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2009-05-26T12:50:00.000-07:00

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First hand i play after coming back from wsop

2008-07-13T02:25:00.000-07:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #7196692739: Table Larson (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:04:40 ET - 2008/07/12
Seat 1: MotherFlusher ($877)
Seat 2: TheMasterJ33 ($2,000)
Seat 3: gaucho2121 ($4,573.90)
Seat 4: DaveCarl ($571)
Seat 5: sweet_pee_w ($1,905)
Seat 6: jmc2536 ($2,620)
DaveCarl posts the small blind of $10
sweet_pee_w posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [8s Jc]
jmc2536 folds
MotherFlusher folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to $60
gaucho2121 folds
DaveCarl folds
sweet_pee_w raises to $196
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 calls $136
*** FLOP *** [Tc Jd 2c]
sweet_pee_w bets $141
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 calls $141
*** TURN *** [Tc Jd 2c] [7s] <-----------how can i fold a pair and gutty
sweet_pee_w bets $583
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 calls $583
*** RIVER *** [Tc Jd 2c 7s] [6h]
sweet_pee_w bets $985, and is all in
TheMasterJ33 calls $985
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sweet_pee_w shows [9h Kh] King Jack high
TheMasterJ33 shows [8s Jc] a pair of Jacks
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot ($3,817) with a pair of Jacks

End Of WSOP

2008-07-13T00:43:00.000-07:00

I busted out of main event early on day 2 bleh bleh bleh. I ended up having 2 cashes for 34k total (13th place in 5k nl/limit and 16th place in 1500 6max) so i lost money at the wsop but I got 5th in the Fulltilt 750k for 31k a week before the main event. That online score put me up barely for the trip which is really nice. I cant wait for the WCOOP now.

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WSOP Event #2 1500NL

2008-06-02T00:46:00.000-07:00

I noticed nobody at the table and it was obviously a very weak table. I was opening anything playable and playing alot of pots trying to hit a big one. I was fighting with this other guy 2 to my left for control over the table. My stack was yoyo-ing from 2500 to 3500. You only start with 3k and 60bbs so i double up early is key. I opened 8Tdd utg to 150 at 25/50 LP called and bb called. flop was 997dd i bet 350 LP called and bb check raised to 1100 it was obv he had 9 but i cant fold in this spot given the odds and the horrible structure. I shoved and he had 96ss. Turn was 2d and river was 7. Nice tease of course.

0 for 2 cashing, -$11,500 in losses so far

WSOP First Event 10k Pot Limit Holdem

2008-06-01T22:40:00.000-07:00

My starting table consisted of david singer, ted lawson, chad brown, 2 unknowns who were decent/kind of weak, mike sexton, kevin sung? i think, andy bloch. I felt like i played perfect poker up to my busto hand. I was picking my spots so well and my bluff success rate was 100% if u dont count contiuation bets.

I only played 2 orbits at my new table when my bustout hand happened. I had no reads on the guy so it was a really marginal spot i should have avoided against a guy i dont know much about. Here is the pokernews hand history:

DeWitt is Crippled
Jason DeWitt was facing a pot-sized bet of 95,000 from David Stroj on a 6c8c4sJs board. After some long thought, DeWitt decided to put Stroj all in, as he had only a few thousand behind. Stroj quickly made the call. Stroj showed AA and DeWitt showed 77. The river was the Qh and Stroj doubled up to over 290,000. DeWitt has been crippled and now has under 8,000 chips remaining.

The MasterJ Theory in effect "No one folds a pair and a gutty"

So I bust 41th place when they are paying 36 spots (23k for cashing). This is the 2nd 10k event in a row i bubbled weeeeeeeeeeeee

Brought my A+ game to FTOPS #1 $215 6max 750 gtd

2008-05-08T04:16:00.000-07:00

I finished in 383rd place out of 4,158 players 492 got paid. I ended up losing a big coinflip for a top 20 stack. Here are the keys hands

Full Tilt Poker #6327956656: FTOPS Event #1, Table 328 - 20/40 - No Limit 2008/05/07
Seat 1: BroomItHere (2,990)
Seat 2: cdbncsu (3,350)
Seat 3: p00pymcp00py (3,050)
Seat 4: KCShuffler87 (2,855)
Seat 5: TheMasterJ33 (2,985)
Seat 6: lifetimeban (2,770)
TheMasterJ33 posts the small blind of 20
lifetimeban posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [8h 7s]
BroomItHere folds
cdbncsu folds
p00pymcp00py folds
KCShuffler87 folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 120
lifetimeban calls 80
*** FLOP *** [3d 7h Td]
TheMasterJ33 bets 145
lifetimeban raises to 380
TheMasterJ33 raises to 920
lifetimeban has requested TIME
lifetimeban calls 540
*** TURN *** [3d 7h Td] [Ks]
TheMasterJ33 bets 1,945, and is all in
lifetimeban folds
TheMasterJ33 mucks
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (2,080)

Full Tilt Poker #6329248038: FTOPS Event #1, Table 328 - 100/200
Seat 1: BroomItHere (2,690)
Seat 2: cdbncsu (2,926)
Seat 3: calibuds86 (5,070)
Seat 4: hunterandhank (16,397)
Seat 5: TheMasterJ33 (5,115)
Seat 6: maneshevitz (18,750)
hunterandhank posts the small blind of 100
TheMasterJ33 posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Jh Tc]
maneshevitz raises to 600
BroomItHere folds
cdbncsu folds
calibuds86 folds
hunterandhank folds
TheMasterJ33 calls 400
*** FLOP *** [4s 4c Ts]
TheMasterJ33 bets 550
maneshevitz raises to 2,950
TheMasterJ33 raises to 4,515, and is all in
maneshevitz calls 1,565
TheMasterJ33 shows [Jh Tc]
maneshevitz shows [Js Ks]
*** TURN *** [4s 4c Ts] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [4s 4c Ts Qc] [2h]
TheMasterJ33 shows two pair, Tens and Fours
maneshevitz shows a pair of Fours
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (10,330) with two pair, Tens and Fours

Full Tilt Poker #6329267426: FTOPS Event #1, Table 328 - 100/200
Seat 1: BroomItHere (2,690)
Seat 2: cdbncsu (2,926)
Seat 3: calibuds86 (5,070)
Seat 4: hunterandhank (14,097)
Seat 5: TheMasterJ33 (10,230)
Seat 6: maneshevitz (15,935)
maneshevitz posts the small blind of 100
BroomItHere posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Qs Qh]
cdbncsu folds
calibuds86 folds
hunterandhank raises to 700
TheMasterJ33 raises to 2,050
maneshevitz folds
BroomItHere folds
hunterandhank calls 1,350
*** FLOP *** [As 6s 7d]
hunterandhank bets 4,400
TheMasterJ33 has requested TIME
TheMasterJ33 folds
hunterandhank mucks
hunterandhank wins the pot (4,400)

Full Tilt Poker #6329547196: FTOPS Event #1, Table 328 - 120/240 Ante 25
Seat 1: BroomItHere (2,940)
Seat 2: SaugusStud (12,113)
Seat 3: SqueezR (8,232)
Seat 4: hunterandhank (13,798)
Seat 5: TheMasterJ33 (10,495)
Seat 6: maneshevitz (24,225)
TheMasterJ33 antes 25
TheMasterJ33 posts the small blind of 120
maneshevitz posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [7d Tc]
BroomItHere has 15 seconds left to act
BroomItHere folds
SaugusStud folds
SqueezR folds
hunterandhank folds
TheMasterJ33 calls 120
maneshevitz raises to 720
TheMasterJ33 raises to 2,350
maneshevitz calls 1,630
*** FLOP *** [6s 2h 8h]
TheMasterJ33 bets 4,225
maneshevitz folds
TheMasterJ33 mucks
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (4,850)

