It has been a couple of days since my last post, much has happened. I purchased my laptop and they tried to deliver it at 8:40AM this morning, Melissa and I were asleep so we didn't hear there door. I woke up at around 8:55AM, I am going to drive to the place to pick it up after I get off work. I really don't want to wait until Monday to get my computer.
Poker is going well again, I am up over 20 buy ins for the month. If I hadn't taken a 25nl shot and blown some money in SNGs it would have been even better, but what can you do? I will post some graphs and poker tracker shots later. Hopefully this will continue over the next few months.
I got really drunk on Sunday night and had to work on Memorial day and wound up going home because I got sick at work in the bathroom. I have never ever gotten sick the day after. It was terrible and it will be a long long time before I share 5 pitchers with just Melissa. We were both really drunk, way too much beer.
The other day I got a package from T-Mobile and itis a battery for a phone I don't even own. I call them and the guy tells me that I placed the order last week. I tell him that I haven't even called in about any issues for quite some time. I held the battery up to the back of my phone to see if it was the same size. I guess it did something because since then my call logs have erased and I lost all my text messages and any that have been coming in I have not gotten. Maybe the phone is going out, this is really the first issue I have had with my Blackberry.
I finally spoke with my new boss J.R. about training and such. We are going to meet next week and he will give me all my information about where I am staying and flight information and my new phone. They give you a phone to use and it will most likely be a data device. So I am not really worried about my T-mobile phone, I just need to figure out how to get out of the contract with out paying $200. I think I have a year left, and I know that in the old days your could call and say that your moving out of the country they don't make you pay the $200. I might try that, not sure yet.
My last day with Pier 1 will be next Tuesday, I was off Wednesday and Thursday of this week because of the holiday. I walk in to work today and they let go all of the part time people, my boss, the woman who was the lead on my team and the other supervisor. It is fucking crazy because the company is doing better than it has in years. They are also changing the hours so they call center is only open Monday through Friday and they will only be helping customers and no longer helping stores. So pretty much all the problems I had are being fixed now that I am leaving. That is pretty much the story of my life.
I kind of wish I had known because then I could deal the weekends and work during the week and keep the easiest job I have ever had, but it is too late for that and AT&T is still way to good an opportunity to pass up. The changes here shouldn't be that big of a deal to me since I am leaving anyway but they are. They are letting people come get their stuff tomorrow at scheduled times and there were security guards here the other day people said. I got such a warm feeling from this place, I guess it is not all its cracked up to be.
Since I am leaving Pier 1 I feel free to talk about our credit card provider Chase. This is the worst company I have ever dealt with, I am really not sure how they are still around. About 5 or 6 times a day I get phone calls from customers who have never received their card or their statements but will get phone calls from collections departments. They handle our coupons as well but none of their reps know that so they transfer customers over to us and there is nothing that we can do. A woman was getting collection calls from someone there who told her that she is like every other dead beat senior citizen who doesn't pay their bills. We call them about it and they had no record of it. We had to speak with 3 supervisors before we could get any information about it. So I will NEVER have an account with them, and I suggest to all my readers (all 2 of you) to not ever do business with them.
Ok that is all for now, until later.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Decent poker day
It took me awhile but I managed to squeak out a win today. I played a couple more of the 180 SNGs and didn't do shit. Here is a screen shot of my play today.
Going to Kung-Fu tonight and thats all really.
Until later.
Going to Kung-Fu tonight and thats all really.
Until later.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
New Job and other crap.
I received and took an offer with AT&T, I have completed the background and the UA so the job is definately mine. If I hit my quota each month with my base salary I will be making ~$40k a year. They are part of a union so I will be joining and that and under the current union contract there is a .40 to .50 raise every 6 months. I think it is going to be very cool, I am going to try to get into management as soon as possible.
They will be sending me to training in San Antonio for 2 weeks, I will spend a week there then home for a week and then another week there. I am kind of excited to go but at the same time apprehensive is the best word for it. They are paying for all my expenses and that is pretty damn cool. The pressure is on to get a laptop before I leave because staying in a hotel with no internet and no poker would drive me nuts. I found an IBM that is not the newest model but one step back and it still has the aftermarket video card in it which is important to me. It is like $900 so I will probably buy that.
Of course after my last post with all the poker in it I had a little cold stretch, I lost like 3 buy-ins over my next two sessions, but yesterday I put in a big session and won 5 buy ins. That puts me at +6 buy-ins for the month, I am pretty sure that I can maintain, lets hope so. I played 2 donkaments yesterday and couldn't get shit going. I got coolered in a couple of big hands, no big deal becuase tournaments are a crap shoot anyway.
