Funny HH

SlapAndSniff posts small blind [$5.00 USD].

profpanik posts big blind [$10.00 USD].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to gamblegambel [ Th 9d ]

BAHl0LLIKA folds

Ajuvaba folds

radar2016 folds

gamblegambel raises [$20.00 USD]

SlapAndSniff calls [$15.00 USD]

profpanik folds

** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, Qs, 4d ]

SlapAndSniff checks

gamblegambel bets [$31.00 USD]

SlapAndSniff calls [$31.00 USD]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]

SlapAndSniff checks

gamblegambel bets [$76.00 USD]

SlapAndSniff calls [$76.00 USD]

** Dealing River ** [ 9c ]

SlapAndSniff checks

gamblegambel bets [$10.00 USD]

SlapAndSniff calls [$10.00 USD]

gamblegambel shows [Th, 9d ]

gamblegambel wins $281.00 USD from main pot

SlapAndSniff doesn't show [7s, 6s ]

Mario 3 in the Hallway

Yesterday by the Numbers

Minutes of poker played: 697.8

Vpip: 30.2%

Rake: $1885.44

Hands: 7302

Biggest pot: $23,299

Annual salary if I did this everyday breaking even and just lived off rake back: $185,810.11 (plus points)

Wizzrobe

8-Bit Art

A post-it note image of Link I made in my condo.

Life News

I recently joined the Poker News strategy team. It's a pretty strong lineup of some very talented poker minds. This week I made two training videos at ten cent twenty five cent PLO shallow that will be up on the site soon. You can check it out here: http://strategy.pokernews.com/

Roller Coaster

I noticed a slight pattern in the my past couple of relationships. It seems like my girlfriend feels and expresses extreme highs and lows while my perception of the emotional level of the relationship is rather even keel. I wonder sometimes if my emotional spectrum is horribly miscalibrated. Yesterday was the biggest come back in my poker career. I was playing 25/50 shallow PLO all day and at one point was stuck over 76k and managed to pull a profit for the day. I am finally back in black for the year. This was the biggest hand:

carter8080 posts small blind [$25.00 USD].

davin77 posts big blind [$50.00 USD].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to gamblegambel [ 4h Kd 3h Kc ]

ByTheBy folds

gamblegambel raises [$100.00 USD]

trex313 folds

Doorbread folds

carter8080 calls [$75.00 USD]

davin77 raises [$350.00 USD]

gamblegambel raises [$1200.00 USD]

carter8080 folds

davin77 calls [$900.00 USD]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 4s, 9h ]

davin77 checks

gamblegambel bets [$1755.00 USD]

davin77 raises [$7965.00 USD]

gamblegambel raises [$6338.35 USD]

davin77 calls [$128.35 USD]

gamblegambel shows [4h, Kd 3h Kc ]

davin77 shows [9d, 5c 7d 6s ]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]

** Dealing River ** [ 9c ]

davin77 wins $18883.70 USD from main pot

Wise Words from Jon Benjamin

Graph

HH's

Two fun hands...

Seat 1: scope_life_99 ($1,000)

Seat 2: carter8080 ($4,234)

Seat 3: gamblegambel ($8,799)

Seat 4: fullflush24 ($1,490.50)

Seat 5: psychobenny ($3,825.50)

Seat 6: TheMasterJ33 ($2,000)

psychobenny posts the small blind of $25

TheMasterJ33 posts the big blind of $50

The button is in seat #4

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to gamblegambel [7s 4s 9c 3c]

scope_life_99 folds

carter8080 folds

gamblegambel has 15 seconds left to act

gamblegambel raises to $100

fullflush24 calls $100

psychobenny folds

TheMasterJ33 folds

*** FLOP *** [Kc 2s 3d]

gamblegambel checks

fullflush24 bets $150

gamblegambel calls $150

*** TURN *** [Kc 2s 3d] [Jc]

gamblegambel has 15 seconds left to act

gamblegambel checks

fullflush24 checks

*** RIVER *** [Kc 2s 3d Jc] [Th]

gamblegambel has 15 seconds left to act

gamblegambel bets $390

fullflush24 raises to $780

gamblegambel raises to $1170

fullflush24 has 15 seconds left to act

fullflush24 has requested TIME

fullflush24 folds

Uncalled bet of $2,135 returned to gamblegambel

gamblegambel mucks

gamblegambel wins the pot ($2,132)

