Lots of Housekeeping from jurollo. 31 March 2008, 11:11.

Hey guys,
Been a little while since I fired off a blog entry. I played like absolute trash yesterday and booked another losing Sunday, no real surprise through, my head wasnt in it from the start. I havent been having very good luck lately and have been playing just as poorly. Hopefully I can at least turn around my play tonight.

In other news I played a $1k at Foxwoods this friday and it was a pretty fun experience. I was with a few of the same guys for 6 hours and we all had fun together and I think one of them was a member here as he knew I made videos. I started the day instantly raising and 3betting people pretty consistently and being to the left of the same people all day was a huge advantage. First big hand was from the BB with 22. Stacks we like 6k effective at 100/200 and an aggro kid opens MP1, folds to button who is a tight older guy who limped a ton and he flatcalls. If he hadn't called I likely dont call but I am pretty sure he is strong so if I hit my implied odds are huge. Dream flop A62ss. I check, aggro young kid thinks and checks, old guy bets. At this point I knew I was getting it in vs him but really wanted it 3 ways. So I 3bet small (t2800 on a t1200 bet) and the aggro kid tanked and folded and the old guy instapushed AK. After getting those chips I really started attacking more, eventually having to show 5 high to a shorty's allin on an Kd8d7d4x board when I fired a 2nd barrel hoping to fold out the naked Ad. He had the nuts and I had to show 5h3h. Which was totally fine with me because I knew it would get me action as the table clammered about how crazy I was. Couple orbits later I raised ATo in the CO and the aggro kid instapushed 4k (pretty sure this was at 150/300) but it was his standard move in the blinds and he had done it 3 other times to either me or the button. I snapped thinking I crush his range and he tabled AK. Sigh. Hovered around 13k or so for a while when another older guy who was stupidly aggressive moved to my left. I wish I would have had more time with him because he was 3betting and calling down super light I think, things like Ace rag and the like. Got down to like 9k and won an AK > JT hand to get back to 15k which still was relatively short. Spewed back to 9k over a few orbits of not really doing much and then got coolered. Basically a short stack young kid (who I am sure is a high stakes internet MTT'er) open shoved like 8BBs, button flats, and I shove AQ in the bb for like 4k extra or so. Button had AT, shortstack had 63s. I exclaimed that 63s was definitely winning and sure enough a 6 high flop put him ahead. I ended up taking the side pot but in no time the blinds were at 400/800 and I had no room to work before shoving JTo UTG for 7k. I was called in the SB by 33 and lost the flip. Still a fun tourney overall, got me really excited for Vegas.

In non poker news my favorite band, The Receiving End of Sirens broke up, which sucks! They are having a farewell show in Rhode Island on May 2nd, I urge anyone into the genre and from the area to go. Thats all for now, more poker related stuff tonight including some more finalized Tourney Trax details. So long.
~Justin