I joined Facebook a long time ago becuase there were some 2p2 guys on there and they made a group. Kevin friended me and then I didnt login for quite some time. John Millsap friended me and then all of the sudden I am getting lots of invites. So now I have quite a few friends on Facebook, the whole myspace/facebook thing baffles me. People who I was not even friends with in high school friend me and its kind weird. It is like seeing people I know from high school when I am out some place, usually we were not good friends but they know who you are and come up and say hello and then there is the awkward pause while you both try to find something to talk about. It is very weird.
I guess that is all for now, I will update soon.
Until later.
They will be sending me to training in San Antonio for 2 weeks, I will spend a week there then home for a week and then another week there. I am kind of excited to go but at the same time apprehensive is the best word for it. They are paying for all my expenses and that is pretty damn cool. The pressure is on to get a laptop before I leave because staying in a hotel with no internet and no poker would drive me nuts. I found an IBM that is not the newest model but one step back and it still has the aftermarket video card in it which is important to me. It is like $900 so I will probably buy that.
Of course after my last post with all the poker in it I had a little cold stretch, I lost like 3 buy-ins over my next two sessions, but yesterday I put in a big session and won 5 buy ins. That puts me at +6 buy-ins for the month, I am pretty sure that I can maintain, lets hope so. I played 2 donkaments yesterday and couldn't get shit going. I got coolered in a couple of big hands, no big deal becuase tournaments are a crap shoot anyway.
I joined Facebook a long time ago becuase there were some 2p2 guys on there and they made a group. Kevin friended me and then I didnt login for quite some time. John Millsap friended me and then all of the sudden I am getting lots of invites. So now I have quite a few friends on Facebook, the whole myspace/facebook thing baffles me. People who I was not even friends with in high school friend me and its kind weird. It is like seeing people I know from high school when I am out some place, usually we were not good friends but they know who you are and come up and say hello and then there is the awkward pause while you both try to find something to talk about. It is very weird.
I guess that is all for now, I will update soon.
Until later.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
The promised poker update and other stuff
Yesterday I was at home and was playing Counter-strike on my new monitor and Melissa asks me why I am not playing poker. I think about it for a minute and tell her that I don't know just not in the mood. I then decide that I should play some even thought I am not really in the mood and wound up losing 2.5 buy-ins. I was not getting overly good hands and when I did, people were just not paying off. Also I was playing a little loose, making plays that I probably shouldn't be making with my bankroll being a little short. Moral of the story kids is; don't gamble when your not in the mood.
I am still up like 4 buy ins for the month but I need to really start playing more if I want to move up. Tired of playing bullshit poker. I need to get motivated and I think that I accomplished that yesterday. I know it is like a re-occurring theme in my posts but I am determined to move up.
Last night I skipped Kung-Fu to go with Kevin out to Dallas to pick up a Mont Blanc pen for his business partner. We went to Northpark mall out in Dallas and I had not ever been there before. It is pretty elitist and I felt very poor lol. There were a lot of boutiques and specialized stores like Puma and Lucky Brand. Pretty cool mall but not worth the drive in my opinion, I can go to Hulen and it is right down the street.
After the mall we went to this place called Shuckers on Greenville. It is across the street from the Granada Theater where Melissa and I saw the Avett Brothers. It is a small seafood place, almost like a taco stand but with seafood. Kevin asked me what I liked and I didn't see much up there that I had tried before so he decided to get a bit of everything. So last night for the first time I ate, oysters on the half shell, and boiled craw fish. We also had a shrimp cocktail and a basket of fried shrimp and fish, one could call it a smorgasbord.
I am not a fan of getting my hands dirty, it really bothers me, borderline complex. I really hate eating stuff with my hands that will get them dirty, for that reason I do not eat fried chicken off of the bone, or ribs. I decided to try this whole dirty hand thing and see what happened. I think I used about half a roll of paper towels in the process of eating the craw fish. Kevin had a messed up thumb so I was having to do his was well, I don't mind saying that it probably looked a little gay.
The oysters were good, I was putting them on crackers with horseraddish and they were pretty tasty. The crawfish were good, but damn that is a lot of work. I was only eating the tail becuase the rest was too over the top for me. I will eat oysters again but the crawfish most likely not unless it is a special occasion.
I had a little sit down with my boss' boss about how I feel singled out. She listened to my arguements and agrees with my point of view. I am not sure what will happen now, but we will see. I didn't hear back from AT&T so I guess that isn't going to come to anything, back to the job search I go.
I think that is all for now.
Until later.
I am still up like 4 buy ins for the month but I need to really start playing more if I want to move up. Tired of playing bullshit poker. I need to get motivated and I think that I accomplished that yesterday. I know it is like a re-occurring theme in my posts but I am determined to move up.