Seat 1: gamblegambel ($2,902.50)

Seat 2: psychobenny ($10,796.50)

Seat 3: Van Marcus ($99,975)

Van Marcus posts the small blind of $25

gamblegambel posts the big blind of $50

The button is in seat #2

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to gamblegambel [9c 4c Qc Kc]

psychobenny folds

Van Marcus raises to $100

gamblegambel calls $50

*** FLOP *** [8c 8h Ad]

Van Marcus bets $100

gamblegambel raises to $350

Van Marcus raises to $750

gamblegambel has 15 seconds left to act

gamblegambel calls $400

*** TURN *** [8c 8h Ad] [2c]

Van Marcus has 15 seconds left to act

Van Marcus checks

gamblegambel has 15 seconds left to act

gamblegambel bets $351

Van Marcus folds

Uncalled bet of $351 returned to gamblegambel

gamblegambel mucks

gamblegambel wins the pot ($1,699)

Super Fun Game Time

Game: Guess how much I weighed when I was born.

Rules: One guess per lifetime to be left in the comments of this post. Deadline of 96 hours from the time stamp below. Closest to the correct answer wins (going over allowed and repeat guesses will be ignored).

Prize: The gift package from PCA. It includes a backpack, lunch bag, t-shirts, towel, beach ball, sticker, hat, cards, and dealer button.

Lesson

If there is anything to be learned, it is that one's professional performance is optimized when one's personal life is in order.

SIGH

Whenever I seem to brag on this blog things just fall apart. In the past week I have managed to go from a nice tournament score and a great month online to being stuck on the year. I feel like the biggest thing holding me back from being a great poker player is the fact that I am Italian. I get too emotional over the game and spazz out way too often. I have to take a step back because one more week like this and I would be busto after taxes.

A New Year

Thanks for all the votes peep. All the efforts resulted in me winning first place in the player of the year for high stakes omaha poll. It's a great way to wrap up my best year on the books thus far. I'll be sure to post pics of the jacket and give you a heads up if I end up making videos for drag the bar.

I have been down at the PCA for the past 11 days. It is pretty much my favorite trip of the year, mostly because it is the best place to bust out of a poker tournament. Rum drinks, lazy river and good company make for a deadly combo. I also made a little run at the title down there and finished 22nd for 75k busting with AQo<44.

On day 1 I called a UTG raise with 56s in MP from a young guy. Flop came out J45 and I called his c bet. Q on turn and he fired again. River was a 2 and he jammed me all in for about 28k into a 35k pot. I got a bit of a physical read on him and called rather quickly and he showed A9. That got me going for a bit.

On day 2 I made a super delayed min raise river bluff against a guy in a great spot and got him to make a fold. He said he would have called if I raised more. It was a really key pot.

On day 3 I got lucky in two all in pots against Faraz. We got in TT v KK and I chopped and then at the feature TV table I beat his AA with AQo HJ v Btn for about 25 bbs. I think both spots were pretty standard high five the dealer situations that ran into walls and sucked out.

On day 4 I actually ended with less chips than I started. I made one questionable river call with TT on a 99JJ and he had quad nines. I also maybe should have geared up a tad and made one or two more check raises and jams. Overall I didn't have much to work with and was happy with my game.

Day 5 I was all in the first hand I got dealt with AQ and Sam Stein made what I would consider a fishy call with 44 to my jam. He was getting 1.7:1 and was 33% to my range. It ran out with a wild one outter on the river.

I am pretty confident with where things are

heading.

NYE Fun Time