months left of freedom. The summer of Schaubs has begun!

Overall it just feels good to finally win it. I don't really care much about the prizes. Just the win. Winning is all that matters to me, but you already knew that.