Last night I skipped Kung-Fu to go with Kevin out to Dallas to pick up a Mont Blanc pen for his business partner. We went to Northpark mall out in Dallas and I had not ever been there before. It is pretty elitist and I felt very poor lol. There were a lot of boutiques and specialized stores like Puma and Lucky Brand. Pretty cool mall but not worth the drive in my opinion, I can go to Hulen and it is right down the street.
After the mall we went to this place called Shuckers on Greenville. It is across the street from the Granada Theater where Melissa and I saw the Avett Brothers. It is a small seafood place, almost like a taco stand but with seafood. Kevin asked me what I liked and I didn't see much up there that I had tried before so he decided to get a bit of everything. So last night for the first time I ate, oysters on the half shell, and boiled craw fish. We also had a shrimp cocktail and a basket of fried shrimp and fish, one could call it a smorgasbord.
I am not a fan of getting my hands dirty, it really bothers me, borderline complex. I really hate eating stuff with my hands that will get them dirty, for that reason I do not eat fried chicken off of the bone, or ribs. I decided to try this whole dirty hand thing and see what happened. I think I used about half a roll of paper towels in the process of eating the craw fish. Kevin had a messed up thumb so I was having to do his was well, I don't mind saying that it probably looked a little gay.
The oysters were good, I was putting them on crackers with horseraddish and they were pretty tasty. The crawfish were good, but damn that is a lot of work. I was only eating the tail becuase the rest was too over the top for me. I will eat oysters again but the crawfish most likely not unless it is a special occasion.
I had a little sit down with my boss' boss about how I feel singled out. She listened to my arguements and agrees with my point of view. I am not sure what will happen now, but we will see. I didn't hear back from AT&T so I guess that isn't going to come to anything, back to the job search I go.
I think that is all for now.
Until later.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Lots of stuff to unload
Since Thursday I have eaten out or ordered out three separate times. All of them have been remarkable in the fact that they were terrible in one way or the other. I must be running bad in foodaments lately.
First, Thursday night Melissa and I order Pizza from Pizza Hut. We have ordered from there multiple times without issue. The operator tells me that it will be 50 minutes to one hour, an hour and 20 minutes later I get a phone call from the driver. He apparently can't find the apartment. I give him directions and he finally gets here and doesn't have my wings. When I ask him about it he tells me that he will be back in 15 minutes.
I get a knock about 20 minutes later, I open the door and he is just standing there holding them out to me. No apology or anything, just holding them out at arms length like we are old buddies or something. Then the wings were terrible, barely enough sauce to cover them, so they are very crunchy and hard to eat. I will never get those wings again and might be boycotting Pizza Hut all together.
The next night we go to Black Eyed Pea and our waitress started out so good, then it turned horrible so fast. The food was good but the service was terrible, she had this stupid half smile on her face like she was simple minded. People say that some people are just not cut out to wait tables, this girl was the poster child. She didn't work to build any kind of conversation or anything, then she spilled drinks on another table. That is forgivable, I have done that before, but she just acted like 'oh no big deal.'
The good from that meal is that they have deep friend guacamole and it was really good, I know it sounds gross. They take avocado halves and shuck them, batter them lightly, and then fry it up. They put some sour cream and chopped tomatoes and there you go; Heart attack appetizer for two.
Today for lunch I had Subway, now before I bash this meal let me explain that I am a bit of a sandwich connoisseur. I try all kinds of different places and really like Subway. My co-worker went and got them and brought them back to the office. The bread was so stale that literally half of it flaked off. It was like eating dust, seriously how old does bread have to be to flake like that? It was so bad that I didn't even eat it all.
I wore shorts to work today thinking that it would no be a big deal since it was the weekend, also I had seen other people wear them. What could be the big deal? The lead for my team instant messaged me and said that I shouldn't be wearing them. This is the same woman who calls me out about everything, and its really irritating. I looked at the dress code policy and sure enough it said no shorts. Interestingly enough it also says that half of my department is out of compliance most of the time. Funny how no one says anything to them. I mean come on, it is SUNDAY, is the CEO going to come into the building and see me in shorts and have a seizure? Are the customers really going to know that I am wearing shorts just from hearing my voice? The answer to both of these questions is hell no.
Later on in the afternoon this same woman is on the phone taking a personal phone call and the rest of us are working, but the system is moving slow because its fucking worthless and the calls are starting to back up. She gets off her personal call and stands up and looks at us and says, "We have calls holding guys." She says it like I am sitting there, doing nothing at all. You were not too worried about it during your 10 minute personal phone call. I decided right then that I am tired of getting singled out. I was talking to someone else about it and they feel that I am also being singled out. I emailed the call center supervisor because we have an open door policy and I am going to take all of this to her. She is very cool and easy to speak with so hopefully changes will be made.
