Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:32:20 -0600 info@gridironfantasysports.com (WCOFF Boards) IP.Blog 60 Poker Fast forward to yesterday..I came into day 2 with 45k chips..below avg but not short..My first two tables were great..I chipped up to 300k over the first 6 hours...I could do no wrong...Bluffing, squeezing, stop n going, picking up nice hands and getting great value from having the nuts..it got to a point where nobody at my table wanted to play a pot with me...THEN----
I got moved to another table. I knew a few of the ppl at this table and one guy in particular I know well...I got a little aggravated before the dinner break when the one guy reraised me, said he would show his hand to the table..then renegged and only showed one card..very classless but...I should expect this.
The crushing hand after dinner break came with 65 ppl left..I had 220k..Raised the 5k 10k blinds to 28k with red 10s..The big stack who played tough on the other end called the 28k..Then the tilting small blind moved all in for 130k more which was an obvious squeeze play..Fairly certain I had the best hand, I reisolated all in..The big stack folded and it was me and the SB heads up for a 320K pot..I still had 75k behind so if I win..I have 400K and one of the chip leaders in the tourney...I have 10s...he flips over pocket 3s..THE FLOP>>>>>>>> 3 2 2...Ugh.
So that crippled and then with 56 left..I got it all in with AQ suited and the Big Blind woke up with AK..and that was that..
Rough full stop.]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:33:00 -0600 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:24:00 -0600
QB-Jake Delhomme- The Panthers have been running the ball with tremendous success more or less the whole year but in the last few weeks they've been virtually unstoppable. And the Broncos struggle vs. the run. This may be a week where the Broncos put 8-9 men in the box and allow superman Steve Smith to face 1-1 coverage too often. Delhomme may be able to pass at will to Smith and Mush.

RB- Derrick Ward and MJD--Both of these guys are must starts, and potentially could be two of the higher scoring backs this week. Both will be THE MAN with their RBBC partners out.

WR- Torry Holt- I cannot believe I'm saying anything positive about Holt after the brutal year he had as a late 2nd round pick but I have a feeling he has a huge game this week. In fairness to him, the team has been terrible around him. Against Seattle, the Rams may actually be able to control the game with Jackson and Holt.


TE-LJ Smith-Not sure if I was the only one who noticed this but LJ Smith looked like a man posessed vs. the Giants..He didn't have a huge stat day but when he caught the ball he was looking to run people over. Look for McNabb to reward him with some redzone looks this week.

DF-The Colts Jets and Eagles look to be the best defensive options this week.]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:38:00 -0600 Poker i survived the first level..four ppl got knocked out..the tricky part was that i knew many players (and vice versa) at my table so it was tough to do anything sneaky..in the end i made two mistakes..the first was not shoving 90k all in on the button with QJ when it folded to me at 6k 12k...the second was calling all in with K high with about 65k..in the BB vs a player that shoved the SB into me...he had shoved yesterday with a weak K7 hand so it was in his range but i probably shoulda folded and found a better spot...in the end,the structure and my lack of chips left me and most of the players left in marginal situations]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:43:00 -0600 Well the good news is I made it through a rediculuously tough field today and survived 14 hours of poker. From noon-2am we played from 280 players down to the final 16...I am still in albeit as one of the short stacks with about 70k. Everyone started with 10k as the buy in was $1080...At my high point I was at 140k...Blinds will be 4k/8k 1k ante when we resume at 2pm Friday...1st place pays 85k. Well known players like Dave Fox, Lee Childs and Jeremy Mclaughlin are still in....27 spots paid but the big dough is 1st -3rd. I will need to chip up fast to have a shot. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:11:00 -0600
But with regard to ethics and information one extraordinary situation came up in level 4...A new player was moved to my right..His was foreign but I could tell he was a very aggressive loose player and probably a bit of a degen...He was the BB and I was UTG...When the dealer dealt the cards...my first one flashed and I immediately asked him if he saw it..I was 1000% sure he did but wanted to see what he'd say..He of course said no...It was the 6h. I knew that he knew that I had the 6h..My other card was Ah...I raised the 100/200 to 550. Folded to him and he called..The board ran K 9 8 3 2 no hearts. Now he 'knows' I have a 6 so what are my possible hands raising under the gun (he's new to the tbl so he doesnt know my range is even 6 2 here)...66? A6? maybe just maybe 67 65 of hearts...basically i had nothing. Since he knew i had nodda all the way you would think he'd just win the pot at anytime...Instead the action was check check flop check check turn...when the river came he bet 1500 which was more than the pot...I thought to myself why would he bet so much if I had 66..He has to think Im gonna fold no matter what so why not just bet 800 or something..The more I thought the more I rationalized that he didnt want me to call even knowing I have nothing..making me think that he called preflop out of position with ATC trying to take advantage of what he knew...I called with my A6 and he mucked saying he had Qhigh. The table freaked when i showed just A high no kicker.


