WSOP Round 1 and some PSO stuff

Last night I played in a WSOP Round 1 qualifier. The buy-in was a serious 40 FPP with one rebuy and one add-on...One seat to Round 2 was awarded for every 4000 FPPS in the prize pool. There were like 1200 people in it and it was a turbo, so it didnt last long, like 1 hour and 45 minutes total...I got lucky only in the early stages, but I played well from then on out and knew I was going to get a seat after the first hour...I thought the set-up was kinda weird, atleast with the break....you got one break after 30 minutes, which is when the Rebuy period was over, and you just played the rest of it out without any more breaks, I actually liked it, and probably have played a tourney like this before and just don't remember it.

22 people got a seat in Round 2 with 23rd gettting 100 Fpps and 24th getting 40 Fpps. I decided not to play in the second round and just had the 4000 FPP buy-in refunded to my account, in fact, I had no plan to play in round 2 when i started playing Round 1, just figured I could use 4k fpps..Round 2 already had like 200 people entered in it and its not until Sat. at 3pm(which is a horrible time for me) and only awarded 2 seats to the WSOP, which would be wonderful, but would be a crapshoot...

I had everything approved last night on my PSO promotion and had a total of 15,000 PSO points...As you know, I have been waiting to get there so I could get that iPOD, but I did my research first...The iPOD shuffle(1GB) that they have in their points store for 15,000 points costs $99 at Best buy assuming there is no sale or you don't have a coupon. And as bad as I want to get one, that is one of the sorriest they have now, and I just assume to get a fiarly new model when I do....So I ordered a $100 Best Buy gift Card for 10,000 points, The Professor, The Banker, and The Suicide King for 2500 pts. and Greenstein's new book Ace on the River for 2500 pts....So instead of gettin dicked and gettin a $99 iPOD for 15k pts, I got a $100 Best Buy gift card(which I could use towards an iPOD) and two $40 books, at least I know The Professor, The Banker, and the Suicide King is b/c they only have it in hardback and I have been wanting it for awhile, but I hate books normally, and can't justify spending $40 on one...So if you have checked out Poker Source Online, do so, you have nothing to lose, and you can see how I just got some nice free shit from then, just for playing like I normally do.....Probably won't get to play much tonight, but will update soon....Late

BoDog promotion complete...

I finished my promotion at Bodog for PokerSourceOnline...I am surprised that I didn' take me longer, b/c all I really did was 2-table $1/$2 NL or 3-table $.50/$1 NL for two nights and earned enough points to complete it...So again, for those of you reading who haven't tried PSO or any type of Bonus chasin, quit telling your self its not worth it and do it...I don't work for them, but think of it this way....You are a dengenrate, I mean first of all you are wasting your time reading the poker/life woes of some dude from Arkansas, which most of you think is full of shirtless, shoeless, teethless rednecks who have Rebel flags hangin from our porches(some of us do have computers believe it or not), and you are going to deposit your money and play poker aimlessy whether you are a winning player or not, so you might as well take the five minutes and sign up for a promotion and get free shit, just for playing like you normally do...PSO is not the only site that offers rakeback type promotions, Pokersavvy is another excellent one, so do it damnit....

After they check to make sure I completed the requirements I will have 15,000 PSO points...which just so happens to be enough to get a 2.0GB Apple iPOD...for free, yeh I know its not the biggets and the best , but I dont have one, so it will be nice...And for those of you saying that this is paid for by a small % of the rake they already took from me, I know it is, but if I wasnt doing a promotion I wouldnt be gettin anything, so theres that....

I am kinda mad right now, b/c I just lost two really big pots in a row on Bodog...First one I lost about $65 on a flopped set, with my oppenent check calling me all the way to the river where he made his nut flush....I was steaming and the very next hand I get 22 in the big blind, its raised $6 from EP($1/$2 NL) with 4 callers, its gets back around to me...A combination of me steaming, playing very loose/aggressive, and just not wanting to see a flop, I drop in with about $54...two folds, and then a thinker, he takes his time, and finally makes the "Smart" play and calls $54, which by the way is more than 2/3 of his stack, with JKo...And you know what happened...he didn't just hit a J or a K, but flopped a J, turned another J, and rivered a K...LOL to beat my 22 with a full boat...Great call sir, so I lost bout $100 in two hands playing $1/$2 and in both I was ahead and got outdrawn...thats poker I guess, but its still bullshit...

Going to go play some golf tommorrow, this will make 3 weekends ina row I have played...playing with 3 of my buddies, and we are going to a good amount of beer drinkin and just have a damn good time...Oh, congrats to my younger sister, who got her acceptance letter to UAMS pharmacy school after only 4 semesters of college and at the age of only 20...I am proud of her although it makes me look bad, b/c I should be graduating this year, and I still prob have 2 years left...And if anyone reading this knows anything about blogrolling.com, I need some help.. I just got a Blogroll going to keep up with links, and I want all my Blogrolling links to line up with the ones I already had on the sidebar, so preciate that if you can help....I'm out, Late...

