LOLCats + Poker
Categories: funny, Photos, PokerPosted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 by StatikKling
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This one is for Sir Al Can’t Hang
Categories: WPBT, PhotosPosted on Friday, March 9, 2007 by StatikKling
Al, during the last two poker blogger events that I attended, you told me how a little part of you was sad that you were no longer the male poker blogger with the longest hair. I even have the shot to prove it:
Well, I have news for you.
You are once again, the male poker blogger with the longest hair.
tags: alcanthang, snips
Weekend of micro limits..
Categories: Photos, PokerPosted on Sunday, December 3, 2006 by StatikKling
I spent much of the weekend playing in micro limit games or freerolls, because that’s what the bankroll says to do. One of the 90 player SnG for $1.25 I did rather well in, but I didn’t expect it to take as long as it did. I got quads twice during that SnG and spent most of the time in the top 12.
But it wasn’t meant to be. I had a soccer game at 1:20 and there were still 26 people left at 12:50 when this hand went down..
There were a few limpers pre flop with a flop of A53 rainbow. I flopped middle pair and it was checked around. The turn brought me two pair with a 2. I bet out hard and I have one caller. The river brings another ace, pairing the board. I think I’m beat, but I have the other guy covered and he doesn’t have much left, so I put him all in. Just as time runs out, he calls and has a set of Aces.
Oh well.. I still have chips, but I still have to get ready for the game. A few hands later I’ve dropped out of the money, but one good double up to have a change to finish in the money. I get KoJack and push… and get two callers. No one has a real hand, but they both have an Ace. I didn’t improve, so I got bounced from the tournament. Happy with the way I played, but I still have much to learn.
Played in a 36 player FPP satellite to the Sunday Million, where I killed. I made it to the final table, second in chips. When we got down to the final three, I was basically tied for the lead, and one player with a small percentage of the chips.
I had two clubs and the flop came heart and 2 more clubs. co-chip leader bet the pot and I pushed, he called. He had pocket kings and one of them was a club, taking one of my outs. I didn’t improve and now it was one player with 80% of the chips and 11% and 9% for myself and mkeric1. Within the next few hands, I miss a flush draw, again, and get out kicked with a pair of Aces, finishing third. Who knows what might have happened if I didn”t push, but I do not think I would have played it any differently.
I also took second in a Full Tilt $1 + $0.25 STT.
But the highlight of the weekend was I played in one of the BoDog Gold’s Practice Tournaments, that I spoke about here. I didn’t live blog it like I said I was going to, which is quite a shame. I wish I could play the way I did in this tournament all of the time. I’m not sure why I donk and play cards or make calls that I should not be doing, but this tournament I did pretty well. The hand that tuned the tide when we were heads up, I had AK off suit and the other player has QT, with all of the loot in pre flop, when he called my All In. The flop came 39J, giving my opponant an open ended straight draw and 13 outs, any 8 (4), K (3), Q (3) or T (3), giving him about 28% to win the hand. The turn was a harmless 7 and now he only has a 14% chance of taking the hand, and 85% of the chips. The river brought a King and for a second I thought I had won the tournament, but that King, completed his straight. I got myself back to even with the other player, but eventually lost another big hand to give me an effective M of push monkey. I never recovered, but placed second earning myself a $109 token to the 100k Guarenteed Tournament and a 100% deposit bonus up to $75. Not too bad for a freeroll.
Oh, before I forget, we also won the soccer game, 7 to 3. Would have been fucking cool if the other team had scored one less point. 
But, at least the score was a Canadian Hammer!
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tags: bodog, full tilt, poker, pokerstars
Good Game
Categories: Summer Classic, WPBT, Photos, PokerPosted on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 by StatikKling
Good Game
Originally uploaded by CKrumel.
Ha! My bust out, complete with a ‘Good Game’ handshake was caught on film (or digital bits)! Awesome shot Special K!
And boy do I look tired.
tags: summer classic 2, wpbt
WPBT Final Table
Originally uploaded by SMacca17.
Look! It’s me at the Final Table! I’m on the guy who runs PokerNews.com right.. or the far left of the picture, white shirt, black hat.
tags: final table, wpbt
Binion’s
Categories: Summer Classic, WPBT, Photos, PokerPosted on Friday, July 7, 2006 by StatikKling
After staying awake all night at the Excalibur, SoxLover, Kat, Jules, Garth and myself headed over to Binions for the $60 11am tourney. I was the lucky player to bust out first. Garth lasted a few more levels. The bastards are taking forever, err, playing well enough to stay alive with decent stacks.
The fearless three made the final table, but after a few hands later, Kat moves all in and gets one caller who has her covered. Kat dominates the hand, but the villan rivers a pair to eliminate her.
After the next break, Sox moves all in and is called and needs to improve. The rest of us at the rail cheer him on, but the cards send him away from the table.
And then there was one.
Jules makes it heads up and moves all in with, you guessed it, 72o. Second place ain’t to shabby.
Best quote of the tourney, dealer says, “And this coming from a guy on the rails playing with his nipples,” while rubbing said nipples.
After leaving Binion’s, I get back to my hotel and before I go to sleep for 4 hours, I load up Full Tilt over my cell phone connection, probably a 14.4k dail-up connection, you know, just to see if I can, and I see that Huckleberry Seed is sitting at an Omaha Hi/Lo $10 table and there is a seat open, but by the time the table loads I am the first in line to play. A little bit later, I’m sitting at the table, as shown here:
I only stick around for a few hands as I time out every once and a while and I don’t want to piss off other players I bail.. up twenty cents. Booyah!
Continue to part 3
tags: poker, summer classic ii, trip report, wpbt
Hey everyone on the intarwebs.. today is 666.
Listen to Slayer all day.
I should be on my way to San Diego, but Tom Araya’s two-hour May 5 minor gall-bladder surgery forced SLAYER to suspend the June 6 launch of this summer’s Unholy Alliance Tour, which also features LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON, CHILDREN OF BODOM and THINE EYES BLEED. The trek will instead kick off June 15 in Camden, New Jersey, and run through July 26 in Denver.
I’m bummed that the show is not tonight. I can’t even go see The Omen, the puppy would be very sad.
Oh.. and if you should see this guy today.. say ‘Hi’.
I present to you…
Widget
She will join our family after June 17th. Wee little chihuahua.. Our cats will be much bigger than Widget when she is fully grown, so this will be interesting.
