Total Record: 50-69-2
Bankroll: $100.00
Total Profit: -$100.00 (Yuck!)
Total Profit: -$100.00 (Yuck!)
Monday, June 2, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
2008 WSOP Fantasy Pool
Full Contact Poker has a contest going for this year's WSOP. Basically you pick ten players and then earn points according to how do place in this year's 10 "Championship" events except the main even because of the delayed final table.
Top prizes include things like a 6 month subscription to Daniel Negreanu's new poker training site Poker VT, as well as copies of Daniel's new book coming out this summer.
So here's my picks in no specific order:
Phil Ivey
Daniel Negreanu
Phil Hellmuth
John Juanda
Erick Lindgren
Ted Forrest
Gavin Smith
Allen Cunningham
Patrik Antonius
Barry Greenstein
Obviously I picked all well known poker pros which in retrospective probably wasn't the best route to go. I should have thrown in some lesser known players who've had some quiet success in the past.
Also guys like Patrik Antonius and E-Dog will probably be too preoccupied with the side cash games to play every event.
And I don't know why I threw Gavin Smith in there. For entertainment value I guess.
Top prizes include things like a 6 month subscription to Daniel Negreanu's new poker training site Poker VT, as well as copies of Daniel's new book coming out this summer.
So here's my picks in no specific order:
Phil Ivey
Daniel Negreanu
Phil Hellmuth
John Juanda
Erick Lindgren
Ted Forrest
Gavin Smith
Allen Cunningham
Patrik Antonius
Barry Greenstein
Obviously I picked all well known poker pros which in retrospective probably wasn't the best route to go. I should have thrown in some lesser known players who've had some quiet success in the past.
Also guys like Patrik Antonius and E-Dog will probably be too preoccupied with the side cash games to play every event.
And I don't know why I threw Gavin Smith in there. For entertainment value I guess.
Paying for a Victory
I do this thing sometimes where, I'll bet against a team that I really really want to win, just to create a win win situation for my self.
This way, if my team loses, at least I get the consolation of winning money. If my team wins, I have no problem paying my debt, but knowing my team won. It's stupid I know, yet somehow it makes sense in my head.
I don't do this often. Usually only with some of my favorite teams such as the Cubs in last year's playoffs and Santos in yesterday's game. I bet against Santos not because I thought Santos might lose, but because if they did, I wouldn't feel TOO bad. So as I'm watching the game yesterday at work, the guy I bet against is like "WTF?" cause I'm rooting for Santos the whole match even though I bet on Cruz Azul with him.
Well Santos went on to win the game, and I had no problem paying my debt. It felt like I was paying for my team to win...
Yea....slow day.
I'll post of few pictures of the Santos victory.
It's a 2 game series so the Champion will be decided this Sunday, but with Santos heading home with a 2-1 lead its almost a lock given their strength at home this season. They haven't lost at home in like 2 months.
My dad is a HUGE Santos fan so we're having a BBQ on Sunday for the game. Call it the Mexican Super Bowl. Dad also has mad money riding on Santos.
This way, if my team loses, at least I get the consolation of winning money. If my team wins, I have no problem paying my debt, but knowing my team won. It's stupid I know, yet somehow it makes sense in my head.
I don't do this often. Usually only with some of my favorite teams such as the Cubs in last year's playoffs and Santos in yesterday's game. I bet against Santos not because I thought Santos might lose, but because if they did, I wouldn't feel TOO bad. So as I'm watching the game yesterday at work, the guy I bet against is like "WTF?" cause I'm rooting for Santos the whole match even though I bet on Cruz Azul with him.
Well Santos went on to win the game, and I had no problem paying my debt. It felt like I was paying for my team to win...
Yea....slow day.
I'll post of few pictures of the Santos victory.
It's a 2 game series so the Champion will be decided this Sunday, but with Santos heading home with a 2-1 lead its almost a lock given their strength at home this season. They haven't lost at home in like 2 months.
My dad is a HUGE Santos fan so we're having a BBQ on Sunday for the game. Call it the Mexican Super Bowl. Dad also has mad money riding on Santos.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Memorial Day Weekend
The Memorial Day Weekend went by pretty fast and surprisingly uneventful. Friday I had work and won $50 from Furcio in coin flips. I ran like god, betting on tails and winning like 5 in a row. Then on Saturday I...shit I don't even remember what I did on Saturday. I think I stayed home all day even though I was suppose to hit up Mackenzie's party.
Sunday night I went to my friend Steve's show at Pressure. That was pretty cool. A lot of Northsiders were there. Steve played for almost 2 hours. My favorite song was definitely Hey Jude, even though he mumbled half the lyrics, lol. Oh yea and half way into the show Steve decided to call me out and publicly thank me for having attended all of his shows at Pressure and asks the audience to give me a round of applause and I'm just like, wtf?