Full Tilt Poker #6329625451: FTOPS Event #1, Table 328 - 140/280 Ante 25
Seat 1: BroomItHere (4,805)
Seat 2: SaugusStud (12,573)
Seat 3: SqueezR (8,182)
Seat 4: hunterandhank (11,023)
Seat 5: TheMasterJ33 (15,924)
Seat 6: maneshevitz (19,296)
TheMasterJ33 antes 25
BroomItHere posts the small blind of 140
SaugusStud posts the big blind of 280
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [5d As]
SqueezR folds
hunterandhank folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 650
maneshevitz calls 650
BroomItHere folds
SaugusStud folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc 3s 3c]
TheMasterJ33 bets 1,050
maneshevitz raises to 3,080
TheMasterJ33 calls 2,030
*** TURN *** [Jc 3s 3c] [2s]
TheMasterJ33 checks
maneshevitz bets 5,040
TheMasterJ33 has requested TIME
TheMasterJ33 raises to 12,169, and is all in
maneshevitz folds
TheMasterJ33 mucks
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (18,110)

Full Tilt Poker Game #6329812886: FTOPS Event #1 (47811980), Table 328 - 170/340 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:48:51 ET - 2008/05/07
Seat 1: BroomItHere (5,036)
Seat 2: SaugusStud (12,688)
Seat 3: SqueezR (11,347)
Seat 4: hunterandhank (15,933)
Seat 5: TheMasterJ33 (16,738)
Seat 6: maneshevitz (10,061)
TheMasterJ33 antes 25
maneshevitz posts the small blind of 170
BroomItHere posts the big blind of 340
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [9d 8c]
SaugusStud raises to 680
SqueezR folds
hunterandhank calls 680
TheMasterJ33 raises to 2,800
maneshevitz folds
BroomItHere folds
SaugusStud folds
hunterandhank calls 2,120
*** FLOP *** [Ks 2c Ah]
hunterandhank bets 6,940
TheMasterJ33 raises to 13,880
hunterandhank has requested TIME
hunterandhank folds
TheMasterJ33 mucks
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (20,820)

Full Tilt Poker #6330406114: FTOPS Event #1, Table 591 - 400/800 Ante 100
Seat 1: RunItTrim (38,302)
Seat 2: jdp131s (13,383)
Seat 4: 1320atatime (100,023)
Seat 5: Xyven (16,123)
Seat 6: TheMasterJ33 (45,508)
TheMasterJ33 antes 100
TheMasterJ33 posts the small blind of 400
RunItTrim posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Jh 8h]
jdp131s folds
1320atatime folds
Xyven folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 2,400
RunItTrim raises to 6,666
TheMasterJ33 raises to 45,408, and is all in
RunItTrim folds
TheMasterJ33 mucks
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (13,832)

Full Tilt Poker #6330487703: FTOPS Event #1, Table 591 - 400/800 Ante 100
Seat 1: RunItTrim (32,835)
Seat 2: the guru 11 (45,265)
Seat 3: unafraidofu (29,013)
Seat 4: 1320atatime (99,223)
Seat 5: Xyven (27,006)
Seat 6: TheMasterJ33 (50,075)
TheMasterJ33 antes 100
unafraidofu posts the small blind of 400
1320atatime posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [8s Ac]
Xyven folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 2,000
RunItTrim folds
the guru 11 calls 2,000
unafraidofu calls 1,600
1320atatime folds
*** FLOP *** [8h 9c 6c]
unafraidofu checks
TheMasterJ33 checks
the guru 11 bets 4,875
unafraidofu folds
TheMasterJ33 calls 4,875
*** TURN *** [8h 9c 6c] [Qc]
TheMasterJ33 checks
the guru 11 checks
*** RIVER *** [8h 9c 6c Qc] [5s]
TheMasterJ33 checks
the guru 11 bets 8,425
TheMasterJ33 has requested TIME
TheMasterJ33 folds
the guru 11 mucks
the guru 11 wins the pot (17,150)

Full Tilt Poker #6330540291: FTOPS Event #1, Table 591 - 500/1000 Ante 125
Seat 1: RunItTrim (32,610)
Seat 2: the guru 11 (57,565)
Seat 3: unafraidofu (23,038)
Seat 4: 1320atatime (97,698)
Seat 5: Xyven (29,531)
Seat 6: TheMasterJ33 (42,975)
TheMasterJ33 antes 125
Xyven posts the small blind of 500
TheMasterJ33 posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Kh Ad]
RunItTrim raises to 2,444
the guru 11 folds
unafraidofu folds
1320atatime calls 2,444
Xyven folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 10,998
RunItTrim raises to 32,485, and is all in
1320atatime folds
TheMasterJ33 calls 21,487
RunItTrim shows [Qd Qc]
TheMasterJ33 shows [Kh Ad]
*** FLOP *** [8h 7s Ks]
*** TURN *** [8h 7s Ks] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [8h 7s Ks 7d] [Qs]
RunItTrim shows a full house, Queens full of Sevens
TheMasterJ33 shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
RunItTrim wins the pot (68,664) with a full house, Queens full of Sevens

Full Tilt Poker #6330550557: FTOPS Event #1, Table 591 - 500/1000 Ante 125
Seat 1: RunItTrim (68,664)
Seat 2: the guru 11 (57,440)
Seat 3: unafraidofu (22,913)
Seat 4: 1320atatime (95,129)
Seat 5: Xyven (28,906)
Seat 6: TheMasterJ33 (10,365)
TheMasterJ33 antes 125
TheMasterJ33 posts the small blind of 500
RunItTrim posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Ah 9s]
the guru 11 has 15 seconds left to act
the guru 11 raises to 2,825
unafraidofu folds
1320atatime folds
Xyven folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 10,240, and is all in
RunItTrim folds
the guru 11 calls 7,415
TheMasterJ33 shows [Ah 9s]
the guru 11 shows [Ad As]
*** FLOP *** [Qd Js 9d]
*** TURN *** [Qd Js 9d] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [Qd Js 9d 2c] [3s]
TheMasterJ33 shows a pair of Nines
the guru 11 shows a pair of Aces
the guru 11 wins the pot (22,230) with a pair of Aces

Top ten favorite things to say when im on tilt

2008-04-06T17:47:00.000-07:00

T. Nice min bet retard
9. Are u fucking serious
8. Do u know who the fuck u are messing with
7. Die u fucking shortstacker
6. Keep raising utg u fucking monkey
5. Oh u bet? im allinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
4. Son of a god damn bitch
3. Im definitely, definitely, definitely tilting
2. I cant catch a fucking hand
1. Fuck me to tears

I made it to the final 27 at WPT Reno

2008-03-27T05:23:00.001-07:00

But the funny thing is im home in indiana. Oh cardplayer u see someone with the last name Dewitt deep in a tourney u think it must be that beast jason dewitt with 45k in lives cashes but nope its some other degen with a different first name (jeff dewitt). Way to go cardplayer u are getting more hilarious everyday.

