Poker Insanity

As usual, I get outdrawn lol at a Titan tournament:

Me: A-J
Painted Garbage Man: Kd-4d

Flop: 5d-3s-2d
Turn: 7d
River: 9h

I get ITM (in the money), but ultimately not as much as I would have liked.
C'est la vie.

Not too much to report right now.

Lost a small bankroll I had on pokerstars after a streak of cold cards and bad beats. Here's one example:

Me: All in A-A
Lucky Guy: All in AJ suited (spades)
Flop 8s 2d Ks
Turn: 5s
River: 7h

Hurts with a $10 entry fee.

I am also going to the Degree Canada/TSN Poker Championship May 3-8 at Casino Niagara. I confirmed my details today. Should be fun as I either lose 1st hand, or get on TV and choke. Everyone will have a blast ;)

March 5 - Came 2nd place /233 people to win $8.49
March 6 - Won $9 off some rube who had 2 pair vs. my boat
March 7 - Lost $15 when I had a full house flop and donkey got runner runner quads! Most disappointing
March 8 - Won $2 with sngs
March 9 - Lost $6 with trips to runner runner flush. I swear Donkeys get favored some days

March 10 - Lost $7 in ring games
- Won $8 in sng games

I am in 3 tournaments today, 1 tomorrow and 2 sunday, including the poker.com weekly Sunday $20000 guaranteed tournament. Wish me luck!

I always find that tournaments bring out players of different quality. I guess it's expected, yes? Would you care as much about a $1 tournament as you would a $100 tourney? The worst is of course, the free roll players. They have nothing to lose, as it was free to enter, and go all-in on any hand. These tournaments also bring out the mouthiest, rudest players around.

Here's an excerpt of a conversation I had last night with some mouthy player.
[kurtyo] f**k you
[penaltyman] do you really have to swear all the time? That's all I'm asking.
[kurtyo] suck my d**k fa**ot

Additionally, free rolls are generally not for those who play the game by pot odds or implied odds, but simply those with a 'nothing to lose' mentality. Sadly, I find that these donkeys are the ones getting the better hands and breaking pocket queens through aces on the river. They feel going all-in is a matter of skill with 2-6 os.

So far, I am out of the titan poker tournament I was in today. I flopped the heart flush with 9-5h, but donkey who went all in with Jh-6s beat my 9-high flush on the river. The player said 'thanks fish' and laughed as he lucked out against my better hand. No justice some days...no justice.

I bought a couple of neat things from pokerroom.com recently using my coupon winnings.
-coffee mug
-steel tumbler/thermos thing

I am in a heck of a lot of tournaments lately. Hopefully I can build a bankroll and buy more sweet swag on someone else's dime ;)

All the best and results will follow.

I also won a $22 Poker.com Quarterfinals WSOP Coupon as of late. Hopefully I can move it up to a semi-final coupon sometime soon.
-pman

Long story short to start off this hellacious tournament.
$500 Freeroll - player field of 406.

Enter: Donkey: ID: kurtyo. Goes all in 5 times with the following hands and wins:

Hand 1: Donk: Q-4 os Opponent: 5-5
End Result? trip 4s vs. two pair - 5s and 4s

Hand 2: K-J os Opponent: AA
End Result: Trip Ks vs. AA

Hand 3: 2-4 os vs. QQ
End Result: Full House 4s over 2s vs. QQ-44

Hand 4: 2-6 os vs. AK os
End Result: Straight (Off the flop!) 6 high vs. Ace high

Hand 5: 10-K vs. QQ
End Result: Flop-Runner-Runner Quads vs. Full house, 10s over Qs

Of course, I was stuck with this ass for 75% of the tournament, preventing me from scoring many chips. I ended 23rd and picked up my prize.