Anyway, so Monday I didn't do much. Was home all afternoon on the 360 and then went on a 9 mile bike ride down McCormick Blvd, which was cool. Then I came home and. played a $5.50 6k guaranteed KO tourney on Full Tilt. I was doing ok and had about 4300 after the first break. Then I bluff away half my stack 5 minutes into the second hour but managed to recoup when I hit a set of nines and got paid off. Unfortunately on the next hand I get JJ on the button and make it 600 to go with blinds at 100/200. Small blind folds and the big blind moves in on me. Read him correctly as having AJ-AK and he did in fact have AK and ended up busting me with an Ace on the river.
Then watched Superbad and played some GTA IV online and finally went to sleep.
So, today is suppose to be Senior Ditch Day at Northside but I decided to come to school anyway. I think I've taken way to many personal ditch days already, lol.
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Not a lot of sports betting action has been going on. I did win $20 on the Santos-Monterrey game on Sunday but besides that not much has been happening. I still have the Lakers to win the series laying 4-1 to Furcio and Ahmed for $20 and $10.
Dude from work also owes me $160 so I'm probably going to hit up the casino when I collect.
Sunday night I went to my friend Steve's show at Pressure. That was pretty cool. A lot of Northsiders were there. Steve played for almost 2 hours. My favorite song was definitely Hey Jude, even though he mumbled half the lyrics, lol. Oh yea and half way into the show Steve decided to call me out and publicly thank me for having attended all of his shows at Pressure and asks the audience to give me a round of applause and I'm just like, wtf?
Anyway, so Monday I didn't do much. Was home all afternoon on the 360 and then went on a 9 mile bike ride down McCormick Blvd, which was cool. Then I came home and. played a $5.50 6k guaranteed KO tourney on Full Tilt. I was doing ok and had about 4300 after the first break. Then I bluff away half my stack 5 minutes into the second hour but managed to recoup when I hit a set of nines and got paid off. Unfortunately on the next hand I get JJ on the button and make it 600 to go with blinds at 100/200. Small blind folds and the big blind moves in on me. Read him correctly as having AJ-AK and he did in fact have AK and ended up busting me with an Ace on the river.
Then watched Superbad and played some GTA IV online and finally went to sleep.
So, today is suppose to be Senior Ditch Day at Northside but I decided to come to school anyway. I think I've taken way to many personal ditch days already, lol.
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Not a lot of sports betting action has been going on. I did win $20 on the Santos-Monterrey game on Sunday but besides that not much has been happening. I still have the Lakers to win the series laying 4-1 to Furcio and Ahmed for $20 and $10.
Dude from work also owes me $160 so I'm probably going to hit up the casino when I collect.
Friday, May 23, 2008
ISS
Damn haven't posted in over a week. I'm not dead. I just hadn't felt like bloggin' for some reason. Sometimes I just feel like writing a ton, which is when I'll post a few blogs on the same day but other times I just don't feel like writing at all.
But I'm at In School Suspension right now so I've got 3 hours to kill. I told Mr. Correa I needed to write a paper for Lit, so he let me bust out my laptop much to the disliking of the other people here with me who aren't even aloud to have head phones on, lol.
So what have I been up to? Well, gambling of course. It seems like the past week and a half there hasn't been one day when I don't have at least $20 of action with someone from school. I also broke Jose from work for $160 when he gave me the Cavs in game six of the series for $80 and then we went double or nothing on game 7 with him giving me the Celts. And I've got some other bets open right now. I laid 2 guys from school 4-1 that the Lakers will win the series. So I'm risking a total of $120 to win $30. Not that great a bet on my part, but what can I say. I'm an action junkie.
Anyway I've also got some bets with a couple of FCP guys on the outcome of the 10k prop bet challenge.
But I'm at In School Suspension right now so I've got 3 hours to kill. I told Mr. Correa I needed to write a paper for Lit, so he let me bust out my laptop much to the disliking of the other people here with me who aren't even aloud to have head phones on, lol.
So what have I been up to? Well, gambling of course. It seems like the past week and a half there hasn't been one day when I don't have at least $20 of action with someone from school. I also broke Jose from work for $160 when he gave me the Cavs in game six of the series for $80 and then we went double or nothing on game 7 with him giving me the Celts. And I've got some other bets open right now. I laid 2 guys from school 4-1 that the Lakers will win the series. So I'm risking a total of $120 to win $30. Not that great a bet on my part, but what can I say. I'm an action junkie.
Anyway I've also got some bets with a couple of FCP guys on the outcome of the 10k prop bet challenge.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
I Need You Kobe
So Christian neglected to let me buy out of our bet even when I offered $30. I don't blame him though. He knew I was easy money, lol. Thankfully I had an amazing rush of cards during lunch against Furcio and I managed to win $40 from him in blackjack. So he'll be the one paying my debt haha.