I got my new monitor yesterday. Best buy emailed me and let me know that I can pick it up at a store and believe me I went straight after work. I am now the proud owner of a 22" wide screen flat panel monitor. It is a huge upgrade and everything looks so much better on it. I can open 9 tables with minimal overlap and Counter-strike looks good on it as well. My only complaint is that I wish it wasn't wide screen so it would be a little taller, but I can't complain I got it for $100 off the regular price.
Today is mother's day and I had to work, so I called Mom and Kate and told them happy Mother's day. I also called Pops and spoke with him a little bit, we don't talk often and I wanted to call him today. One year ago today Melissa lost her dad and it was very hard on her and her family. He had a stroke and passed away much too young, he was a very good man and it really sucks that he is gone. I am not nearly as close to my dad as she was with hers, and I would be pretty upset if I lost mine. It was good to speak with Pops today though. We go through long phases of not talking or being on bad terms, but I think that our relationship is finally in a place to where that won't happen anymore.
Poker is going well, I am not really in the mood to get into all of that right now, but I will post again later in the week with some more specific updates. I am very much in the green for this month and I am going to keep it that way though, you can count on that. Insert downswing here.
That is really all for now, going to play a little Counter-strike.
Until later.
First, Thursday night Melissa and I order Pizza from Pizza Hut. We have ordered from there multiple times without issue. The operator tells me that it will be 50 minutes to one hour, an hour and 20 minutes later I get a phone call from the driver. He apparently can't find the apartment. I give him directions and he finally gets here and doesn't have my wings. When I ask him about it he tells me that he will be back in 15 minutes.
I get a knock about 20 minutes later, I open the door and he is just standing there holding them out to me. No apology or anything, just holding them out at arms length like we are old buddies or something. Then the wings were terrible, barely enough sauce to cover them, so they are very crunchy and hard to eat. I will never get those wings again and might be boycotting Pizza Hut all together.
The next night we go to Black Eyed Pea and our waitress started out so good, then it turned horrible so fast. The food was good but the service was terrible, she had this stupid half smile on her face like she was simple minded. People say that some people are just not cut out to wait tables, this girl was the poster child. She didn't work to build any kind of conversation or anything, then she spilled drinks on another table. That is forgivable, I have done that before, but she just acted like 'oh no big deal.'
The good from that meal is that they have deep friend guacamole and it was really good, I know it sounds gross. They take avocado halves and shuck them, batter them lightly, and then fry it up. They put some sour cream and chopped tomatoes and there you go; Heart attack appetizer for two.
Today for lunch I had Subway, now before I bash this meal let me explain that I am a bit of a sandwich connoisseur. I try all kinds of different places and really like Subway. My co-worker went and got them and brought them back to the office. The bread was so stale that literally half of it flaked off. It was like eating dust, seriously how old does bread have to be to flake like that? It was so bad that I didn't even eat it all.
I wore shorts to work today thinking that it would no be a big deal since it was the weekend, also I had seen other people wear them. What could be the big deal? The lead for my team instant messaged me and said that I shouldn't be wearing them. This is the same woman who calls me out about everything, and its really irritating. I looked at the dress code policy and sure enough it said no shorts. Interestingly enough it also says that half of my department is out of compliance most of the time. Funny how no one says anything to them. I mean come on, it is SUNDAY, is the CEO going to come into the building and see me in shorts and have a seizure? Are the customers really going to know that I am wearing shorts just from hearing my voice? The answer to both of these questions is hell no.
Later on in the afternoon this same woman is on the phone taking a personal phone call and the rest of us are working, but the system is moving slow because its fucking worthless and the calls are starting to back up. She gets off her personal call and stands up and looks at us and says, "We have calls holding guys." She says it like I am sitting there, doing nothing at all. You were not too worried about it during your 10 minute personal phone call. I decided right then that I am tired of getting singled out. I was talking to someone else about it and they feel that I am also being singled out. I emailed the call center supervisor because we have an open door policy and I am going to take all of this to her. She is very cool and easy to speak with so hopefully changes will be made.
I got my new monitor yesterday. Best buy emailed me and let me know that I can pick it up at a store and believe me I went straight after work. I am now the proud owner of a 22" wide screen flat panel monitor. It is a huge upgrade and everything looks so much better on it. I can open 9 tables with minimal overlap and Counter-strike looks good on it as well. My only complaint is that I wish it wasn't wide screen so it would be a little taller, but I can't complain I got it for $100 off the regular price.
Today is mother's day and I had to work, so I called Mom and Kate and told them happy Mother's day. I also called Pops and spoke with him a little bit, we don't talk often and I wanted to call him today. One year ago today Melissa lost her dad and it was very hard on her and her family. He had a stroke and passed away much too young, he was a very good man and it really sucks that he is gone. I am not nearly as close to my dad as she was with hers, and I would be pretty upset if I lost mine. It was good to speak with Pops today though. We go through long phases of not talking or being on bad terms, but I think that our relationship is finally in a place to where that won't happen anymore.
