Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - HollywoodDave
Yes yes yes, the LAPC shenanigans continue…last week I told you guys about a few of the early events I had been playing, and the fun only continued this week! Despite continuing to get very deep, I still have no cash to prove it. But this recent Superbowl Sunday certainly brought up a key advantage; namely, since all the TV’s in the room were tuned into the game, every time a big play went down on the gridiron, I got to make a play on the poker felt! Its true — people were so into watching their beloved teams play that i got to pull off lots of key steals during many of the tense moments in the football game when players were more intersted in watching TV than playing poker.
That being said, the love could only carry me so far, and despite making it all the way to the dinner break as one of the chip leaders, I found myself on the rail when 3 big hands went disastrously! The first hand came up when I was sitting on 19k in chips (average about 11k), had a player with 7k raise in late position to 2k in 300/600 blinds & an ante. I looked down at AQ in the small blind and decided to put the raiser to the test; after asking him how many chips he had left & sensing some apprehension, i re-raised to 7k to put him all in. He made the crying call with tens, which of course despite my inevitable flush draw and straight draw by the turn, ended up being good.
Just 2-3 hands later I woke up in late position with KK and made what i hoped would be seen as an obvious steal attempt, raising to 1600 (i often raise just under 3x as the blinds and antes get larger, regardless of my hand, but tried to sell it like a steal as I splashed the pot with my chips). Sure enough, I got the BB to ship in his last 6k with AK offsuit, which depsite us both hitting the case King (but giving me a monster set of kings!), he went on to 4flush on the river to crack me. Ugh!
The very next hand, i found KJ sooooted (still in late position), and since it had been folded to me, sent my last 10 big blinds in only to find the small blind (who had just made the impossible doubleup with AK against me) make a tortured call of half his freakin’ stack with 77! Obv it stayed good and I was out….what pissed me off here was that the player who made this call was another pro who really shoulda known better than to send half of his stack in on what was most likely a coinflip or worse. A little too much gamble to that play, especially when he had just doubled up to chip average. Oh well, FML i guess…
Over the next few days I get to go back to the basics, with an awesome Omaha8/Stud8 tourney followed by a sweet Stud Hi event. I love the mixed games, baby! Then after the weekend is the 1k HORSE, something I am more than ready to rock. I’ve been killing the HORSE games online lately and playing whatever mixed tourneys I can get my hand on. Earlier tonite I cashed 3rd in a razz event for a cool 7 hundy….hey, that’s a buy-in or 2 at LAPC! 
Last night I went out here in LA down to the Comedy Store to hear some local comedy….and guess who showed up at midnite? Andrew fuckin Dice Clay! You know… “Little Miss Muffet….sat on a tuffet…eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider….and sat down beside her…and said, ‘yo, what the fuck’s in the bowl, bitch?’” Hilarious. I guess he was just bored and in the neighborhood & wanted to come down to do a live set. What really rocked was that there were only like 6 of us in the audience at the time, so it was like our own private half hour show with the Dice Man!
Speaking of that, he also made some cracks in his set about doing the recent Celebrity Apprentice, starring UB’s own Annie Duke! I’m getting psyched for that show to start airing, only a few weeks away now. And in other news, I went in to the studio today and did more voiceover for my hosting gig on FSN’s Best Damn Poker Show, which is about halfway thru the season now. Check it out Monday nites @ 11 pm on FSN, daddy-o! It’s gettin’ good!
Rock on –
-hd.
Tags: Andrew Dice Clay, Annie Duke, Best Damn Poker Show, Celebrity Apprentice, flush draw, FSN, LAPC, Poker Poker Poker, Superbowl
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - Scott Ian
Hello my friends how are ya? I apologize for the late blog, I’m still spinning from a combination of the Superbowl on Sunday and coming in 14th in the 200K. Thank god for Tivo as it seemed like every time there was a great play and the whole room would erupt in cheers I was involved in a hand and I’d miss it!! And then as I got deep into the tourney and would announce that I had AA or that I was shoving, the game would get paused and everyone would watch the poker tourney. Thankfully there was a lot to cheer about until I finally busted with 14 left.
Here’s the hand: Blinds 5K-10K, 1K ante’s. Middle position guy shoves with around 16K, SB shoves with 62K and I shove my 60K stack with 66. Middle position guy could have anything and I knew SB had to have something but I’d seen him play 89s and hands like that so I thought my pair was a race if not good. Long story short, SB had 88 and I was done. I guess I could’ve waited one more round but then I’d have 47K left. I had a lot of fun playing and didn’t suck out on anyone.
I’m feeling really good about my game right now. I’ve been consistently cashing in the $100 and $200 Sit & Go’s and going deep in MTT (I bubbled the 5K Sniper today, fucking BOO!!). I’m hoping it carries over live and allows me to do well in the LAPC this month.
I have something in the works for the site next month that I think you all are going to love. I can’t let the cat out of the bag yet until everything is confirmed but I can tell you it’s going to be something that you can’t do on any other site. It’s going to be available to all levels of player and it’s going to ROCK!!! Stay tuned……..
I read about the WSOP removing the rebuy events from the 2009 schedule and then I read what a lot of the pro’s had to say about it. It’s not going to affect me personally because I wasn’t planning on playing any rebuy events but in my humble opinion (if you care!!) I think it’s a good move. The rebuy events definitely give an edge to the pro’s and the high level cash game players or just rich dudes in general. I guess I just feel you shouldn’t be able to “rebuy” a bracelet. OK, start tearing me a new one.
