MiniGSOP series starts today, Event #1 ITM!!

MiniGSOP series started today - Event #1, $22buyin, $40Kguar. on Bwin. Went out in 126th of 2,147 entrants, cashed for $55.33 Took 2nd in Cardschat Pokerstars game (chopped for $40). Yesterday (Saturday) only played small handful of priv. games, profit on day $97 Today, added in some reg. games, ran pretty bad for the most part but came away with ~$75 profit today too. Meh.. not a bad weekend.

Still no motivation... & very little time...

Still major lack of motivation & playing very little. Time has been taken up by lots of stress & lots of work at my part-time job. Had hopes of putting in 2 solid weekdays of MTT play each week... maybe even some MTT-SNG grinding for a half-dozen hours. No such thing. I'm rarely even playing the priv. MTT's now these days. Started a SKYPE MTT Group. Called > 'FreeTrollers'. Discovered that 'screen-sharing' is possible on Skype without paying for the extra deal... cuz it works in 'Group' calls. BONUS!!! Great for coaching/reviewing/railing. So far, two guys in the group > MasterOfDisaster (netherlands) & Daniel72ko (germany), both seem like real good guys & both are solid players. Should be good! Will ask a few more guys here in the future but don't want to get a big group at all. Had plans of playing a couple dozen tourneys today (Friday), starting at 11am. Then plan changed > 12noon. Plans change again (lol).. 'maybe I get home in time to play the CC game starting at 2pm?' I'm late for game (35mins.) but managed a 4th. Then reg'd for the BlueLizard on Intertops & took 2nd in that one (but only 9 entrants in it today). Minimal cashes but was good to at least score in something (keep the bankroll alive). Also, the Bluelizard game today was my 199th cash in priv. tourneys in 2012. I'll have to final table a Sunday Major if I'm going to ever reach my 2012 goals now, lol. There's still a few months to go... but am thinking things are going to be getting REAL BUSY around here soon as my partner will be returning home pretty soon & then I'm going to have a 2yr.old grandaughter running around here ALOT! (it'll be good though!). Maybe I make a concession/compromise with them & set it up so that I plan to play ever Wednesday & every Tuesday during the day? (& Sundays too of course). That should work out okay I'd think. Hoping to play some decent tourneys this weekend! I'm going to try to satty into the iPoker $150K guar. ($215buyin) & maybe the Bodog$100k too ($165buyin). Have a few other good games happening this weekend too (OFC WPT games we won & UNIPOKER on club7poker along with some tourney tickets on there including a $60 buyin I'll be playing probably on Sunday... but maybe put that one in on Saturday? we'll see.. ). Going to try to mentally prepare myself > get adequate food, rest, sleep.. get in great headspace... then take something big down!! It would be nice & long overdue (overdue? what do I mean? I don't even play anymore, lol). Planning on some withdrawls starting Oct. now too. Figure to take out $800/mth. & then sustain that amount to withdrawl as a goal every single month. I can sustain that right now & have workable bankroll for the next 3mos., even if on downswing (if plan is to keep minimum of $2k online for bankroll.) Also time to move some money around > put on sites I will play on.. take off sites I don't play on much anymore. Other stuff > purchase 'HEM' or SuperHUD2 and get going with it! Use up DTB membership maybe in Dec. Consider joining Tournament Poker Edge for Christmas. Plan to play the BCPC in Vancouver in Spring of 2013 because chances of me getting to play in WSOP in Van. end of October is now slim & near next to no chance (Have $600 phone bills to pay off, along with Power bills, vehicle repairs, dog getting neutered & shots, need new furniture for apt., new computer & monitor(?), $150 cage for Yogi, $100 mulit-level cat perch for Bear, clothes for girlfriend, maybe a 'ring'(?). Yah.. I need around $7k

"SHOW ME THE MONEY!!" ... wtf?? .. .hello?

Sept.9, I play in one of those 500 chip $1buyin PokerStars Radio Hyper Turob tourneys. Starting stacks are only 5bb's. 152 entrants. Games lasts 20mins. I take 1st place!!! 1st place wins bonus $215 WCOOP Ticket. I have phone sitting ready to answer it. Only had it for a few days (borrowed from friend) have the goofy settings on it setup so it'll ring real loud (outdoor settings.. whatever the fk that is?). It rings.. YES! I answer with the phrase that pays.. "SHOW ME THE MONEY".. but the goofy phone put them on 'Hold' ?? wtf? THen I click on 'SEND' again to answer.. again it goes onto HOLD!!! One more time.... may have gone through but doesn't seem like it.. I say "hello?.. hello?.. then 'SHOW ME THE MONEY!' He says, "NOPE! you lose!" cuz I didn't say it first.. fuck you, lol I go to explain about my phone... he's cutting me off & laughing, I say 'fuck' a couple times.. I get bleeped.. he hangs up. Then notice there's a delay on the supposed 'live' radio show... they edit it out.. but still fuck me over, LOL. Stars sends me a $27 Step2 ticket. Whatever but still was handled real poorly by support. Nothing like how Fulltilt had treated me in past. So.... a big FUUU to Pokerstars! Cheap fucks.. couldn't even give a recreational donkament player a f'n ticket. FUUU Poker! LOL

Close but no ticket (wcoop satties)

Tough day today. Painted til' late on Fri. night & again on Sat. night. Slept for ~4hrs. both nights & vehicle broke down at job. LOTS on my mind & very little sleep. Today was the day of WCOOP priv. satties. Ended up break-even on the day. Got real close in FTR WCOOP Special. Top 5 won seats (127 entrants), went out in 8th while sitting 5th of 8 left. EP raise, I 3bai in LP with AKo.. but ran into AA :( Took a couple beats in this one but still ended up not too bad (KK < TT, AK <> KJ).

1st CC Stars, 4th on BCP

Was having a good day on the tables today. Was one of those days where my handreading felt spot on - making some big folds, some decent bluffs, getting max value & some thin river value. Took 1st in CC Stars for $67, took 4th in BCP (was CL with 4 left, took a couple beats & ended up in 4th). Amazing how some of them have played for so long & yet still play so poorly. Was running deep in the $10 $5Kguar. on WilliamHill. With 31 players left, sitting in 9th, a BvB spot comes up with other bigstack on the table. He raises full 3x in SB.. I 3bai for 27bb's in BB with QQ.. hoping to look weak'ish'. He snaps with AK & gets there.. sigh. A good day in all.