After the bust out, I repeated Sundays routine..Headed back and played 8 online tourneys...Went deep in two..In one, had a chance for the 11K first place prize..Was chip leader when the below hand came up...Really blew it here with a brain cramp..Had been raising tons of pots without much resistence..When i saw my hand I had a feeling that I was gonna be repopped and Id have to fold so I wanted to keep the preflop pot small..cause i really wanted to see a flop...so i made the mistake of not raising...as you can see below, not raising pre really really Fd me...Ended up coming into the final table a short while later as the short stack and finished 7th for $1500...in tourneys even one little mistake can cost you everything!!!!

playing the harrahs wsop $340 today


> Full Tilt Poker Game #9398549973: $40,000 Guarantee (71638835),
> Table 48 - 1500/3000 Ante 400 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:41:19 ET -
> 2008/12/08Seat 1: larrygold (160,281)
> Seat 2: turnstille (64,906)
> Seat 3: JWeb777 (60,289)
> Seat 5: winecool (41,619)
> Seat 6: Ricky3106 (123,746)
> Seat 8: rosebay72 (58,667)
> Seat 9: veronca84 (92,442)
> larrygold antes 400
> turnstille antes 400
> JWeb777 antes 400
> winecool antes 400
> Ricky3106 antes 400
> rosebay72 antes 400
> veronca84 antes 400
> Ricky3106 posts the small blind of 1,500
> rosebay72 posts the big blind of 3,000
> The button is in seat #5
> *** HOLE CARDS ***
> Dealt to larrygold [Qd Jd]
> veronca84 folds
> larrygold calls 3,000
> turnstille folds
> JWeb777 folds
> winecool folds
> Ricky3106 folds
> rosebay72 checks
> *** FLOP *** [Qh 6s 4c]
> rosebay72 checks
> larrygold bets 7,395
> rosebay72 raises to 27,000
> larrygold raises to 156,881, and is all in
> rosebay72 calls 28,267, and is all in
> larrygold shows [Qd Jd]
> rosebay72 shows [Qc 6h]
> Uncalled bet of 101,614 returned to larrygold
> *** TURN *** [Qh 6s 4c] [Kd]
> *** RIVER *** [Qh 6s 4c Kd] [7d]
> larrygold shows a pair of Queens
> rosebay72 shows two pair, Queens and Sixes
> rosebay72 wins the pot (120,834) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
> *** SUMMARY ***
> Total pot 120,834 | Rake 0
> Board: [Qh 6s 4c Kd 7d]
> Seat 1: larrygold showed [Qd Jd] and lost with a pair of Queens
> Seat 2: turnstille folded before the Flop
> Seat 3: JWeb777 folded before the Flop
> Seat 5: winecool (button) folded before the Flop
> Seat 6: Ricky3106 (small blind) folded before the Flop
> Seat 8: rosebay72 (big blind) showed [Qc 6h] and won (120,834)
> with two pair, Queens and Sixes
> Seat 9: veronca84 folded before the Flop
>]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:37:00 -0600
Romo continues to struggle in December and must play better. He played terribly in Pitt and really let a win slip away. Minnesota is lucky to have not lost to the Lions twice this year. They are always a dangerous team with Peterson and their hungry defense but why do they struggle vs. Detroit? Buffalo and Jax have thrown in the towel....And after all the talk of Aaron Rodgers and the exciting Packers, they are 5-8. The Texans and 49ers look like nice teams going into next year.

Week 14 start em sit em recap. Pretty solid across the board.


Start Em
QB- Both Orton and Big Ben topped 15 points this week in the route to two big wins at home. Orton did all of his damage in the 1st half and didn't pass much after building a big lead. Ben held it together during a tough hard hitting game vs. the Cowboys and played great in the 4th quarter.
Grade-B

Sit Em
QB- Romo, McNabb. Campbell, Manning- 4 for 4 here. Romo was brutally bad and was actually worse than his stats would indicate. Still, all four NFC East QBs failed to top 15 points.
Grade- B+

Start Em
RB- This Pierre Thomas guy is pretty good. Would be very excited about him for next year if he was the feature back on another team. He and Bush are quite a duo. Washington and Ward didn't do much. Hillis was having a nice game before getting injured. The curse of the Broncos RBs continue.
Grade-B

Sit Em
RB- Clinton Portis- Did absolutely nothing. Would of been a ballsy, albeit great bench play.
Grade- A+

Start Em
WR- Bowe, Holmes- 17 and 11 points respectfully. Bowe bounced back from a tough week vs. the Raiders. Holmes made some big plays but was kept out of the endzone.
Grade-B

Sit Em
WR- DeSean Jackson, Santana Moss- Jackson was held catchless and Moss failed to crack 10 points..In a related note, how good would LJ Smith be if he could stay healthy. The guy is a beast.
Grade- A+

