Joe Cada doc in the works

Saw this on Joxum's blog. 

Guess the filmmakers got stupidly lucky on this one... it looks like they started filming before the gang went to Vegas and just happened to be filming the eventual winner. I'm not positive about that though - they might have just grabbed him after he hit the final table... the more I think about it, the more likely that scenario is. The content looks pretty good, though the production looks a bit shoddy (hey guys, need some excellent motion graphics? Give me a yell!)




I like this one better than the EP02 Busto to Robusto with good2cu that just came out. The filmmakers only get a few days to shoot, and though I think they could have made a great story out of his life, they just didn't capture what they needed in time. I also don't identify with him on any level whatsoever, so it's a tough sell to begin with. Worth checking out though.

BBT5!

Damn, that snuck up pretty quick! Thanks to Al for putting this together again... I have to say I was kind of bummed when he told us BBT4 was the last one. I had a lot of fun playing last year. Came close a couple times to snagging a TOC seat, but couldn't pull it off. I guess I have 12 tries to get it right this time! Can't wait for Goat's predictions.

Full BBT5 info here.

Tournament: Poker From the Rail
When: Monday, April 19th through May 24th starting at 22:00ET
Game: Deepstack NLHE
Buyin: $24+2 (or token)*
Password: 2010WSOP

Tournament: The MookieWhen: Wednesday, April 21st through May 26th starting at 22:00ET
Game: Deepstack NLHE
Buyin: $10+1*
Password: vegas1

*Winner also receives ToC entry

Tournament: Battle of the Blogger Tournaments InvitationalWhen: Sunday, April 18th through May 23rd starting at 19:00ET
Game: Deepstack NLHE
Buyin: Restricted freeroll**

**$2,000 Prizepool + 1st and 2nd place receive ToC entry

Tournament: Blogger Battle RoyaleWhen: Sunday, June 6th starting at 14:00ET
Game: Deepstack NLHE
Buyin: Freeroll for BBT participating bloggers

Better...

3 more buyins up tonight. I'm back up for the month, but still 3 buyins down from my spazz out. No idea WTF I was doing yesterday. I just didn't believe anyone had what they said they had. Believe 'em now, that's for sure...

Gonna go chill out for a bit. Not sure of I'll play tomorrow. Historically, Friday nights are hellabad for me, though saturday and sunday are cash cows.

*edit - I'm now up 6 buyins... Pretty much where I left off before the catastrophy.

Don't let this fool you. I'm still the fishiest fish on the dish.

I managed to cbet $12 instead of $1.20 on an A high flop and got shoved on. Fucking missclickaments.

Testing

Nothing interesting to say... Just testing the BlogPress app.

Probably won't get me to update any more, but worth a try.

If you don't know who the fish at the table is...

... just look for my gills.

I have become the king of tilt-spewtm. I had a couple hours to kill while waiting for some work to come in yesterday, so of course I make a beeline for the 50NL rush tables. I immediately blow through 2 buyins running KK into AA and AA into a rivered flush, aipf. No problem, coolers happen.... I then go on to drop 7 more buyins in what can only be described as super mega monkey tiltm. I can't tell you how many times I hit the "Aw fuckit" button. My play was utterly, despicably, horribad... maybe worse. I have no idea what came over me, but I just couldn't stop myself.

I got home too late to join the Josie/Mookie festivities again, but felt like I had to get back on the damn horse. I made about 3 buyins back, putting me at about even for the month. Funny how that seems like a success.

I really shouldn't be playing at all while I have so much work to do. But I probably will. So if anyone needs extra cash, just look for me at the tables. I'll be the one with the big sign over my head that says "Fresh Fish".

Still working my ass off...

Thought work would slow down, but I keep getting rush jobs in. Not complaining, but no sleep is starting to wear me down. Not as young as I used to be...

Recently sneaking in a game or 2 here and there, tried to join the festival last night, but got home too late (I had been at work for about 40 hours at that point). Between Mookie, Josie, and the turbo, seemed like I missed a pretty good night. I ended up listening to BDR and playing a couple 50NL tables before I crashed. Running much better, I think the time off helped, and I'm giving the tables my full attention.

That's all for now.

Home game win

My stupidly insane work schedule isn't over yet. I have 2 more days before my final delivery of my final job. My friends on my floor wanted to get together for a bigger than usual home game, but I declined all week, since I'm under a lot of pressure to get this crap out the door. As it turns out, the game was right next door, and I couldn't help myself....

The whole floor is broken up into small pockets of design, web and motion graphics (yeah!) companies, and we're all good friends. Normally we only get about 6 or 7 people playing, we set the blind limits way too short, and it becomes a donkfest in a matter of minutes. I'm ok with this, as it gives the folks that don't know how to play a pretty good chance to take one down, or at least cash every once in a while. Yesterday 2 of the guys had their families with them (who all love playing poker), so we had a 10 person game. I set the blind levels to 15 mins (trust me, that's an eternity for these games) and flattened out the blinds so there were no big jumps until 500-1000 to 1000-2000, starting at 5-10 with 2k chips. I knew this would take around 3-4 hours to complete, but I wanted everyone to feel like they had some play time and get their moneys worth, and I wanted the folks that did know how to play to have a chance to actually play some poker.

I should play more during the day. I was awake, aware and playing well throughout. I quickly pinpointed each players style, and used the right moves against each, including folding to donk min bets from certain people, or re-raising the same from others. I successfully bluffed a good player that was playing too tight a few times, and when he couldn't take it anymore I held the nuts. My hands held when they needed to, and when they didn't I had the chips to withstand it.

Heads up lasted 1 hand. I had a 2-1 chiplead when my 77 aipf was in trouble vs KQ with a flopped Q. The turn of course was a 7. For once, luck goes my way. Had I not resucked, we would have been even in chips, and though I feel I have a slight edge, it would have been a pretty close hu match had it gone on.

Good to take one of these down, as the last few games I've been savagely brutalized by the new guy sucking out with all kinds of Kx and Qx hands. (I'm on to him - took him out early this time!)

It's now sunday afternoon, I overslept today from exhaustion from all the late nights I've been pulling, yet I'm still procrastinating by writing here instead of getting through my shotlist. Guess I better get to it!

Why didn't anyone tell me....

You have to use TWO hole cards in PLO... wtf is with that shit??? LOL, what a moron I am - I was ready to go ballistic on FullTilt support.

Quick update

A bit of a life and challenge update on SBC here.

I agree with HOP. When I saw the "5 post tax", I was a bit put off. PS is definitely getting the better deal in that arrangement and I don't think its right. I put this in the same category as large corporations holding "contests" for art, logo and design work. They give away a paltry sum, get 4000 design options, and keep the rights to the work.

Not that PS cares (or anyone even reads this blog - lol), but I think I'll skip this one as well. I don't mind posting one link, but come on, 5? That's pretty lame....

File under "WTF?"

Selleck Waterfall Sandwich.