Shit, after me and Christian finished our game today I had a chance to make some money when he offered to give me 10-1 odds on a half court shot. He backed off the bet last minute and of course I go on to sink the basket.
I also have a couple of bets for tonight. One which I already won, which was who would score first in the Cavs v. Celtics game. That was for $10 against Mackenzie and I chose the Cavs. King James gave me the win with a 20 foot jumper.
I also gave my guy Furcio 3-1 odds on the Jazz v. Lakers game. My $30 against his $10 with me getting the Lakers obviously. Really need Kobe to break out here without making me sweat the game at all.
And one last official play for tonight in a Mexican Playoffs soccer game.
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Chivas Pick (2 Units)
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Day Profit:
Day Record:
Total Record: 50-66-2
Bankroll: $161.12
Total Profit: -$38.88
Shit, after me and Christian finished our game today I had a chance to make some money when he offered to give me 10-1 odds on a half court shot. He backed off the bet last minute and of course I go on to sink the basket.
I also have a couple of bets for tonight. One which I already won, which was who would score first in the Cavs v. Celtics game. That was for $10 against Mackenzie and I chose the Cavs. King James gave me the win with a 20 foot jumper.
I also gave my guy Furcio 3-1 odds on the Jazz v. Lakers game. My $30 against his $10 with me getting the Lakers obviously. Really need Kobe to break out here without making me sweat the game at all.
And one last official play for tonight in a Mexican Playoffs soccer game.
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Chivas Pick (2 Units)
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Day Profit:
Day Record:
Total Record: 50-66-2
Bankroll: $161.12
Total Profit: -$38.88
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
I Suck at Basketball
A while ago my friend Saif had proposed to me a prop bet that seemed to good to be true. A 1 on 1 basketball game up to 11 and he'd spot me 10 points. Yea...as in, I only had to sink one basket. But I had to lay him 2/1 so I'd put up $100 and he'd put up $50. Well that bet's been on hold for a while but today I did a similar bet with another dude and got my ass handed to me.
During weight training, Christian offered me a similar bet. Game up to 11 and he'd spot me 9 points for even money ($40 each.) I'm thinking, "Are these guys serious? They do know I've shot a basketball in my life before right?"
Anyway right after Weight Training we head downstairs to the gym to start the match.Now, I'll be the first to say, basketball is not my sport. Put a soccer ball in front of me, and I'll drive that bitch all night, but basketball? Not so much. And I hadn't played in a looong time but I figured the game plan would be simple. Since my jump shot leaves much to be desired I figured I'd let him drive in on me a couple times let him miss, and then I'd go after the rebound and try to look for a couple easy lay ups.
Well it was anything but a perfect plan. I didn't anticipate that the 8'' inches or so that's he got on me, not to mention the far superior conditioning, would lead to me getting my ass kicked. This guy not only plays basketball, but he runs cross country and track and field. He was rebounding mine and his own missed shots left and right and before I knew it he was up 10-9. I put up a last minute jumper just inside the 3 point line to get back to even at 10-10, but we decided to stop and continue tomorrow since we were both dog tired and the next class was coming in to use the gym.
So we'll continue tomorrow with the score 10-10 and me having possession of the ball. But I've gotta win by 2 points so things aren't looking great for me. I'll probably try and buy out for like $20 and cut my losses.
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No official plays for tonight yet but I do have a couple of plays with my friends.
Spurs +6.5 (Mackenzie)
Detroit -7 (Saif)
During weight training, Christian offered me a similar bet. Game up to 11 and he'd spot me 9 points for even money ($40 each.) I'm thinking, "Are these guys serious? They do know I've shot a basketball in my life before right?"
Anyway right after Weight Training we head downstairs to the gym to start the match.Now, I'll be the first to say, basketball is not my sport. Put a soccer ball in front of me, and I'll drive that bitch all night, but basketball? Not so much. And I hadn't played in a looong time but I figured the game plan would be simple. Since my jump shot leaves much to be desired I figured I'd let him drive in on me a couple times let him miss, and then I'd go after the rebound and try to look for a couple easy lay ups.
Well it was anything but a perfect plan. I didn't anticipate that the 8'' inches or so that's he got on me, not to mention the far superior conditioning, would lead to me getting my ass kicked. This guy not only plays basketball, but he runs cross country and track and field. He was rebounding mine and his own missed shots left and right and before I knew it he was up 10-9. I put up a last minute jumper just inside the 3 point line to get back to even at 10-10, but we decided to stop and continue tomorrow since we were both dog tired and the next class was coming in to use the gym.
So we'll continue tomorrow with the score 10-10 and me having possession of the ball. But I've gotta win by 2 points so things aren't looking great for me. I'll probably try and buy out for like $20 and cut my losses.
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No official plays for tonight yet but I do have a couple of plays with my friends.
Spurs +6.5 (Mackenzie)
Detroit -7 (Saif)
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