Big runs in the sunday tournies

2008-03-24T18:52:00.000-07:00

I had one of my best runs in the stars million and fulltil 750k gtd. I ended busting a little over 300th place after losing a huge pot for a top 10 stack in stars. i had AcJh against QQ on board of J94ccc. I then bubbled the final table of the fulltilt 750k gtd in 11th place. I busted on a standard hand shoving 77 with 11bbs and got called by TT. I think i only made one mistake the whole tourney which was this hand.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5759642995: $750,000 Guarantee (42346705)

Table 386 - 12000/24000 Ante 3000 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:12:56 ET - 2008/03/24

Seat 1: GhettoFabolous (745,895)

Seat 2: CapTinBisKuiT (877,903)

Seat 3: Jordan Morgan (1,296,494)

Seat 5: mingus (176,276)

Seat 7: Mur917 (1,177,176)

Seat 8: TheMasterJ33 (679,310)

TheMasterJ33 antes 3,000

Mur917 posts the small blind of 12,000

TheMasterJ33 posts the big blind of 24,000

The button is in seat #5

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Js Qs]

GhettoFabolous folds

CapTinBisKuiT raises to 56,480

Jordan Morgan folds

hahamingus folds

Mur917 folds

TheMasterJ33 calls 32,480

*** FLOP *** [Tc 4h 5d]

TheMasterJ33 checks

CapTinBisKuiT checks

*** TURN *** [Tc 4h 5d] [7h]

TheMasterJ33 bets 78,000

CapTinBisKuiT calls 78,000
*** RIVER *** [Tc 4h 5d 7h] [6s]

TheMasterJ33 bets 167,000

CapTinBisKuiT calls 167,000

*** SHOW DOWN ***

TheMasterJ33 shows [Js Qs] Queen Jack high

CapTinBisKuiT shows [9h 9c] a pair of Nines

CapTinBisKuiT wins the pot (632,960) with a pair of Nines

I made a big bluff before the money but i dont consider that one a bad bluff. On this hand the guy was opening alot of pots so im gonna defend everytime with a hand like QJs. I should have realized as soon as he checked back on flop he wasnt folding. He was type of guy who would have bet that flop with hands like AQ, J9, 22. When he checks the flop there he is almost always going to call down. Although the river was a scare card its still a bad bluff since hes in call down mode.

OH WOW A POST!

2008-03-16T23:57:00.000-07:00

Poker has been going better lately after being down 43k after aussie millions. Im on pace for my goal to make enough to play 100k in events at wsop. I won the ubet 200k a week ago for $45k. This is the 3rd time i have won this tourney and i have gotten 2nd in it twice. I think it might have been the best tourney i have ever played from the money bubble to the end. All of my sick bluffs worked. Its too bad i couldnt save some of the hands. My reads were so dead on.

Here was one of the hands with 50 left. Blinds are 2k/4k i have 135k which was near the top of the leaderboard bb has around 80k. i limp in sb with 36cc he checks in bb. flop was 775 rainbow i check he instantly bets the minimum 4k which i took as a sign of weakness from the instant bet so i call. turn is a 9 which gives me a double gutter i lead for 9k he raises to 22.5k after very little thought. i didnt think he had a 7 on flop so i dont see what he would raise for value here besides 68 for the straight so i obviously jam and he folds pretty fast.

I also recently went to the new casino in New Buffalo, MI which is like a hour away from where i live. I heard it would be like the 3rd biggest casino if it was in vegas. My friends were the ones that actually asked me to go. A couple of them have a slots addiction apparently. I played roulette while i was there. I think i found a new addiction. I lost my first $300 and was about to quit i only had $80 left but a few friends went to the bathroom so i decided to let it ride and hit a rush.
i was putting money on double zero all night and i was down to my last $20 i put it all on double zero. booooooooooom! ship the $700 it was so due. i have never been a fan of tables games but i have definitely found a likening for roulette now, such a great rush playing it.

The lesson learned from this post is always always always gamble to your last dollar.

Goals for 2008

2007-12-31T00:36:00.000-08:00

Im gonna own 2008 so bad. i hired a nutritionist, and hired my friend to be my assisant to motivate me to workout and get more organized. Its do or die time

-play 10/20nl on a regular basis
-play at least 8 10k events
-make at least 150k before the first wsop event
-spend 100k in buyin fees at the wsop
-win a braclet then make it rain
-buy a house
-get in the best shape of my life

-make at least one post a month on

my blog

This Is Why Im Hot

2007-10-03T14:56:00.000-07:00

I won the ultimatebet 200k gtd on sunday for $45k

WCOOP STATS

2007-10-03T14:15:00.000-07:00

I played 15 out of the 23 events and cashed 4 times. I planned to play 18 events but was getting burned out from playing so much.

My cashes
Event #5 $530 nl 117th/6025 $4,217.50

Event #7 $215 limit 2nd/2059 $53,639.87

Event #10 $320 heads up 80th/1886 $1,131.60

Event #12 $215 horse 145th/1639 $262.24

4 out of 15 / 26.6% cash rate

$8,765 buyins

$59,251.21 winnings

-$3,767 swapping

633% ROI <--------easily attainable

Betting lines I set

Over/Under 3.5 cashes OVER 4 CASHES

Over/Under 10k in cashes OVER 59k WINNINGS

Pimaster or Masterj33 for most pocketfives points for all the events we both play THEMASTERJ WINS

My Late NFL Picks For Week 3

2007-09-23T16:13:00.000-07:00

colts 13
chargers 1
cheifs 5
eagles 11
pats 16
jets 9
steelers 15
ravens 14
bucs 7
bronocos 12
seahawk 4
raiders 2
panthers 1
0redskins 8
bears 3
saints 6

The numbers by each team are based on a confidence scale from 1 to 16, giving higher marks to the games they i'm more confident in.

WCOOP #7 Limit Holdem 2nd place finish for $53k

2007-09-21T01:50:00.000-07:00

I have played 6 or 7 limit holdem tournies in my lifetime now and have 2 deep cashes. i also got 15th place in a ftops limit event during their first series. maybe i should play some more limit tournies although they put me on mega tilt since its easier to suckout. thanks to the pimaster for being the best railbird in the history of poker.

NFL Week 2 Picks

2007-09-13T05:44:00.000-07:00

Bengals 13
Colts 10
Rams 2
Giants 1
Steelers 12
Saints 6
Panthers 11
Jaguars 16
Lions 7
Cowboys 4
Seahawks 5
Bears 15
Broncos 14
Ravens 9
Patriots 3
Eagles 8

90 points going into monday night

The numbers by each team are based on a confidence scale from 1 to 16, giving higher marks to the games they i'm more confident in.

WCOOP Starts On Friday

2007-09-13T04:19:00.000-07:00

I couldnt be any more excited for this series. Im playing 18 out of the 23 events and its gonna cost me about $13k if i do 4 rebuys in the rebuy events. Im not playing events 2,4,11,18, and 21.

Betting lines
-Over/Under 3.5 cashes
-Over/Under 10k in cashes
-Pimaster or Masterj33 for most pocketfives points for all the events we both play

Event 1.....14th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$215...NL Holdem (6-max) - $400k gtd

Event 2.....14th Sep 07 16:30 ET.....$215...PL 5-Card Draw - $100k gtd

Event 3.....15th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$215...PL Omaha (6-max) - $200k gtd

Event 4.....15th Sep 07 16:30 ET.....$215...FL 2-7 Triple Draw - $100k gtd

Event 5.....16th Sep 07 16:30 ET.....$530...NL Holdem - $2 mil gtd

Event 6.....17th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$320...PL Omaha w/Rebuys - $400k gtd

Event 7.....18th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$215...FL Holdem - $100k gtdd

Event 8.....19th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$530...FL Omaha H/L - $300k gtd
Event 9.....20th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$215...NL Holdem w/Rebuys - $1 mil gtd

Event 10....21th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$320...NL Holdem Match Play - $500k gtd

Event 11....21th Sep 07 16:30 ET.....$215...Razz - $100k gtd

Event 12....22th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$215...HORSE - $200k gtd

Event 13....22th Sep 07 16:30 ET.....$530...PL Holdem - $400k gtd

Event 14....23th Sep 07 16:30 ET.....$1050...NL Holdem - $2 mil gtd

Event 15....24th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$320...FL Stud - $100k gtd

Event 16....25th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$320...PL Omaha H/L - $200k gtd

Event 17....26th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$320...NL Holdem (6-max) - $400k gtd

Event 18....27th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$530...FL Stud H/L - $200k gtd

Event 19....28th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$530...PL Omaha - $300k gtd

Event 20....28th Sep 07 16:30 ET.....$530...NL Triple Shootout - $300k gtd

Event 21....29th Sep 07 15:00 ET.....$5200...HORSE - $500k gtd

Event 22....29th Sep 07 16:30 ET.....$1050...FL Holdem - $200k gtd

Event 23....30th Sep 07 16:30 ET.....$2600...NL Main Event - $5 mil gtd

My NFL Picks For Week 1

2007-09-09T02:53:00.000-07:00

*Disclamier dont use these picks if you want to win money

Colts 7
Eagles 10 L
Texans 6
Broncos 9
Steelers 14
Rams 1 L
Falcons 5 L
Patriots 16
Dolphins 8 L
Jaguars 15 L
Chargers 11
Seahawks 12
Lions 4
Cowboys 13
Ravens 2 L
Cardinals 3 L

92pts out of 136 pts for the week puts me near the bottom of the leaderboard.