I played in a charity event at the Hard Rock in Vegas last week. It was called POW and it’s all about saving our winters. The field was mostly pro snowboarders and snowboard industry people with a few poker pro’s (saw Todd Brunson) and rock dudes mixed in. It was a lot of fun and I somehow made it down to 25 people with the bad structure and all. At least I was taken out by my buddy John Dolmayan from System Of A Down. I’ll get you next time buddy. My friend Greg from Mudvayne lost his stack set over set (J’s into K’s). It was brutal.
That’s it my friends. See you at the tables.
Cheers,
Scott
Tags: Hard Rock, LAPC, Poker Poker Poker, Superbowl, Todd Brunson, Vegas
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - Debo34
This past weekend was Superbowl weekend, and I spent that time doing the same thing I have done every year since 1996. I met up with a group of close friends in Reno for a weekend of nonstop partying and gambling. This trip started 13 years ago with 4 people and has turned into a much bigger party than that over the years. This year we had 24 people make it to Reno traveling from all over the states. The majority of the group still lives in Oregon, but we had a few fly in from Detroit, St. Louis, and Virginia, and Florida.
This year was not any different from years past. Like always it was a group of close friends hanging out, catching up, and apparently trying to break multiple drinking records. Friday night we all met up in out hotel room for cocktail hour (or two) before heading downtown. We spent a few hours gambling at a casino before we ended up at a karaoke bar until about 3am watching multiple members of our group making fools of themselves singing.
Saturday we usually find a group activity to do during the day. One year we rented a paintball course and had a blast. This year we decided on some bowling and go cart racing. We had 5 teams of four per team in the bowling competition. Of course Some money changed hands during the day and there was a lot of trash talk as well.
Saturday night 8 of us peeled off from the group and decided to go to a concert. The 80’s group Tesla was in town so we decided to go check it out. I’m always ready for a good old 80’s hair band or as my buddy Kurt calls it… 80’s butt rock. Surprisingly Tesla still had a little game left and put on a pretty decent show. I’m not going to go as far as saying it was great, but it was certainly worth the price for a ticket.
Sunday it was time for the big game. We all meet up for breakfast and to put in a sports wager or 2 on the game. For the past 4 years we have rented out the back half of a local bar for our group. They do a good job of bringing in food and serving us as many cocktails as humanly possible. The game was great despite my dislike for the Steelers (sorry Gene). It’s kind of like the quote in that movie Anchorman when Vince Vaughn’s character says, I hate your guts Ron Burgandy, but boy do I respect you. I feel the same way about the Steelers. I can’t help but to respect a class organization like them, but I certainly wasn’t rooting for them. My big bet for the day was a 2 team parlay having the Steelers -6.5 and the under 47. The bet looked very promising the majority of the game then the wheels fell off. I ended up losing both ways on that bet. I however won money for the game thanks to Gary Russell. He was 25 to 1 to score the first TD and I put a little coin on him and he came through.
It was great catching up with old friends, now its time to catch up on some sleep. I am guessing I will get more sleep tonight than the past 3 days combined.
Debo
Tags: karaoke, paintball, Reno, Steelers, Superbowl, Tesla, Vince Vaughn
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Friday, January 30, 2009 - P0ker J0
Hello from the Pro Corner!
I can’t believe another week has flown by. I really must be getting old! Thank god for hairspray and back combing to keep me young. (Well young at heart – not necessarily when looking in the mirror!)
Anyway – all seems much quieter on the ranch now that UBOC is over. But the fun never ends! I now have a team of pros all gunning to head to Austria for the Poker in the Alps promotion. Without a doubt there will be more than a fair share of UB hockey jerseys running around the Alpine Palace – each with their own bad beat story. It is a really cool promotion and the pictures of the location look amazing! What I wouldn’t do for a week away in the Alps! For some reason I have pictures in my head of Julie Andrews running around singing “The hills are alive with the sound of music”. Ok I digress – time to change topics!
So a big football weekend ahead. Superbowl Sunday will inevitably keep everyone glued to their TV screens instead of their computer screens. I’m not much of a football fan – more of a Superbowl PARTY fan. Speaking of parties – the great P0ker H0 is having a Superbowl party at his bar – Players Sports Bar in Madison WI. I’m sure there will be lots of laughter, lots of beer and lots of fun! If you are in the neighborhood, drop by for a brewski! Tell him P0ker J0 sent you!
The Ultimate Poker Show will not air this Sunday in its entirety to honor the big day. Still listen in though to get the password for the Rounders Radio freeroll and $5 tournament. Don’t forget about the promotion I mentioned in my last BLOG where you could find yourself seated next to Annie Duke and P0ker H0 in Vegas in March!
Are you looking for a fresh new place to chat on the internet? If you are a poker fan with that competitive edge – why not join the UB Poker Leagues? There is now a new home for your voice to be heard. Check out the new UB Poker Leagues Forums. You’ll find many members of Team UB hanging out and chatting there.
Mark your calendars! Aruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuba 2009 is confirmed. Pack your suitcase and don’t forget the suntan lotion. Block off October 3rd to 10th on your calendar and tell your boss you are NOT available for that annoying conference call. The Aruba Poker Classic – in its 8th year – should prove to be the best ever. On the heels of the WSOPE, we expect to attract the best of the best in the poker world. P0ker J0 will even be on standby to give out autographs. (Please no nasty comments about that last offer!)
Well I think that is all she wrote for this week! Enjoy your week and I’ll see you back here – same time – same place – next Friday!
P0ker J0
Tags: Aruba Poker Classic, poker in the alps, rounders radio, Superbowl, ub poker leagues, UBOC, WSOP, WSOPE
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