Poker is going well, I am not really in the mood to get into all of that right now, but I will post again later in the week with some more specific updates. I am very much in the green for this month and I am going to keep it that way though, you can count on that. Insert downswing here.
That is really all for now, going to play a little Counter-strike.
Until later.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
I am going to Scotland. Call me a world traveler
As the title implies I am going to Scotland. This will be my first trip out of the country so Melissa and I will be going to get our passports and all of that good stuff. Melissa has a really good friend named Jeff and he met a girl named Laura online and she lives in Scotland. They have been dating and seeing each other for quite some time now and they have decided to get married. He is going to move out there so they are going to have the wedding out there. Melissa is going to be a groomsman in the wedding with a kilt and the whole deal so that will be interesting. I am not in the wedding so my plan is to wear pants and not the kilt, but we will see what happens.
This is all going to be happening in October so we have time to save up. We found a really good website and for me and her and her Mom it will be around $2700.00 round trip. That is a pretty daunting figure, but when you break it down the tickets are like $500 a pop, which isn't bad. There will be more expenses such as a hotel and maybe a rental car. So I am going to be going a little cheaper than usual over the next couple of months. If I start a new job I will just let them know that one of my conditions is that I can take a week off for this and if I am still here then I will be getting another week of Vacation is September. I am guessing that we are going to board Bella some place while we are gone. We are both pretty excited about this, Melissa hasn't ever been on a plane, and I haven't been on one since coming home from the Army in 2001.
I played a session yesterday and it went pretty well, nothing overly big happened. I wound up winning about two and a half buy ins so that is good, gives me a little cushion since I am very under rolled for this level. I cracked this guy two times he had KK both time, once I had AQ and the other time I had QQ, so I guess you can say I ran pretty well. I played one hand and it was really rather weird and I am not sure if it was overly weak tight or just a smart play. I posted it on 2p2 and everyone was telling me that I played it too weak. I don't have the hand history with me since I am at work, but I will give you the low down.
The effective stacks are 100 big blinds or $10.00 at .05/.10 blinds. I raise 99 in middle position, not under the gun but the next player. It is folded to me and I make my standard raise to 4 big blinds or .40. It folds around to the big blind who smooth calls the bet and we go the flop heads up. The villain is your normal player for this level, his stats are like 30/8 or something terrible like that. While it is a small sample, he doesn't really seem to be too aggressive or overly good.
When he makes the call I am putting him on a wide hand range, but I am counting out AK, JJ, QQ, KK, AA. No one is really slow playing these types of hands. I am thinking his range consists of a lot of Broadway cards (these are cards that are used to make a Broadway straight AKQJT, so hands like KQ, QJ, QT, and AT stuff like that) some suited connectors and even some hands likes J8 or Q7. The flop comes out QJQ and he checks to me. This is a heads up pot and 98% of the time I put in a continuation bet but I decided to check here. There are multiple reasons for this, I don't like the idea of betting and having to fold to a check raise, I think a Q or a J is a large part of his range. The pot is not huge but I have decent show down value.
I don't remember what the turn is, but it is irrelevant and he checks again. This in my opinion is where I should have bet. Some people will check a Q or a J on the flop but they will usually bet the turn, he might check it thinking I will bet but I don't think this guy is that smart a player. The river is a 2 and he bets .70 into a pot of .85 and I call, he shows me 22 for a rivered full house and takes the pot. Some people are wondering why I am calling the river bet if I am not betting myself. The reason for that is because just about anyone will bet if checked down like that, I win a decent amount of pots because I call river bets when people think that I have just given up. After I posted it on the forums everyone told me that I should have just bet the flop and taken it down, I think a better play is betting the turn, but whatever.
It is important to break down hands like this and really look at each action, you can't go along thinking that if you won the hand you played it perfectly or if you lose that it was the poker gods. You won't improve as a player if you think this way.
I went to class last night and it went pretty well. I was talking to Sifu and a lot of the 3rd hour people about what happened with the card house and they let me know that if I wanted to go up there and get my money they would back me up. Sifu kind of hinted around that he would have just taken the money that night. I wasn't sure that I wanted to fight 5 or 6 guys, I know for sure that it would have been 3 but it could have been more. Vic and Kieth and some of the other guys expressed interest in going up there with me and just taking what is mine. It is very tempting but it is just not enough money to start a bunch of shit over. If it was like $500 or more I would have just handled it then. I am chalking this up to experience, don't do business with cheap assholes who have no concept of what they are doing. I googled Trent's name hoping that my blog about him would show up but it doesn't, at least I didn't see it, it would be awesome if it kept him from gaining business because of it.
Well, that is all for now. Until later.
