Took a few more bets with them recently - futures winning Champions League at 9/2, and also Liverpool not winning the EPL at -145.
At the same time, the odds for MLB came out recently, so I also made a few bets just to hopefully have a sweat again this year. It was a close call with the Rays at 200 to 1 last year almost coming through, although there isn't really a team or any odds remotely close to that last year, there were a couple of teams with decent value that I decided to take.
Seattle at 55 to 1
Oakland at 65 to 1
Also took the respective teams to win the AL Pennant at 20 and 25 to 1.
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*disclaimer credits to Tao of Poker
Friday, March 27, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Vegas in April?
Was originally planning a trip with non-poker playing friends towards the end of April, but a plan that originally would've worked out well with a cruise in the Caribbeans quickly went down the drain. Started with the person who first threw around the idea of the trip having an unexpected late exam, turning the cruise into a possible trip to Vegas - and now she is most likely going to miss the entire trip altogether.
As with typical group of friends, usually when one person drops out, especially the one who was behind most of the "group gathering", it is very likely that more will drop out. Sitting where we are right now, I'm not even sure what is going to happen.
With that said, I've considered taking this into my own hands by ensuring I get to go somewhere before the start of the next school term in May. After reading through the poker forums, I THINK I'm going to be checking the prices of flights to Vegas from April 12 to April 15. Playing a few tournaments along the way. I mean ideally I would go to Monte Carlo for the EPT Grand Finale, but I think my focus will be more on trying to get a seat to the ME of the WSOP instead. So with that said, we'll see where it goes - don't intend to pay $370 for a return flight, so if it drops below $300 I think I will definitely make it a go. Here is the tentative schedule for April 12 - 14 if I go.
Sunday April 12 - 4pm $530 HORSE at Venetian
Monday April 13 - 12noon $340 NLHE at Caesar's
Tuesday April 14 - 12noon $550 6max NLHE at Caesar's
Obviously if I make a decent score early in the SCOOP, I'll definitely book this trip, but I guess we'll wait and see whether this happens or not!
As with typical group of friends, usually when one person drops out, especially the one who was behind most of the "group gathering", it is very likely that more will drop out. Sitting where we are right now, I'm not even sure what is going to happen.
With that said, I've considered taking this into my own hands by ensuring I get to go somewhere before the start of the next school term in May. After reading through the poker forums, I THINK I'm going to be checking the prices of flights to Vegas from April 12 to April 15. Playing a few tournaments along the way. I mean ideally I would go to Monte Carlo for the EPT Grand Finale, but I think my focus will be more on trying to get a seat to the ME of the WSOP instead. So with that said, we'll see where it goes - don't intend to pay $370 for a return flight, so if it drops below $300 I think I will definitely make it a go. Here is the tentative schedule for April 12 - 14 if I go.
Sunday April 12 - 4pm $530 HORSE at Venetian
Monday April 13 - 12noon $340 NLHE at Caesar's
Tuesday April 14 - 12noon $550 6max NLHE at Caesar's
Obviously if I make a decent score early in the SCOOP, I'll definitely book this trip, but I guess we'll wait and see whether this happens or not!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Keeps on rolling
Still running as cold as the Arctic Ocean. Volleyball game + referee-ing was canceled today as someone decided to break the lights, so decided to fire up a few tables of SnGs/satellites to kill the evening. I cashed in exactly 0 tournaments...a few highlights includes
-busting 99 to AKs with the flop of 9 J 3 with 1 spade
-losing TT to AQ on a 10 9 2 flop
-in Stud8, failing to hit anything when the first 4 cards were A234
So down another $150~, bringing me to negative figures since the Stars 25% reload bonus.
Taking tomorrow and Tuesday off with more intramural basketball and volleyball...so I might try to play a few on Wednesday evening I guess. Might have to spend that session reviewing hand histories though, just as a precaution to ensure I'm not making any huge mistakes...
-busting 99 to AKs with the flop of 9 J 3 with 1 spade
-losing TT to AQ on a 10 9 2 flop
-in Stud8, failing to hit anything when the first 4 cards were A234
So down another $150~, bringing me to negative figures since the Stars 25% reload bonus.
Taking tomorrow and Tuesday off with more intramural basketball and volleyball...so I might try to play a few on Wednesday evening I guess. Might have to spend that session reviewing hand histories though, just as a precaution to ensure I'm not making any huge mistakes...
