Well

Sorry it's taken so long for me too update this. Either I'd grind and be to tired to think afterward or I would just sit at my computer and veg. I've been pretty busy this past week. Last Wednesday night I helped setup the fundraiser for my hockey team. I was supposed to come back to help run it, but it was the same night I ran my cash game. A good friend was supposed to come and look after the clubs money but he didn't show so I wasn't able to return to the fundraiser. I felt pretty bad but after I explained to them what had happened they understood. Also cleaning the game up for 2 bis helped me feel a bit better about it all lol. But truthfully the fundraiser ended up being a success. We managed to raise about $1100 after everything was said and done.

As for the cash game, that too was a success. I've never seen such a fishy game. There's one guy that comes who will call ANY raise amount pre whether it be $1 or $15 lol. If the game had HUD stats he'd be like a 100/0 lol. I had a interesting hand with him though. The game is 4 handed, blinds 0.25/0.50 and he limps in MP (obv). I have AJ on the CO and pop it to $2. He calls, flop AJ4. He check calls my $3 bet. Turn K he checks I bet 8 and he min raises to $16, I call. At this point I don't know he could have KJ A4 maybe AK maybe Q10. River is scary, Q he checks. I was going to check behind but thought I could get value from any Ax, KQ, KJ, A4 so I bet $10 and he snaps with AK. Kind of a lol hand but this guy is the definition of a calling station so I don't think my bet is particularly bad.

But yeah the game is very juicy and we also found ourselves a dealer which should boost the overall game enjoyment.

On Friday I got together with some of the members from my hockey team and we practiced a bit in the gym. I was pretty exhausted afterward cause we played for a good 4 hours. A major concern of mine right now is our goalie. Her reactions are pretty slow and she isn't the greatest at keeping track of the ball. One of the teammates worked with her for like an hour and it seemed like she's getting the hang of it so we'll see.

In power wheelchair hockey, each player on the team is given a ranking. Someone who has their stick attached to the chair, is a #3. Someone who can hold their stick but doesn't have the strength for whatever reason to hit the ball hard or do lifts/dangles is a #2. And finally someone can hold their stick, pass, shoot with accuracy is a #1. A team can only have one #1 on at all times, two #2's and I believe unlimited #3s. This is to keep all teams balanced and fair. I am the teams #1 meaning I'll be the one doing most of the scoring. In Sundays practice they paired me with the second strongest player on my team, his name is Kyle.

Kyle and I have very similar personalities, we both will do anything to win. The problem is, when we play together we are clashing. For us to truly be a force to be reckoned with he has to understand that I am the #1 of the team and he is the #2. It's not to say he is weak in any way, he actually has way more hockey smarts then myself. It's just his physical limitations holds him back from things I am able to do. For example when the ball went behind the net he'd go and retrieve it when 3 people are on him. He is not able to maneuver the ball like I can so I ended up sitting in front of the net idle for like 2 minutes at a time which was a huge waste. But if I went behind the net to get the ball it would of been out of there within seconds which would result in us getting more shots on net. It makes it even worse that I am pretty good friends with him so it's hard for me to say anything about it. I'm eventually gonna have to though if I want our team to be truly great.

Sundays practice was good otherwise, I only scored two goals but I'd say we only had about half the playing time we usually do so it was about my average. One thing though is my lifts are crazy and I am now able to score without even really being close to the net. One of the players actually recorded parts of the game so I'm going to try to get some of those videos on to here.

Saturday was spent grinding and I ended the day up 4 buyins which was catchup since I dropped 4 buyins on Thursday. Such seesawaments lol. After I was grinding I went over to my sister Mona's house where she made me a lovely dinner main course being chicken and bacon Alfredo. There was also a nice salad on the side with a light dressing. I have to say I was pretty impressed. After dinner was finished I did a light grind playing only $11 double shootouts to the Sunday Million. I got HU on my first table 5 times, and got to the FT only once. It was pretty loltastic. Mona played her regular Tourney schedule and she was actually done relatively quickly. This was partially due to tilting lol. I left from there at around 3AM, got home and passed out in my chair at 6AM.

I then woke up at 9AM Sunday morning and kept telling myself I'd go back to sleep so I could be fully rested for hockey. Fast forward 6 hours I go to sleep from 3:30PM-5:30PM lol. And then off to hockey. I already talked about this weeks practice above so I don't need to go into that.

When I got back from hockey I fired up a 4k hand session and ended up about a buyin. I was originally planning to do the full 7k but decided to take a break midway. After about an hour I just said fuck it and didn't feel like finishing the last 3k off. Although this session was short, I did introduce some new moves. After some further discussion with some fellow grinders, I am starting to see the advantages of flatting 3bets with equitable hands and not always 4betting vs. high 3bettors. So I flatted a couple 3bets and outplayed them post. Unfortunately I can't remember what I was holding to post them here.

Furthermore, aside from my preflop opening range I am fairly certain I have a pretty tight image post flop. I never really get out of line but that is going to start to change.

Here is an example of what I'm going to start to do more vs. regs:

PokerStars Game #39409290189: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2010/02/07 23:54:40 ET
Table 'Interamnia' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Free Advice ($133.45 in chips)
Seat 2: aba99 ($121.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Murzik100 ($20 in chips)
Seat 4: shupaben ($17.20 in chips)
Seat 5: 2009-R1 ($20 in chips)
Seat 8: SmbSmbSmb ($164.85 in chips)
Seat 9: käsespetzl ($24 in chips)
shupaben: posts small blind $0.50
2009-R1: posts big blind $1
dwq2300: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Free Advice [8h 8s]
SmbSmbSmb: raises $2 to $3
käsespetzl: folds
Free Advice: calls $3
aba99: folds
Murzik100: folds
shupaben: folds
2009-R1: folds
*** FLOP *** [3h Tc 5d]
SmbSmbSmb: bets $4.50
Free Advice: raises $9.50 to $14
SmbSmbSmb: calls $9.50
*** TURN *** [3h Tc 5d] [2c]
SmbSmbSmb: checks
Free Advice: bets $22
SmbSmbSmb: calls $22
*** RIVER *** [3h Tc 5d 2c] [Ah]
SmbSmbSmb: checks
Free Advice: bets $46
SmbSmbSmb: calls $46
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Free Advice: shows [8h 8s] (a pair of Eights)
SmbSmbSmb: shows [Td Ac] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
SmbSmbSmb collected $168.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $171.50 | Rake $3
Board [3h Tc 5d 2c Ah]
Seat 1: Free Advice showed [8h 8s] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 2: aba99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Murzik100 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: shupaben (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: 2009-R1 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: SmbSmbSmb showed [Td Ac] and won ($168.50) with two pair, Aces and Tens
Seat 9: käsespetzl folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Basically I played it exactly how I would if I had a set. His turn call is pretty terrible. I had pretty neutral feelings toward the river as that would be a good scare card if he was holding Js, Qs, Ks. I think because we've had some history together he felt maybe there was some shenanigans going on but anyhow we'll see how it goes.

But yeah, tommorow I'm going over to my Moms to have dinner and watch American Idol (lol). Wednesday I'm running the game again, and Thursday I'm taking my chair in to get serviced. Need to get them winter tires on, nawimeannn.

Oh yeah on a last note on March 6th I am looking to hold a fundraising Poker tournament for my hockey team. It will be a $60 entry with part of prizepool going to the team. There will also be a good first place prize added to compensate for the % being taken. This tournament will be held right near Algonquin College so it's good for all you Barhaven folks. If your interested in joining or making some type of donation, you know where to contact me. Shouting out a Happy Birthday to my boy SPEKTAH and GL to everyone at the tables!