This is all going to be happening in October so we have time to save up. We found a really good website and for me and her and her Mom it will be around $2700.00 round trip. That is a pretty daunting figure, but when you break it down the tickets are like $500 a pop, which isn't bad. There will be more expenses such as a hotel and maybe a rental car. So I am going to be going a little cheaper than usual over the next couple of months. If I start a new job I will just let them know that one of my conditions is that I can take a week off for this and if I am still here then I will be getting another week of Vacation is September. I am guessing that we are going to board Bella some place while we are gone. We are both pretty excited about this, Melissa hasn't ever been on a plane, and I haven't been on one since coming home from the Army in 2001.
I played a session yesterday and it went pretty well, nothing overly big happened. I wound up winning about two and a half buy ins so that is good, gives me a little cushion since I am very under rolled for this level. I cracked this guy two times he had KK both time, once I had AQ and the other time I had QQ, so I guess you can say I ran pretty well. I played one hand and it was really rather weird and I am not sure if it was overly weak tight or just a smart play. I posted it on 2p2 and everyone was telling me that I played it too weak. I don't have the hand history with me since I am at work, but I will give you the low down.
The effective stacks are 100 big blinds or $10.00 at .05/.10 blinds. I raise 99 in middle position, not under the gun but the next player. It is folded to me and I make my standard raise to 4 big blinds or .40. It folds around to the big blind who smooth calls the bet and we go the flop heads up. The villain is your normal player for this level, his stats are like 30/8 or something terrible like that. While it is a small sample, he doesn't really seem to be too aggressive or overly good.
When he makes the call I am putting him on a wide hand range, but I am counting out AK, JJ, QQ, KK, AA. No one is really slow playing these types of hands. I am thinking his range consists of a lot of Broadway cards (these are cards that are used to make a Broadway straight AKQJT, so hands like KQ, QJ, QT, and AT stuff like that) some suited connectors and even some hands likes J8 or Q7. The flop comes out QJQ and he checks to me. This is a heads up pot and 98% of the time I put in a continuation bet but I decided to check here. There are multiple reasons for this, I don't like the idea of betting and having to fold to a check raise, I think a Q or a J is a large part of his range. The pot is not huge but I have decent show down value.
I don't remember what the turn is, but it is irrelevant and he checks again. This in my opinion is where I should have bet. Some people will check a Q or a J on the flop but they will usually bet the turn, he might check it thinking I will bet but I don't think this guy is that smart a player. The river is a 2 and he bets .70 into a pot of .85 and I call, he shows me 22 for a rivered full house and takes the pot. Some people are wondering why I am calling the river bet if I am not betting myself. The reason for that is because just about anyone will bet if checked down like that, I win a decent amount of pots because I call river bets when people think that I have just given up. After I posted it on the forums everyone told me that I should have just bet the flop and taken it down, I think a better play is betting the turn, but whatever.
It is important to break down hands like this and really look at each action, you can't go along thinking that if you won the hand you played it perfectly or if you lose that it was the poker gods. You won't improve as a player if you think this way.
I went to class last night and it went pretty well. I was talking to Sifu and a lot of the 3rd hour people about what happened with the card house and they let me know that if I wanted to go up there and get my money they would back me up. Sifu kind of hinted around that he would have just taken the money that night. I wasn't sure that I wanted to fight 5 or 6 guys, I know for sure that it would have been 3 but it could have been more. Vic and Kieth and some of the other guys expressed interest in going up there with me and just taking what is mine. It is very tempting but it is just not enough money to start a bunch of shit over. If it was like $500 or more I would have just handled it then. I am chalking this up to experience, don't do business with cheap assholes who have no concept of what they are doing. I googled Trent's name hoping that my blog about him would show up but it doesn't, at least I didn't see it, it would be awesome if it kept him from gaining business because of it.
Well, that is all for now. Until later.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Iron man and some poker
I actually played a little bit of poker yesterday. Melissa sprained her ankle pretty badly and so I came home from work to take her to the hospital. Luckily, there wasn't anyone in the place so we didn't have to wait all afternoon. She got the little moon boot and some crutches. She wont be able to work for a couple of days but it doesn't seem like anything major. She was doped up on some pills so while she was asleep I put in some hands.
It was the same roller coaster that it has been here lately. I flop a set and bet this guy shoves and I call and he hits a flush draw. I have KK vs A3 he flops a flush draw and we get it in and of course it hits. I ended the session up a buy in but it should have been like 3. I am playing so short rolled currently that I really have to watch myself. I am still so beat down by these morons, why can't I have like 1 month of running really good to get my roll back to where it was? I am just going to plug away, I am thinking actually about short stacking and playing nitty tight, only playing top 10% and playing them very hard. It is not fun, but it might make me money faster.
