end of june

This is my cash game graph for June. I played 1000 of the 2500 hands today.

To put this in reference, most people play around 30k hands/mo. I'll try to get somewhere near that for July.

My first session at 200nl went well (+$220) and it could have been much better.

Notable hands:

PokerStars Game #18497328368: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/06/30 - 22:00:18 (ET)
Table 'Auriga' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: BLUESBROS ($24 in chips)
Seat 2: HoboJaws ($51.15 in chips)
Seat 3: gotryerye ($47.50 in chips)
Seat 5: jalee76 ($55.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Neon Messiah ($67.50 in chips)
BLUESBROS: posts small blind $0.25
HoboJaws: posts big blind $0.50
Chris Novoa: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HoboJaws [Qh Qs]
gotryerye: folds
jalee76: raises $1.50 to $2
Neon Messiah: calls $2
BLUESBROS: folds
HoboJaws: raises $7 to $9
jalee76: calls $7
Neon Messiah: raises $58.50 to $67.50 and is all-in
HoboJaws: calls $42.15 and is all-in
jalee76: folds
Uncalled bet ($16.35) returned to Neon Messiah
*** FLOP *** [Jh 4h 9s]
*** TURN *** [Jh 4h 9s] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 4h 9s Ad] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HoboJaws: shows [Qh Qs] (a pair of Queens)
Neon Messiah: shows [Ts Tc] (three of a kind, Tens)
Neon Messiah collected $109.55 from pot

wtf this guy was thinking I have no idea. But I got my revenge.

PokerStars Game #18498013814: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/06/30 - 22:34:36 (ET)
Table 'Auriga' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Harold15 ($47.40 in chips)
Seat 2: HoboJaws ($53.85 in chips)
Seat 3: gotryerye ($67.95 in chips)
Seat 4: Chris Novoa ($13.80 in chips)
Seat 5: sovzshubrc ($24.20 in chips)
Seat 6: Neon Messiah ($151.75 in chips)
Harold15: posts small blind $0.25
HoboJaws: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HoboJaws [3s 3c]
gotryerye: folds
Chris Novoa: folds
sovzshubrc: folds
Neon Messiah: raises $1 to $1.50
Harold15: calls $1.25
HoboJaws: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [2d 4s 5h]
Harold15: checks
HoboJaws: bets $3
Neon Messiah: raises $5.50 to $8.50
Harold15: folds
HoboJaws: calls $5.50
*** TURN *** [2d 4s 5h] [6h]
HoboJaws: bets $12
Neon Messiah: raises $129.75 to $141.75 and is all-in
HoboJaws: calls $31.85 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($97.90) returned to Neon Messiah
*** RIVER *** [2d 4s 5h 6h] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HoboJaws: shows [3s 3c] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
Neon Messiah: mucks hand
HoboJaws collected $106.20 from pot

I went on a rush on this one table where is the span on 4 hands I got: QQ, then AKs, then AA, then KK. I raised huge preflop and cbet every time, pretending to be on tilt. Some time passed, then..

PokerStars Game #18499067658: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/06/30 - 23:29:31 (ET)
Table 'Berbericia II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: HoboJaws ($62.40 in chips)
Seat 2: Chow123 ($50 in chips)
Seat 3: oneguy44 ($50.15 in chips)
Seat 4: gotryerye ($64.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Black_Jon ($68.65 in chips)
Seat 6: grandmas 5 ($192.50 in chips)
HoboJaws: posts small blind $0.25
Chow123: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HoboJaws [Ah As]
oneguy44: calls $0.50
HoboJaws said, "ok"
gotryerye: folds
Black_Jon: folds
grandmas 5: calls $0.50
HoboJaws: raises $3.50 to $4
Chow123: folds
HoboJaws said, "we're doing this again now"
oneguy44: folds
grandmas 5: calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [Ad Js Td]
HoboJaws: bets $7 instantly
grandmas 5: calls $7
*** TURN *** [Ad Js Td] [Tc]
HoboJaws: bets $20 snapbet
grandmas 5: calls $20
*** RIVER *** [Ad Js Td Tc] [3c]
HoboJaws: bets $31.40 INSTASHOVE
grandmas 5: times down and then calls $31.40
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HoboJaws: shows [Ah As] (a full house, Aces full of Tens)
grandmas 5: mucks hand
HoboJaws collected $122.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $125.80 | Rake $3
Board [Ad Js Td Tc 3c]
Seat 1: HoboJaws (small blind) showed [Ah As] and won ($122.80) with a full house, Aces full of Tens
Seat 2: Chow123 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: oneguy44 folded before Flop
Seat 4: gotryerye folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Black_Jon folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: grandmas 5 (button) mucked [5c Ac] LOL TARP

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Sketchy Alibi: so i have 2k now
Sketchy Alibi: 100nl time?
"Gabe": stay at 50
Sketchy Alibi: for what, 20k hands?
"Gabe": till u feel good
Sketchy Alibi: k

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$1,935.94

I love poker

cha-ching

PokerStars Tournament #92878080, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $3.00/$0.30
2687 players
Total Prize Pool: $32607.00
Tournament started - 2008/06/24 - 20:00:00 (ET)

Dear HoboJaws,

You finished the tournament in 5th place.
A $1,076.04 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 350.48 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

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$1,754.04

About damn time I'm back in 4 digits. I'll have a tournament summary when I get back from camping on Sunday (maybe I'll play some sats to get into the Sunday Million too.)