The numbers by each team are based on a confidence scale from 1 to 16, giving higher marks to the games they i'm more confident in.

EDIT- Seahawks 12 and Lions 4

You know you are a degenerate if...

2007-09-03T20:10:00.000-07:00

the highlight of you day is getting an email with the subject "High Stakes NFL Pool".

Deep Thoughts With TheMasterJ33

2007-08-31T21:31:00.000-07:00

PokerStars Tournament $150+$12 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/08/31 Table '58809315 24' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: flex212derde (3848 in chips)
Seat 2: margolino999 (1725 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: Lord.Kenneth (3420 in chips)
Seat 4: TheMasterJ33 (6292 in chips)
Seat 5: moledaddy (1695 in chips)
Seat 6: MYZONE (2520 in chips)
Seat 7: RPLRPL (8270 in chips)
Seat 8: TBagTierney (1590 in chips)
Seat 9: king10clubs (1400 in chips)
margolino999: posts small blind 50
Lord.Kenneth: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Jd Td]
TheMasterJ33: calls 100
moledaddy: folds
MYZONE: folds
RPLRPL: folds
TBagTierney: folds
king10clubs: folds
flex212derde: folds
margolino999: folds
Lord.Kenneth: raises 200 to 300 (lets see where this new guy at the table is from, oh hes from cophenhagen. he definitely doesnt have a monster then. thats a feeler bet)

TheMasterJ33: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [9d Js 3h] (we are playing for stacks)
Lord.Kenneth: bets 500
TheMasterJ33: calls 500 (i might as well slowplay my monster against the european lagtard)
*** TURN *** [9d Js 3h] [9h]
Lord.Kenneth: bets 1100
TheMasterJ33: raises 4392 to 5492 and is all-in (im putting it all on the line)
Lord.Kenneth: calls 1520 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [9d Js 3h 9h] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Lord.Kenneth: shows [Th Kh] (three of a kind, Nines) (wow big surprise K-T)
TheMasterJ33: shows [Jd Td] (a full house, Nines full of Jacks)
TheMasterJ33 collected 6890 from pot

FTOPS Prop Bet Standings (Final Edit)

2007-08-12T00:20:00.000-07:00

Gnightmoon has the $2,500nl event left
He needs to get 40th place or better to win

mandyb 2points
masterj 32points
gambler 0points
g-moon 105points +8.5k profit
pimast 0points

Gnightmoon gets 10th place in last event and wins $535 since no one cashed in main event

Im going to colorado

2007-08-11T01:56:00.001-07:00

I decided to go after all. Theres no turning around now

FTOPS V Event #1 $215 500k Hands

2007-08-09T00:34:00.000-07:00

There was 4,165 players for event #1. I misssed the money by 14 spots and got 599th place. I feel like i played really well and i dont regret my bustout hand. Here are all of the key hands

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 77 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: D2THEMFI (2,190)
Seat 2: POGermain (2,445)
Seat 3: Russell99 (4,000)
Seat 4: rossi094 (3,285)
Seat 5: hemlock1313 (2,480)
Seat 6: TheMasterJ33 (2,755)
Seat 7: jim5432 (3,745)
Seat 8: cwillie05 (3,200)
Seat 9: siestakeys (2,900)
POGermain posts the small blind of 25
Russell99 posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Qh Kd]
rossi094 folds
hemlock1313 folds
TheMasterJ33 calls 50
jim5432 folds
cwillie05 folds
siestakeys folds
D2THEMFI calls 50
POGermain calls 25
Russell99 checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 5h Qs]
POGermain checks
Russell99 checks
TheMasterJ33 checks
D2THEMFI bets 145
POGermain folds
Russell99 folds
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 raises to 465
D2THEMFI has 15 seconds left to act
D2THEMFI has requested TIME
D2THEMFI raises to 2,140, and is all in
TheMasterJ33 calls 1,675
D2THEMFI shows [Ts 8s]
TheMasterJ33 shows [Qh Kd]
*** TURN *** [3s 5h Qs] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [3s 5h Qs 2d] [Td]
D2THEMFI shows a pair of Tens
TheMasterJ33 shows a pair of Queens
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (4,480) with a pair of Queens

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 435 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: Raclure (2,340)
Seat 2: TheMasterJ33 (4,805)
Seat 3: Dubellow (2,615)
Seat 4: DCon_Blues (7,390)
Seat 5: MadNutz (4,087)
Seat 6: xsd87x (1,987)
Seat 7: dukeofny (13,029)
Seat 8: dapalma150 (3,890)
Seat 9: John Cernuto (11,701)
Raclure posts the small blind of 80
TheMasterJ33 posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [3h 5d]
Dubellow folds
DCon_Blues folds
MadNutz calls 160
xsd87x calls 160
dukeofny folds
dapalma150 folds
John Cernuto calls 160
Raclure calls 80
TheMasterJ33 checks
*** FLOP *** [7s 2c Kh]
Raclure checks
TheMasterJ33 checks
MadNutz checks
xsd87x checks
John Cernuto bets 480
Raclure folds
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 calls 480
MadNutz folds
xsd87x folds
*** TURN *** [7s 2c Kh] [Qc]
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 bets 850
John Cernuto has 15 seconds left to act
John Cernuto calls 850
*** RIVER *** [7s 2c Kh Qc] [9h]
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 bets 2,350
John Cernuto has 15 seconds left to act
John Cernuto folds
Uncalled bet of 2,350 returned to TheMasterJ33
TheMasterJ33 mucks
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (3,460)

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 435 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: Raclure (1,510)
Seat 2: TheMasterJ33 (5,750)
Seat 3: Dubellow (3,775)
Seat 4: DCon_Blues (2,768)
Seat 5: MadNutz (10,119)
Seat 6: HamSTACK (17,355)
Seat 7: dukeofny (12,909)
Seat 8: 2UpN2Down (18,772)
Seat 9: John Cernuto (9,586)
TheMasterJ33 antes 25
Dubellow posts the small blind of 120
DCon_Blues posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [6h Ah]
MadNutz folds
HamSTACK folds
dukeofny calls 240
2UpN2Down folds
John Cernuto folds
Raclure calls 240
TheMasterJ33 raises to 1,140
Dubellow folds
DCon_Blues folds
dukeofny calls 900
Raclure folds
*** FLOP *** [3h 7c 7h]
dukeofny bets 3,105
TheMasterJ33 raises to 4,585, and is all in
dukeofny calls 1,480
TheMasterJ33 shows [6h Ah]
dukeofny shows [9h 9s]
*** TURN *** [3h 7c 7h] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [3h 7c 7h 4s] [Ad]
TheMasterJ33 shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
dukeofny shows two pair, Nines and Sevens
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (12,275) with two pair, Aces and Sevens