Bodog....

Well, I don't have much good to say about Bodog, will all its hype on its sportsbook, they didn't save much goodness for the Poker site...matter of fact, the only reason I don't hate it, is b/c the tables seem to be pretty soft, and I have managed to do well so far...

It is the whole interface combined that makes Bodog Poker suck, and not to mention the fact that it is very small, people wise...I did not realize how small of a poker room they were, I didn't expect Stars or Party,but damn, Bodog is some weak shit...Your cards are about the size of ants, which makes it even harder on your eyes when you play a 4-5 hour session that its already going to be...And the new Picture-in Picture way of multi-tabling sounded very nice, but it a joke...If you wanna play those peanut sized tables and not have any idea whats going on then go ahead...

I am really only playing on there for a promotion on Poker Source Online...When I finish this, I am going to get a Apple iPOD for free, and I think its a pretty nice one, so if you are a new reader and haven't checked out PSO , do so...and enter "Dornie" in the referral...I had a pretty good night last night, and chalked up a $125 win, mainly just two and 3-tabling $.50/$1 and $1/$2 NL...I was up more than that early on, but took a big hit when my KK ran into AA in a $150+ pot....But I already have 179 of my required 200 Bodog Poker Points, so I prob won't continue on this site for much longer, but I will be using the sportsbook come football season...I am not degenerate enough to gamble on baseball, but maybe a lil horse racing action...

Also, check out Pokersavvy, they have some really cool promotions for a bunch of free shit, and some worthwhile freerolls.....Tonight feels like it will be a good night.....Late

Wut up

Wut up...not much to talk about, at least poker wise...I haven't been playin got much lately...The little I have seems like I have been losing to makny races to more or less bubble MTTs, I have also been tryin to win a $650 WSOP Qualifier seat thru small-buy in and FPP Satellites, I wont be playing in the $650 qualifier more than likely, but you can sell them for like $600 cash, which I would like to have added to my account considering the little I am wagering to get this...


Easter weekend was nice, played some golf, dyed eggs, ate with the family...My dad, me, his friend, and 2 of my buddies got to play Greystone for less than half-price b/c of some Easter special, and its the nicest semi-private course within a 30-min drive...Played okay, but couldn't finish up most of the time, seems like I missed one key shot per hole...but a lot of beer drinking and it doesn't matter...My son had a good Easter, he got so much candy this weekend its insane..And hes like me, he likes to eat, so its hard to keep him away from it...Also, did a lot of yardwork this weekend, which I'm not a big fan of, but my yard looks great now so theres that...

Will probably start playing quite a bit tonight or tomm night...I am going back to the cash game grind I believe, I have been stuck on the MTT thing lately, tryin to get the big score, but only smaller cashes thus far, and my biggest gains and profits have been from cash games, you think I would stick to that..?? But I will update later this week....Late

P.S. - check out the link to One Red Paper Clip, its so crazy, about this guy who has been "up trading" starting with a paper clip since July '05 and currently has a one-year paid rent in Arizona...Craziness

Cold decked

I haven't posted in awhile for really no reason...I could have, but just couldn't find the energy in my body to write about stuff that sucks...I haven't been doing well in poker lately, but I haven't played very much either, so I haven't lost very much money.

I think I was just starting to get used to cashing in MTTs about once a night, and giving a good run to finish big in a few, with a couple of final tables...VARIANCE sucks...! thats the best way i can think to put it, with Pokerstars steadily growing, the MTTs get crazier and crazier, but I will only play MTTs on Stars and Party, because the rest suck to me. But I'll get back in my groove, I know poker is a game of swings, esp. when you play a lot of MTTs and short-handed ring games...but I am still considerably up for the year and that, to me, is the most important thing.

I cashed in my first Omaha tourney since my last post. In fact, I got 13th place...it paid shitty, but was only a $5 or $10 buy-in with 500 hundred people or so, but still an accomplishment..I also made the final table of the $10+1 10-minute levels that they have on stars on Tues. and Thurs. nights...I got all-in from late position with A7o against K10s and it help until the river brought a 10 and I went out, sucks that I got outdrawn, esp. b/c I was making Top 3 at least if I doubled there...took 8th for $270, not too bad...

My wife and son are out of town all week, so I have been kinda bored, but I do like gettin to do whatever I want, all night after I get home from work...but her sister just had a baby boy on Monday, so congrats to them and wish them the best of luck....she will be home this weekend..Also, this weekend is the "Racing Festival of the South" at Oaklawn horsee track in Hot Springs...I am going to try to go, b/c the Arkansas Derby is on Saturday and the winner goes to the Kentucky Derby, and the last year's winner, Smarty Jones, won the Kentucky Derby...

Anyways, I will update again as soon as something happens....Late