Start Em
TE- Heath Miller- Had a quiet day in cold Pittsburgh but came through with a huge TD catch in the 4th quarter.
Grade- B


Sit Em
TE- Cooley 1 catch. Like other Redskins, made for a great bench candidate.
Grade- A+

Start Em
DF- Arizona- 20 points. 2TDs. Great day!
Grade- A+

Sit Em
DF- Dallas- Put lots of pressure on Pitt with 5 sacks. But in the end, gave up two TDs in the 4th quarter.
Grade- B
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another long day of poker..played straight through from noon today til about 1/2hr ago...13 hours. busted out of todays $530 on the last hand b4 dinner break..i was short stack and didnt want to hang around an hour...actually had trip aces..on a 10 J 3 A A board but was up against 10s full. played great poker today..got very unlucky in a few spots..was sitting on about double the chip avg when i raised mid position with 2 10 dd and bet the flop when it came 2 8 10 two spades..two callers..the turn was a blank 7..i checked (unorthodox) and the BB went all in..i called..he showed me 4 6ss and of course the 5 hit .....lol.

all was not lost however..came back and played 6 online tourneys..went deep in the sunday mulligan before well known pro thayer rasmussen put a beat on me with KQ vs my AK all in preflop..i got 60th for like $500...1st was $50k...but i did manage to get 2nd out of 250 in a $20 rebuy on fulltilt for $2500...so decent day.....]]> Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:43:00 -0600 Poker
normally i dont like to mix cash play with a heavy dose of tourneys but i found myself putting in a 10hr session last nite..one fun hand occured at about midnight..sitting on about 850 at 2/5, i got involved in a 5 way pot with A 10 diamonds..the game played big with over 15k on the table and a few players were playing very very loose. so it was worth playing speculative hands since a few guys were paying off anything..the flop came 567 with two diamonds..and with about 200 in the pot..one player led out for 90 and got two callers..in position, this was a dream situation..so i flat called and got a great price to draw to my nut flush draw--there was now 600 in the pot..the turn was the perfect 8 of diamonds..1st player checked..the 'short stack' went all in for 500 more..the guy to my right then called the 500..i had about 750 left so i went all in and the other guy had no choice but to call the extra 250....as it turned out..the two guys were drawing dead...one had 89 and the other hand a weaker flush and a baby straight..ended up making enough to fund nearly a half dozen tourneys..not the way i like to look at it but anything to negate the variance of tournament poker is a good thing..plus----a win is a win...

today i played perhaps my best poker but still got knocked out in level 6..with the 8k starting stack, i made it to the 2nd break surviving running into top trips vs full house...flopped flush vs flush, kk and aa...i grinded along making some great folds but the blinds caught up to me...i am particularly proud of the flush vs flush hand...in a 6 way limped pot i had 68cc on a flop of 9 2 3 clubs..i bet out and got 1 caller..i bet nearly the pot on the turn and the bigger stack called..on the river he led a big bet and i folded..he showed kqcc..i find that when im playing my best..i find a way to make the tough folds..

will most likely play the $560 event 3 tomorrow...]]> Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:55:00 -0600
Other than Rivers, Vincent Jackson, Sproles and Zach Miller, not much happened Thursday Night. If you had Miller, he was a must start given the Chargers issues with stopping opposing TEs. With that said, some start em sit em selections for this week will be in list form, with limited commentary. At this point in the season, weather becomes increasingly more important. If faced with tough decisions, I'll often default to players in domes vs. players potentially dealing with cold, wind and snow. There is snow possible in Chicago and Pittsburgh so keep that in mind when setting your line-ups.

Start Em
QB- A lot of the top tier QBs should have huge weeks, Favre, Cutler, Warner etc but check out Kyle Orton and Roethlislerger this week. Both face defenses that are vulnerable to the pass. The Jags have thrown in the towel and the Cowboys pass D is overrated, so look for big things from Orton and Big Ben.
Sit Em
QB- Romo, McNabb. Campbell, Manning-ALL NFC East QBs. Romo will struggle in Pitt and McNabb will revert back to his former self after lighting up the Cardinals on Thanksgiving.

Start Em
RB- Peterson may go for 300 yards this week. Love the combos of Bush/Thomas, Hillis/Young, Jones/Washington and Jacobs/Ward- I'm still leery of Young since this is his 1st week back but all other three back-ups are nice upside starts this week. Thomas/Washington/Ward
Sit Em
RB- Clinton Portis.

Start Em
WR- Bowe, Holmes
Sit Em
WR- DeSean Jackson, Santana Moss

Start Em
TE- Heath Miller
Sit Em
TE- Cooley. Cooley may catch a half dozen passes but I think they will be short routes vs. the Ravens..I think 10 pts is his ceiling this week.

Start Em
DF- Arizona
Sit Em
DF- Dallas

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