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 435 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 2: TheMasterJ33 (14,538)
Seat 3: Dubellow (4,065)
Seat 4: DCon_Blues (2,233)
Seat 5: MadNutz (9,464)
Seat 6: HamSTACK (19,870)
Seat 7: dukeofny (5,166)
Seat 8: 2UpN2Down (18,237)
Seat 9: John Cernuto (8,116)
TheMasterJ33 antes 25
Raclure posts the small blind of 120
TheMasterJ33 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Ah 5d]
Dubellow folds
DCon_Blues folds
MadNutz folds
HamSTACK folds
dukeofny folds
2UpN2Down folds
John Cernuto raises to 480
Raclure folds
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 calls 240
*** FLOP *** [8s 9h 7h]
TheMasterJ33 checks
John Cernuto bets 240
TheMasterJ33 calls 240
*** TURN *** [8s 9h 7h] [Ad]
TheMasterJ33 checks
John Cernuto bets 1,200
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 calls 1,200
*** RIVER *** [8s 9h 7h Ad] [5s]
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 bets 1,459
John Cernuto calls 1,459
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TheMasterJ33 shows [Ah 5d] two pair, Aces and Fives
John Cernuto shows [8d 8c] three of a kind, Eights
John Cernuto wins the pot (7,103) with three of a kind, Eights

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 435 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: obiwonster (15,920)
Seat 2: TheMasterJ33 (11,609)
Seat 3: Dubellow (5,624)
Seat 4: ratmandave (7,004)
Seat 5: atizx (3,213)
Seat 6: HamSTACK (16,511)
Seat 7: dukeofny (13,681)
Seat 8: 2UpN2Down (22,561)
Seat 9: John Cernuto (16,425)
TheMasterJ33 antes 50
Dubellow posts the small blind of 200
ratmandave posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [6s 9d]
atizx folds
HamSTACK folds
dukeofny folds
2UpN2Down has 15 seconds left to act
2UpN2Down raises to 1,000
John Cernuto folds
obiwonster folds
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 raises to 3,259
Dubellow folds
ratmandave has 15 seconds left to act
ratmandave folds
2UpN2Down has 15 seconds left to act
2UpN2Down folds
Uncalled bet of 2,259 returned to TheMasterJ33
TheMasterJ33 mucks
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (3,050)

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 435 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: obiwonster (11,166)
Seat 2: TheMasterJ33 (13,309)
Seat 3: Dubellow (5,074)
Seat 4: ratmandave (10,208)
Seat 5: MrSmokey1 (27,361)
Seat 6: HamSTACK (14,161)
Seat 7: dukeofny (15,231)
Seat 8: 2UpN2Down (24,561)
Seat 9: John Cernuto (18,838)
TheMasterJ33 antes 50
obiwonster posts the small blind of 200
TheMasterJ33 posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Th Qc]
Dubellow folds
ratmandave has 15 seconds left to act
ratmandave raises to 1,200
MrSmokey1 folds
HamSTACK folds
dukeofny calls 1,200
2UpN2Down folds
John Cernuto calls 1,200
obiwonster folds
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 calls 800
*** FLOP *** [Ks Jh 9h]
TheMasterJ33 checks
ratmandave checks
dukeofny bets 5,450
John Cernuto folds
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 raises to 12,059, and is all in
ratmandave folds
dukeofny has 15 seconds left to act
dukeofny calls 6,609
TheMasterJ33 shows [Th Qc]
dukeofny shows [Qs Kc]
*** TURN *** [Ks Jh 9h] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Jh 9h 9s] [8h]
TheMasterJ33 shows a straight, King high
dukeofny shows two pair, Kings and Nines
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (29,568) with a straight, King high

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 423 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: stevie444 (15,772)
Seat 2: ben36 (9,041)
Seat 3: ronrap1 (5,645)
Seat 4: Redtrash (5,430)
Seat 5: TheMasterJ33 (29,616)
Seat 6: half1time (33,796)
Seat 7: YoungSupremacy (8,059)
Seat 8: THEnaturalACE (10,141)
Seat 9: mcdonk (6,813), is sitting out
TheMasterJ33 antes 75
ben36 posts the small blind of 300
ronrap1 posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Ad As]
Redtrash has 15 seconds left to act
Redtrash folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 1,399
half1time folds
YoungSupremacy folds
THEnaturalACE calls 1,399
mcdonk folds
stevie444 has 15 seconds left to act
stevie444 folds
ben36 folds
ronrap1 has 15 seconds left to act
ronrap1 is sitting out
ronrap1 has timed out
ronrap1 folds
*** FLOP *** [Qs 4h 7h]
ronrap1 has returned
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 bets 2,499
THEnaturalACE calls 2,499
*** TURN *** [Qs 4h 7h] [5d]
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 bets 6,259
THEnaturalACE calls 6,168, and is all in
TheMasterJ33 shows [Ad As]
THEnaturalACE shows [7c 7d]
Uncalled bet of 91 returned to TheMasterJ33
*** RIVER *** [Qs 4h 7h 5d] [Td]
TheMasterJ33 shows a pair of Aces
THEnaturalACE shows three of a kind, Sevens
THEnaturalACE wins the pot (21,707) with three of a kind, Sevens

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 124 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit
Seat 1: TheMasterJ33 (17,825)
Seat 2: pookie_p (4,950)
Seat 3: JC Pizzle (15,050)
Seat 4: v r s i x (33,307)
Seat 5: ELIAB67 (16,554)
Seat 6: TuckYouIn (15,313)
Seat 7: ArkieBassMan (12,278)
Seat 8: hemlock1313 (17,573)
Seat 9: soren d (8,086)
TheMasterJ33 antes 100
pookie_p posts the small blind of 400
JC Pizzle posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Ks 7d]
v r s i x folds
ELIAB67 folds
TuckYouIn folds
ArkieBassMan folds
hemlock1313 folds
soren d folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 2,059
pookie_p raises to 4,850, and is all in
JC Pizzle folds
TheMasterJ33 calls 2,791
pookie_p shows [Ah Qs]
TheMasterJ33 shows [Ks 7d]
*** FLOP *** [Ac Jh 2d]
*** TURN *** [Ac Jh 2d] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [Ac Jh 2d 8c] [Qd]
pookie_p shows two pair, Aces and Queens
TheMasterJ33 shows Ace King high
pookie_p wins the pot (11,400) with two pair, Aces and Queens

Full Tilt Poker FTOPS Event #1 (22618705), Table 124 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit
Seat 1: TheMasterJ33 (12,875)
Seat 2: pookie_p (9,300)
Seat 3: JC Pizzle (14,150)
Seat 4: v r s i x (31,107)
Seat 5: ELIAB67 (16,454)
Seat 6: TuckYouIn (11,914)
Seat 7: ArkieBassMan (14,278)
Seat 8: hemlock1313 (24,972)
Seat 9: soren d (5,886)
TheMasterJ33 antes 100
JC Pizzle posts the small blind of 400
v r s i x posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Qd Kd]
ELIAB67 folds
TuckYouIn has 15 seconds left to act
TuckYouIn folds
ArkieBassMan calls 800
hemlock1313 folds
soren d folds
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 raises to 2,699
pookie_p folds
JC Pizzle has 15 seconds left to act
JC Pizzle folds
v r s i x folds
ArkieBassMan calls 1,899
*** FLOP *** [2c Td 8h]
ArkieBassMan checks
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 bets 10,076, and is all in <--------i should have bet only 4k but i would have to call his allin anyway

ArkieBassMan calls 10,076
TheMasterJ33 shows [Qd Kd]
ArkieBassMan shows [Ah Th]
*** TURN *** [2c Td 8h] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [2c Td 8h 8c] [4d]
TheMasterJ33 shows a pair of Eights
ArkieBassMan shows two pair, Tens and Eights
ArkieBassMan wins the pot (27,650) with two pair, Tens and Eights
TheMasterJ33 stands up

New Tuff_Fish Video

2007-08-02T04:27:00.000-07:00

Tuff_Fish qualifed for the sunday million last week and made a video. Its a must see if you want to improve your tourney game.