So close to 100nl aka the Aquarium, and I'm playing better than ever before.

keep it going keep it going

PokerStars Tournament #92057913, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $11.00/$1.00
45 players
Total Prize Pool: $495.00
Tournament started - 2008/06/14 - 14:47:00 (ET)

Dear HoboJaws,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $154.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 137.60 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

$636.06

back on the grind

PokerStars Game #18057724505: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/06/10 - 23:43:26 (ET)
Table 'Gormeisa IV' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: rydawgsw ($40.40 in chips)
Seat 2: deedubyah ($16.65 in chips)
Seat 3: melsyd83 ($15.65 in chips)
Seat 4: jazzy1212 ($23.90 in chips)
Seat 6: HoboJaws ($21.50 in chips) (didn't reload from previous hand in time)
HoboJaws: posts small blind $0.10
rydawgsw: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HoboJaws [9c 9d]
deedubyah: calls $0.25
melsyd83: folds
jazzy1212: folds
HoboJaws: raises $1 to $1.25
rydawgsw: calls $1
deedubyah: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d Jc 2c]
HoboJaws: bets $2
rydawgsw: raises $3 to $5
HoboJaws: calls $3
*** TURN *** [8d Jc 2c] [Ac]
HoboJaws: checks
rydawgsw: checks
*** RIVER *** [8d Jc 2c Ac] [6d]
HoboJaws: bets $11
rydawgsw said, "lol"
rydawgsw said, "such a miracle turn"
rydawgsw said, "miracle miracle miracle"
rydawgsw said, "your flop call was horrendous, btw"
rydawgsw: folds
Uncalled bet ($11) returned to HoboJaws
HoboJaws collected $12.15 from pot
HoboJaws: shows [9c 9d] (a pair of Nines)

very next hand

PokerStars Game #18057744815: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/06/10 - 23:44:39 (ET)
Table 'Gormeisa IV' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: rydawgsw ($34.15 in chips)
Seat 2: deedubyah ($16.40 in chips)
Seat 3: melsyd83 ($15.65 in chips)
Seat 4: jazzy1212 ($23.90 in chips)
Seat 6: HoboJaws ($27.40 in chips)
rydawgsw: posts small blind $0.10
deedubyah: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HoboJaws [6d 6c]
HoboJaws said, "O RLY"
melsyd83: calls $0.25
jazzy1212: folds
HoboJaws: calls $0.25
rydawgsw: calls $0.15
deedubyah: checks
*** FLOP *** [3c Ad 4h]
rydawgsw said, "LOL"
rydawgsw: checks
deedubyah: checks
melsyd83: checks
HoboJaws said, "U GOT BLUFFED SON"
HoboJaws: checks
*** TURN *** [3c Ad 4h] [Qs]
rydawgsw: checks
deedubyah: checks
melsyd83: checks
HoboJaws said, "+ thanks for the poker lecture"
HoboJaws: checks
*** RIVER *** [3c Ad 4h Qs] [2d]
rydawgsw: checks
deedubyah: checks
melsyd83: checks
rydawgsw said, "lol"
rydawgsw said, "you should be saying"
HoboJaws: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rydawgsw: shows [7d Ts] (high card Ace)
deedubyah: shows [2c 9d] (a pair of Deuces)
melsyd83: mucks hand
HoboJaws: shows [6d 6c] (a pair of Sixes)
rydawgsw said, ""thanks for not stacking me!""
HoboJaws collected $0.95 from pot

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$529.06

$456.66

running bad

I would post every 50/50, 60/40, 70/30, 80/20 and worse that I lost today, but it wouldn't make sense to some of you, and the rest of you have seen it all before.

I missed the FT in all 30 tournaments I entered today.

blahh

No update on the raccoons. I guess that's that for them. My mom is going to get a chimney plug soon.

Here in Saint Paul, I'm working full time, running, and hanging out with friends. It unfortunately leaves little time for poker.

The World Series of Poker recently announced that the final table from this summer will be played out in November like some sort of reality show. While I think it's a very poor move on the part of the WSOP, I'd like to wish luck to Tom, Gabe, and Joel regardless.

A few weeks ago, a doppelganger sat to my right.. He proceeded to stack me on the second hand that I played, KK < 99.


Hopefully no more R2D2's show up today when I play tournaments.