I went and saw Iron man on Friday and it was amazing. The suit looks awesome and the effects are spectacular. Could be the best comic book crossover so far, in my opinion. I think it would be a mistake to not make a sequel, they had to do all the history and that took up a good portion of the movie. Would be good if there was a second were there was more about him actually being Iron man. I need to go see Forbidden Kingdom with Jet Li and Jackie Chan before it gets out of theaters. I have heard its really good. I am also pumped for the new Batman movie but I am not sure when that comes out.
In other news, I bought a monitor today. I have been needing one for quite some time. I am still using the Sony 15" CRT monitor that came with the system. It is, needless to say, time for an upgrade. I was browsing spoofee.com and found a really good price on a 22" Dell monitor only $200. Dell makes a really good monitor so I eagerly purchased. It is on back order but I should have it in like 3 weeks. I will probably buy a new monitor once I get my laptop. Melissa won't use the full 22" so I can get her like a 19" or 20" and she will be happy, and that way when I want to grind I don't have to be limited to the laptop monitor.
I have been watching episodes of Rob and Big on Mtv.com and it is so funny. I didn't think it would be that good but I am hooked on it. I am systematically going through and watching them all on the website.
I think that is it for now, I am pumped to go to Kung-Fu tomorrow since I missed on Wednesday because of the Avett Brothers. Just waiting to hear something from AT&T. That reminds me that I need to do a little looking today, guess I will do that now.
Until later.
It was the same roller coaster that it has been here lately. I flop a set and bet this guy shoves and I call and he hits a flush draw. I have KK vs A3 he flops a flush draw and we get it in and of course it hits. I ended the session up a buy in but it should have been like 3. I am playing so short rolled currently that I really have to watch myself. I am still so beat down by these morons, why can't I have like 1 month of running really good to get my roll back to where it was? I am just going to plug away, I am thinking actually about short stacking and playing nitty tight, only playing top 10% and playing them very hard. It is not fun, but it might make me money faster.
I went and saw Iron man on Friday and it was amazing. The suit looks awesome and the effects are spectacular. Could be the best comic book crossover so far, in my opinion. I think it would be a mistake to not make a sequel, they had to do all the history and that took up a good portion of the movie. Would be good if there was a second were there was more about him actually being Iron man. I need to go see Forbidden Kingdom with Jet Li and Jackie Chan before it gets out of theaters. I have heard its really good. I am also pumped for the new Batman movie but I am not sure when that comes out.
In other news, I bought a monitor today. I have been needing one for quite some time. I am still using the Sony 15" CRT monitor that came with the system. It is, needless to say, time for an upgrade. I was browsing spoofee.com and found a really good price on a 22" Dell monitor only $200. Dell makes a really good monitor so I eagerly purchased. It is on back order but I should have it in like 3 weeks. I will probably buy a new monitor once I get my laptop. Melissa won't use the full 22" so I can get her like a 19" or 20" and she will be happy, and that way when I want to grind I don't have to be limited to the laptop monitor.
I have been watching episodes of Rob and Big on Mtv.com and it is so funny. I didn't think it would be that good but I am hooked on it. I am systematically going through and watching them all on the website.
I think that is it for now, I am pumped to go to Kung-Fu tomorrow since I missed on Wednesday because of the Avett Brothers. Just waiting to hear something from AT&T. That reminds me that I need to do a little looking today, guess I will do that now.
Until later.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Avett Brothers show and other stuff
I could have posted this yesterday along with my Trent Gilley rant but I wanted it to be a separate post lol. Wednesday I had my interview with AT&T and I think it went really well. The manager has a few more interviews but I think he liked me and wanted to extend me an offer but couldn't. He said, "You should be hearing something next week." I take that to be a positive sign.
From the interview and talking with the manager J.R. this seems to be the solution to everything I disliked at T-mobile. They have a period of 6 months where if anyone cancels their service I lose the money I make but it doesn't put me negative for the month as far as my quota goes. That is a very big deal to me because sometimes I would have like 15 deactivations and that is 15 more phones that I have to sell to hit my quota.
I am pretty sure that I will take a position if I receive an offer. I don't really have anything else going right now. I am planning on doing a little searching today though. I would prefer to not work retail but it is not the end of the world if I do. T-mobile is the longest I held one job so there was something there that kept me motivated and going to work.
Wednesday night Melissa and I went to see the Avett Brothers at the Granada Theater and it was amazing. First, the Granada theater is really small so there really is not a bad seat in the place. I would rather pay a little bit more for a smaller venue any day, but Granada was only like $15 a piece. It is a very cool place and instantly became my new favorite venue. The drive wasn't all that bad either even though it was in Dallas.