Check it out here.

http://www.fstln.com/sunday/sunday_mil.html

Im turning into a big fish

2007-07-26T02:19:00.000-07:00

Well i'm gradually losing my bankroll by playing really stupid. Every time i start my session down i try to chase back my loses by playing reckless. I cant make big folds and make too many bluffs. I need to put a stop to these bad habits.

Steps to turn things around

-Immediately quit the session once i get down 2 buyins

-Drop to 2/4 and 3/6nl for a couple sessions to get my groove back

-Limit the tables i play to 4 at a time

One of my sickest bluffs ever

2007-07-25T01:11:00.000-07:00

There was 17 players left when this hand happened.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3030338310: $25,000 Guarantee
(22574856), Table 47 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit
Hold'em - 22:56:43 ET - 2007/07/22
Seat 1: wmmcl (191,869)
Seat 2: TheMasterJ33 (126,248)
Seat 3: Purkell (44,104)
Seat 4: kgilbert13 (53,586)
Seat 5: pokerladychamp (90,629)
Seat 8: Laura Ashley (130,578)
Seat 9: DAFLOP23 (106,935)
TheMasterJ33 antes 500
wmmcl posts the small blind of 2,000
TheMasterJ33 posts the big blind of 4,000
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Js 4h]
Purkell folds
kgilbert13 folds
pokerladychamp folds
Laura Ashley raises to 12,000
DAFLOP23 folds
wmmcl has 15 seconds left to act
wmmcl raises to 34,000
TheMasterJ33 raises to 125,748, and is all in
Laura Ashley folds
wmmcl has 15 seconds left to act
wmmcl has requested TIME
wmmcl folds
Uncalled bet of 91,748 returned to TheMasterJ33
TheMasterJ33 mucks
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (83,500)

Laura Ashley was raising quite often in late position and i thought wmmcl picked up on that too so i thought their was a really good chance wmmcl didnt have a premium hand and couldnt call my allin.

I ended up getting 2nd place for $6,600.

I played on partypoker last night

2007-07-24T01:51:00.000-07:00

It felt like i was making sweet love to an ex-girlfriend. It got pretty hot and heavy. Hopefully next time i can pay you money to get some action. We will meet again partypoker.

miss you,

masterj

My wsop main event

2007-07-12T01:06:00.000-07:00

My table looked pretty solid. There was a couple of average players at the table but the rest of them were real solid. The only person i recognized was chip jett 2 to my right. I decided to play tight since my table was playing solid and not make a big bluff in early levels. I was gonna try and see alot of flop early on though. Here are the most notable hands

50/100
utg raises to 300 i call on button with 78s both blinds call. flop comes T-8-8 (2 clubs). utg bets 750 i flat call blinds fold. turn comes 9 of clubs he checks i bet 1200 he calls my read was that he had overpair with club here. river was 6d he checks i bet 1800 he folds. i really regret not raising this on the flop but i think he gets away from his overpair here on turn anyways.

i raise in MP to 300 with TsTc guy behind me calls SB reraises to 1350 i call i can tell this guy has a monster. flop comes q-9-6 all diamonds he checks i check turn comes the jack of clubs he checks i think about betting here but i thought he would call, it looks he has two black kings or aces. turn comes a blank he checks i check he shows two black aces. i end this level at 21.5k

100/200
i look down at AhQh in the bb after two players limped i raise to 1200 and only the first limper calls. flop comes 3-7-7r i bet 1400 he calls turn comes a 9 i bet 2600 he calls river comes a jack and it goes check-check he shows 44. i gave this guy credit for making a good call after i saw him call a riverbet with jack high in a raised blind vs blind battle. But at the same time he goes out by playing a gigantic 80k pot in the 2nd level with AK on a board of A-8-6 against a set of 66 when he should obviously have folded. i end this level with 16.5k

200/400
A HUGE INTERESTING HAND!
i raise to 1100 with AsQc in the hijack the cutoff calls after a 20 sec think. flop comes 8-3-4 (2 hearts) i bet 1600 he calls. turn comes another 8 he bets 2500 i really thought he was on flush draw so i call.river comes a total blank the deuce of spades. i check he instantly bets 5k i remember looking at him when he showed down a good hand and his body language looked different this time. his pulse on his neckwas beating like crazy i was expecting to see KhQh or AhJh. So i make the call with Ace high queen kicker! he doesnt want to turn over his hand so im high-fiving myself in my head then he reluctantly turns over AhKh i show my AQ and he celebrates his great value bet. Never underestimate the physical read.

there was 2 limpers in front of me sb completes i look down at AK in the bb i shove allin for 6450 total.i really didnt think i was gonna get called but i wanted it to look like i was on tilt and get a call from a hand like AT/AJ. The lp limper ended up thinking for 2 mintues and calls with 77 with 5k behind after calling, i win the race.

i raise to 1200 with 88 in EP chip jett calls in bb. flop comes 5-9-6r. he checks i bet 1800 he check raises to 4200 i really thought he had a big hand here i dont think he would have folded if i went allin. i head to dinner break with 8.7k

200/400 ante 50
they all fold to the sb he limps i check j3 in bb. flop comes j-t-3 he bets 1050 i raise to 3k he putsme allin i call he shows QT my hand holds

i raise to 1200 with AcKs in MP the button calls. flop comes 6-9-3 (2 spades) i bet 1800 he calls i put him on a medium pair. turn comes another 3 i bet 4k he thinks for 30 seconds and calls. river is a 8 flush misses i have 9,300 left and decide to jam in. i had a tight image and i thought he would have to give me respect if i tripel barreled but of course he calls with 77. i dont give him any respect for making this call. he was one of the 3 average players at the table. i always bluff the wrong guy, something i really need to work on.

I will try to post my other wsop prelim tournies later.

F Vegas

2007-07-10T01:13:00.001-07:00

Im out of the main event. Everything they could wrong did this trip. This is the first time i havent left vegas profiting money. F VEGAS

My First 2 Events of the WSOP

2007-06-10T23:08:00.000-07:00

I have played 3 events so far heres what happened in the first 2. The first was the 2000nl and i didnt last past the 2nd level. There was only 1 interesting hand.

25/50

I have about 3,800 when this happens. I have JJ. The big fish at the table min raises to 100 in MP and then the button makes it 400. I have seen this guy squeeze preflop already once and he was playing pretty aggressive so i thought i had the best hand and reraised to 1125. He then went allin for 2,150 more. I thought the guy would reraise less than with KK or AA against the fish so i put him on AK and made the marginal call. He shows KK. I shouldnt be playing allin pots with jacks in the first and second level. I should have just called the 400 and lead at the flop or fold.

1500nl shorthanded

25/50
I start off at a juicy table with jennifer tilly. I pick off a couple of bluffs and then i bluff it all back by reraising the button with 4-5s. He raised to 200 and he looked weak so i reraised to 575. he called and i bet 650 on a k-q-7 rainbow flop. he went allin for like 1500 more. i have no idea what this guy had.

I unforunately get moved from that juicy table to issac haxton's table. I have alot of respect for his game. Issac was raising almost everytime it was folded to him. He was in the cutoff when i was in the big blind so i knew i was in for a big challenge. I decided to just play tight and use it to my advantage.

Issac raises to 150 in the cuttoff and the sb calls i decide to call with q-8o. it comes k-q-q and the sb leads for 200 i called it pretty fast/weakly to make it look like i dont have a queen. Issac then raises to 1k the small blind folds i think about it for a little bit and call since im pretty confident issac is bluffing. turn comes a 9 i check he gives up, T on river check-check. My fast call won me a bigger pot i really liked how i played it. He outplayed me a few times im pretty sure and got most of those chips back from me. I reraise him once with 6-8o since i had a tight image and succeeded.