Friday, March 6, 2009
Odds and Ends
Haven't really played at all this week, even though I've gained a few hours a day due to my screwed up sleeping schedule. I'll probably play a crap load of the SCOOP Events coming up in L and some in M...don't foresee myself buying into too many M directly but will definitely put some hours into some satellites. Things will be really picking up the next 2 weeks, so I'll probably these 2 weeks off and just get back to it when most of the busy things calm down after the 22nd of this month.
In a previous post when I mentioned coaching, I think I'm going to be putting that on hold for now until at least mid to end of April. I'll hopefully get a bunch of hand histories from playing the SCOOP and work off those. After the SCOOP series I'll probably place my focus in trying to win a seat to the WSOP ME in one way or another.
I've watched a few videos off StoxPoker since I recently picked up a membership, and I think I've found a few leaks in my game already that will probably allow me to lower variance and increase my win-rate in those turbo SnGs. Also considering picking up SnG Wizard and run that along with HEM, but I'm not entirely sure if that will be an overkill considering my volume isn't even that high.
Last but not least, but I think I'll be going to Vegas from April 28 to May 2 with some of my non-poker friends. That is still tentative, but I'm definitely going somewhere that one week where it bridges from the winter term to the fall term. My friends are leaning towards Vegas, so I'll probably spend those days doing non-poker related things with them that I haven't had a chance to do myself (Grand Canyon, more shows, etc). If things don't work out with them, I have found some flights back to Hong Kong for $800~, so that is also an option where I'll leave a bit earlier (like April 25 or something) and stay there for 2 weeks. Possibly make a short trip to Thailand or somewhere for a few days in between. After my last trip back to Hong Kong, I think that place is definitely more of a place I will visit for a week or so, but probably not be able to spend an extended period of time in.
In a previous post when I mentioned coaching, I think I'm going to be putting that on hold for now until at least mid to end of April. I'll hopefully get a bunch of hand histories from playing the SCOOP and work off those. After the SCOOP series I'll probably place my focus in trying to win a seat to the WSOP ME in one way or another.
I've watched a few videos off StoxPoker since I recently picked up a membership, and I think I've found a few leaks in my game already that will probably allow me to lower variance and increase my win-rate in those turbo SnGs. Also considering picking up SnG Wizard and run that along with HEM, but I'm not entirely sure if that will be an overkill considering my volume isn't even that high.
Last but not least, but I think I'll be going to Vegas from April 28 to May 2 with some of my non-poker friends. That is still tentative, but I'm definitely going somewhere that one week where it bridges from the winter term to the fall term. My friends are leaning towards Vegas, so I'll probably spend those days doing non-poker related things with them that I haven't had a chance to do myself (Grand Canyon, more shows, etc). If things don't work out with them, I have found some flights back to Hong Kong for $800~, so that is also an option where I'll leave a bit earlier (like April 25 or something) and stay there for 2 weeks. Possibly make a short trip to Thailand or somewhere for a few days in between. After my last trip back to Hong Kong, I think that place is definitely more of a place I will visit for a week or so, but probably not be able to spend an extended period of time in.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Sunday Donkaments
I ended up playing a bunch of Sunday tournaments yesterday, and obviously being the great player that I am, I only managed to min-cash one of them while bombing out on the other 4 that I played. There weren't really any interesting hands, but it's just nice to get back into the grind - also it was nice to be reminded how soft these tournaments are.
Most of the tournaments just involved me losing small pots after small pots, and occasionally losing a slightly bigger one leading to a dwindling stack. Between hands like flopping top 2 vs. a OESD and him getting there, or just coming out on the wrong end of a flip, it felt like it just wasn't meant to be.
I don't really know when I will get another Sunday where I can put in a semi-full schedule of tournaments in again, with intramural basketball taking up the next 2 Sundays, follow by a grad dinner the Sunday after. It probably won't be until SCOOP comes around before I am able to grind Sundays again.
Most of the tournaments just involved me losing small pots after small pots, and occasionally losing a slightly bigger one leading to a dwindling stack. Between hands like flopping top 2 vs. a OESD and him getting there, or just coming out on the wrong end of a flip, it felt like it just wasn't meant to be.
I don't really know when I will get another Sunday where I can put in a semi-full schedule of tournaments in again, with intramural basketball taking up the next 2 Sundays, follow by a grad dinner the Sunday after. It probably won't be until SCOOP comes around before I am able to grind Sundays again.
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