I first saw the Avett Brothers when the performed on Conan O'brien. I would post the Youtube link but it was taken down and I cant find it again. It is definitely something that wouldn't normally interest me but for some reason these guys really seemed to put on a good show. I downloaded their newest CD Emotionalism and really liked it. Kind of a bluegrass feel but some roughness around the edges that I really liked. I saw some of their live stuff on Youtube and saw how hard they rocked at their live shows and knew that I would have to check them out.
I played their CD for Melissa and she was kind of indifferent about it. She wasn't all that excited about the show but was thinking that she might like them if she saw them live. She wasn't sure why I liked them so much and I didn't say anything about what I had seen of their live performances so it would surprise her. We got there during the opening act and watched a bit of that. His name was Ryan Butcher and very talented guy but most of his stuff sounded the same. Played an acoustic guitar and a harmonica, good stuff but it all kind of blended together. Melissa was tired and felt the same way about the guy. I knew she was bored and not having much fun.
The Avett Brothers came out and started playing, Melissa's mouth was hanging open. She was thinking it was going to be like their CD, but it is totally different. The music has a definite twang to it but they were going full blast. They are a 3 piece band with a banjo, guitar and an upright bass, there is no dedicated drummer. The banjo plays a kick drum and the guitar player has a high hat so they are rocking that while playing. On some songs either the guitar or banjo player will play drums behind an actual drum kit, Amazing stuff. The most fun I have had at a show in a long time. Melissa really liked it as well and we will be going to see them again.
Link To Avetts Brothers Site.
The next day at work I was talking about the concert and this girl Rachel asks me if I am talking about the Avett Brothers and I tell her I am. She tells me that her friend owns a bar and is going to have them play there. That is going to be awesome because the bar is in Fort Worth and I can drag some people out there with me.
I think that I might be going to see Ironman tonight. I have been waiting for this movie for quite some time and this has the potential to be the best comic book movie so far. The previews look amazing, check them out here.
I guess that is it, not much else to say.
Until later.
From the interview and talking with the manager J.R. this seems to be the solution to everything I disliked at T-mobile. They have a period of 6 months where if anyone cancels their service I lose the money I make but it doesn't put me negative for the month as far as my quota goes. That is a very big deal to me because sometimes I would have like 15 deactivations and that is 15 more phones that I have to sell to hit my quota.
I am pretty sure that I will take a position if I receive an offer. I don't really have anything else going right now. I am planning on doing a little searching today though. I would prefer to not work retail but it is not the end of the world if I do. T-mobile is the longest I held one job so there was something there that kept me motivated and going to work.
Wednesday night Melissa and I went to see the Avett Brothers at the Granada Theater and it was amazing. First, the Granada theater is really small so there really is not a bad seat in the place. I would rather pay a little bit more for a smaller venue any day, but Granada was only like $15 a piece. It is a very cool place and instantly became my new favorite venue. The drive wasn't all that bad either even though it was in Dallas.
I first saw the Avett Brothers when the performed on Conan O'brien. I would post the Youtube link but it was taken down and I cant find it again. It is definitely something that wouldn't normally interest me but for some reason these guys really seemed to put on a good show. I downloaded their newest CD Emotionalism and really liked it. Kind of a bluegrass feel but some roughness around the edges that I really liked. I saw some of their live stuff on Youtube and saw how hard they rocked at their live shows and knew that I would have to check them out.
I played their CD for Melissa and she was kind of indifferent about it. She wasn't all that excited about the show but was thinking that she might like them if she saw them live. She wasn't sure why I liked them so much and I didn't say anything about what I had seen of their live performances so it would surprise her. We got there during the opening act and watched a bit of that. His name was Ryan Butcher and very talented guy but most of his stuff sounded the same. Played an acoustic guitar and a harmonica, good stuff but it all kind of blended together. Melissa was tired and felt the same way about the guy. I knew she was bored and not having much fun.
The Avett Brothers came out and started playing, Melissa's mouth was hanging open. She was thinking it was going to be like their CD, but it is totally different. The music has a definite twang to it but they were going full blast. They are a 3 piece band with a banjo, guitar and an upright bass, there is no dedicated drummer. The banjo plays a kick drum and the guitar player has a high hat so they are rocking that while playing. On some songs either the guitar or banjo player will play drums behind an actual drum kit, Amazing stuff. The most fun I have had at a show in a long time. Melissa really liked it as well and we will be going to see them again.
Link To Avetts Brothers Site.
The next day at work I was talking about the concert and this girl Rachel asks me if I am talking about the Avett Brothers and I tell her I am. She tells me that her friend owns a bar and is going to have them play there. That is going to be awesome because the bar is in Fort Worth and I can drag some people out there with me.
I think that I might be going to see Ironman tonight. I have been waiting for this movie for quite some time and this has the potential to be the best comic book movie so far. The previews look amazing, check them out here.
I guess that is it, not much else to say.
Until later.
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