50/100
Issac gets busted on a cooler hand so im happy. So im at 4700 now, the new chipleader limps utg i limp on button with 44. flop comes j-4-8 (2 hearts) chipleader bets 350 i raise to 850. he
thinks about putting me allin/reraising but ends up flat calling. turn is the K of hearts check-check. river is a 3 non-heart he bets 1k i decide to pay off. He had q-j of hearts.

100/200-100/200(w/ante)-150/300(ante)-200/400(ante)
i get moved to a new table which was playing really soft. There was this native american who was making these huge overbets on flops and raising 5-6x the blind preflop. Everytime he saw weakness preflop he was raising. I was waiting to trap him for all my chips. I was grinding a 20bb stack in about every one of these levels. There was no big pots just a bunch of small pots. I was pretty card dead, I jammed a couple of times with a-q and a-j when i thought they were the best hand.

200/400 ante 50
There was 1400 or so players in this event and they will done to 170-175 players when this happened 126 get paid. The crazy native american limps in sb i check in bb with q-8o. I started
the hand with 8,200 and he had 4,500 (he had about 14k a couple hands ago but he donked a bunch off). Flop comes a-k-k and he instantly shoved allin. i knew what was going thru his head he knew i would probably put him allin or raise preflop with an ace so he thinks i cant call. But i call him pretty quickly and go with my instincts. he has j-2 of diamonds and hits running diamonds, great hand squanto.

I now have 3,600 and get moved to a new table immediately after that last hand. i notice joe awada has a monster stack. i move in on my 2nd hand with a-6s and pick up blinds. About an orbit later im in sb joe raises to 900 on button i shove in with a-9 for 4000 total and he called a-8s. i lose to diamond flush again and miss the money by about 40 players. I feel like i played perfect and dont regret any decision i made just ran bad in all of the big pots i played.

E.G. Harvin from the Foxwoods WPT LMAO!!

2007-05-28T02:08:00.000-07:00

If you havent seen this episode yet check out pokertube.com. Im amazed how many donks keep making final tables of the world poker tour. I really need to start playing some of these events. The guy who gets 2nd place, E.G. Harvin, reminds me of the players at the $12 double shooutout satellites for the pokerstars million tourney. He calls almost every contiuation bet, limps into every pot, makes thses maniac bluffs, gives off a million tells, folds playable hands in the bb to a raise then all of a sudden defend with j-3 suited, and never folds a pair. He completely owned Mimi Tran and Mimi had position on him almost every time. This guy has so many tells and it didnt even look like Mimi tried to get a physical read when she had a decision against him. But the eventual winner, Nenad Medic, played him like a fiddle. He was getting paid off everytime he hit a hand, giving E.G. rope to hang himself, and avoiding marginal situations against him. My favorite hand is when E.G. calls a 500k bet on the river in a 1.1 million pot against Nenad with 33 on a board of Q-5-9-4-A, Classic.

There is no way somone like E.G. can make a wpt final table in Vegas. The skill level is so much higher at final tables in Vegas and the west coast. So if everything is going well after the wsop im gonna play some of the weaker wpt events.

My choices:
1) 2007 GULF COAST POKER CHAMPIONSHIP (WPT)
09-06-2007 to 09-09-2007
Biloxi, MS

2) 2007 BORGATA POKER OPEN (WPT)
09-16-2007 to 09-20-2007
Atlantic City, NJ

3) 2007 NORTH AMERICAN POKER CHAMPIONSHIP (WPT)
10-07-2007 to 10-13-2007
Niagra Falls, Canada

4)2007 WORLD POKER FINALS (WPT)
10-22-2007 to 11-13-2007
Foxwoods Resort Casino
Ledyard, CT

Another Deep Run in a Big Tourney FTOPS Event #1 500k $216 NL Holdem

2007-05-12T00:31:00.000-07:00

There was 2,573 players and first was 94k.

There was a little while after the the money bubble burst.
Full Tilt Poker Game #2406085807: FTOPS Event #1 (15942144), Table 120 - 1700/3400 Ante 400 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:12:12 ET - 2007/05/12
Seat 1: Tmay420 (110,967)
Seat 2: GamBaLLer21 (289,368)
Seat 3: TheMasterJ33 (86,466)
Seat 4: mathiss (263,725)
Seat 5: ShortGamma (39,216)
Seat 7: BetBetBet (151,177)
Seat 8: E_503 (175,084)
Seat 9: Swami54 (209,792)
TheMasterJ33 antes 400
Tmay420 posts the small blind of 1,700
GamBaLLer21 posts the big blind of 3,400
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Qd Qh]
TheMasterJ33 raises to 8,999
mathiss folds
ShortGamma folds
BetBetBet folds
E_503 folds
Swami54 folds
Tmay420 folds
GamBaLLer21 calls 5,599 <-----------i raised the last 3 of 5 hands so that i had to factor in defending his bb.
*** FLOP *** [5s Jc Ad]
GamBaLLer21 checks
TheMasterJ33 checks
*** TURN *** [5s Jc Ad] [4d]
GamBaLLer21 bets 14,444
TheMasterJ33 calls 14,444
*** RIVER *** [5s Jc Ad 4d] [9d]
GamBaLLer21 bets 265,525, and is all in <----------overbet of pot on river. im showing lots of weakness and it doesnt
look like he wants a call. shippppppppp

TheMasterJ33 calls 62,623, and is all in
Uncalled bet of 202,902 returned to GamBaLLer21
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GamBaLLer21 shows [Kc Ts] (Ace King high)
TheMasterJ33 shows [Qd Qh] (a pair of Queens)
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (177,032) with a pair of Queens

About 100 left with above avg. stack
The GambleGambel bluff - no pair no draw im allinnnnnnnnnnnn
Full Tilt Poker Game #2406285906: FTOPS Event #1 (15942144), Table 120 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:49:00 ET - 2007/05/12
Seat 1: Tmay420 (99,667)
Seat 2: GamBaLLer21 (158,468)
Seat 3: TheMasterJ33 (211,632)
Seat 4: mathiss (194,411)
Seat 6: get_that (148,449)
Seat 7: BetBetBet (74,866)
Seat 8: sameshtdiffday (130,724)
Seat 9: Micdiddy (451,753)
TheMasterJ33 antes 750
BetBetBet posts the small blind of 3,000
sameshtdiffday posts the big blind of 6,000
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Js 5s]
Micdiddy folds
Tmay420 folds
GamBaLLer21 folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 16,199 <------------the table was playing really tight so i decided to open with a wide range

mathiss folds
get_that folds
BetBetBet folds
sameshtdiffday calls 10,199
Mister_Tea sits down
*** FLOP *** [3d Ac Ad]
sameshtdiffday checks
TheMasterJ33 bets 16,800
sameshtdiffday calls 16,800
*** TURN *** [3d Ac Ad] [Th]
sameshtdiffday bets 24,800 <-----------------i dont think he plays an ace like this
TheMasterJ33 raises to 177,883, and is all in
sameshtdiffday has 15 seconds left to act
sameshtdiffday folds
Uncalled bet of 153,083 returned to TheMasterJ33
TheMasterJ33 mucks
TheMasterJ33 wins the pot (124,598)

36 left still above avg stack TheMaster blowup
Full Tilt Poker Game #2406334769: FTOPS Event #1 (15942144), Table 120 - 4000/8000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:58:26 ET - 2007/05/12
Seat 1: Tmay420 (71,667)
Seat 2: GamBaLLer21 (195,468)
Seat 3: TheMasterJ33 (221,532)
Seat 4: mathiss (190,411)
Seat 5: Mister_Tea (70,296)
Seat 6: get_that (176,348)
Seat 7: BetBetBet (85,866)
Seat 9: Micdiddy (546,928)
TheMasterJ33 antes 1,000
TheMasterJ33 posts the small blind of 4,000
mathiss posts the big blind of 8,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Jc Th]
Mister_Tea folds
get_that folds
BetBetBet folds
Micdiddy raises to 20,000 <--------chipleader was raising everytime it was folded to him
Tmay420 folds
GamBaLLer21 folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 58,500 <-------------good spot to pick up some chips
mathiss folds
Micdiddy calls 38,500 <-----------oh shit he called.
*** FLOP *** [Ad Ks 5d]
TheMasterJ33 checks <-------------giving up with that flop
Micdiddy checks
*** TURN *** [Ad Ks 5d] [4s]
Rex55 sits down
Rex55 adds 45,878
TheMasterJ33 bets 42,000 <-------------maybe he didnt hit that flop how about i make a feeler bet
Micdiddy calls 42,000 <-----------------oops better give up now looks like an ace or k-q
*** RIVER *** [Ad Ks 5d 4s] [Tc]
TheMasterJ33 bets 120,032, and is all in <-------------TheMaster Blowup.
Micdiddy: merry christmas
Micdiddy calls 120,032
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TheMasterJ33 shows [Jc Th] (a pair of Tens)
Micdiddy shows [Ac Td] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
Micdiddy wins the pot (457,064) with two pair, Aces and Tens

Sweating to the oldies

2007-04-26T23:03:00.000-07:00

I have been getting up before noon the last 2 weeks and lifting weights or running almost everyday. My poker results have really improved since i have started working out. Im up about 40k the last 2 weeks playing mostly 10/20nl on fulltilt. I feel like i play much more focused now and hardly tilt.

Im starting to really hate blogging. I started a blog to try and write long thougthful posts but i have no desire to do that. I wanted to get my brain thinking since i only use it to play poker. I guess I will stick to short retarded posts like this one. F BLOGGING

Note To Self: Dont Make A Guarantee Again

2007-04-09T02:56:00.000-07:00

Its kind of hard to make $25k in a week when you only play 16 hours in a week and lose $16k the first two days.

apr. 2 -6354.50 ~1 hour (10/20nl stars)
apr. 3 -9709 ~1.5 hours (10/20 plo)
apr. 4 +8684 ~3 hours (10/20nl fulltilt)
apr. 5 +195.85 ~3 hours (10/20nl fulltilt)
apr. 6 +4831.75 ~2.5 hours (10/20nl fulltilt)
apr. 8 -590 ~5 hours (sunday tourneys)

Down -$2941.90 for the week.

Im gonna to focus on playing 10/20nl on fulltilt this week and see if i can make $25k this week.

Why Cant Anybody Fold Ace High To A Stop And Go

2007-04-09T02:39:00.000-07:00

Halfway thru the Fulltilt 400k with above avg. stack

(15786157), Table 77 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:03:03 ET - 2007/04/08
Seat 1: TheMasterJ33 (7,718)
Seat 2: shamas otoole (12,800)
Seat 3: ck74 (8,151)
Seat 4: ChipnaChrrrr (4,390)
Seat 5: pokerpayne (3,530)
Seat 6: XTraCey (3,780)
Seat 7: Lopov (4,120)
Seat 8: OutPlayMeNow86 (8,460)
Seat 9: uisageezer (13,125)
pokerpayne posts the small blind of 100
XTraCey posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #4*** HOLE CARDS
***Dealt to TheMasterJ33 [Ac Qs]
Lopov folds OutPlayMeNow86 folds uisageezer folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 529
shamas otoole raises to 2,500
ck74 folds ChipnaChrrrr folds pokerpayne folds XTraCey folds
TheMasterJ33 calls 1,971
*** FLOP *** [8c 8d Jd]
TheMasterJ33 bets 5,218, and is all
inshamas otoole calls 5,218 <---------------calls after 1.9 seconds
TheMasterJ33 shows [Ac Qs]
shamas otoole shows [Kd Ah]
*** TURN *** [8c 8d Jd] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [8c 8d Jd 4s] [7d]
inshamas otoole wins the pot (15,736)

He reraised a guy 3 hands earlier and made a normal sized reraise so i put him on AK when he made this huge reraise. So I thought shoving on a non ace or king flop would be the best play.

I get looked up nonstop with ace high when i do stop and goes. Almost everytime they look me up they are behind. This guy was just lucky that this was one of those times. Whoever thought of the poker stop and go is brillant.

Im going busto on pokerstars

2007-04-02T22:38:00.000-07:00

I played two tables at stars and two tables at fulltilt 10/20nl. It was mostly all from stars. This superlag calling station was basically owning me. Anytime i hit a hand against him he would have hit it better. I barely have any money left on stars now. I only played for a little over a hour because i lost 2 buyins at the same time and decided nothing good is gonna come if i keep playing.

-$6,354.50 so far.
$31,354.50 to go.

I guarantee that i will make $25k this week

2007-04-01T23:42:00.000-07:00

I need to start to making some money so i can spend some serious dough at the wsop. Im even so far for the year mainly because of losing at 25/50 plo and lack of motivation.

So for the week of April 2nd-8th i guarantee im gonna bank $25k playing nothing higher than 10/20. I really feel like kicking some ass this week. I feel so relaxed and focused because i have been starting to work out on a regular basis.

If anybody wants to take any bets on this let me know.

Heartland Poker Tour Gary, IN And The Guy Who Folds Kings Preflop To Me

2007-03-25T21:53:00.000-07:00

The buyin was $2700 to play against the best construction workers, farmers, and ghetto black people in the Gary area. There was 208 players and first place was 141k. The structure was not too bad. You start with 15k in chips and blinds start at 100/100 with 40 minute levels.

My table was super weak besides one guy who was playing perfect poker. He had some major game. I was completely owning the first 3 hours. Floating flops when i thought they were weak and taking it away on a later street. Every single one of my bluffs worked besides one. The one that didnt work was a blind on blind war and the guy called me with A-7 on a k-8-9-6-7 board. It went check-check on flop. He bet the pot on turn 400 and i called with a pair of 6s. i put him on an open ended on turn. he bet 500 on river and i raised him 1000 more. I think its a great bluff even though the guy was a major donkey. One guy who i was completely owning was getting really frustrated with me and kept commenting how i bluff all the time. i only got busted bluffing one hand!

I got up to 38k in chips at one point then i made my only mistake of the tourney. this new guy at the table min raised my big blind to 1200 on the button. i called with k-8 (no spades). it came k-3-2 all spades. i checked he bet 1200 i raised 2400 more then he went allin for 6000 more. It was such an easy laydown but i just suffered a mental lapse.

So i basically went no where for the next 2 levels. the blinds went from 300/600 to 400/800 to 500/1000 then to 1k/2k. once it got to 1k/2k it turned into a shove fest. i knew i had win to a coinflip soon to start a run to the money.
i had 26k and shoved in the small blind with k-q and the big blind had 99. i barely had him covered and that was basically it.

I feel like im playing so much better in tournaments now. I used to show a bluff to get paid off easier when i hit a hand but i think the best strategy now is to try and get respect. They will call you anyway if you are being active at the table and i will probably get busted bluffing eventually. This style was working really well when i was playing the $560 satellite the night before the main event tourney. I was showing good hands when people were calling me and i didnt reraise someone once preflop. So i reraised preflop this one guy who i thought was picking on limpers a little bit too much and i thought i would get respect if i reraised. He was a pretty good player so i know he will lay a hand down like 10s to me. He folds less 10 seconds after i raise him saying that he knows i have aces and folds his kings face up!!!!! i had 5-6 offsuit.

i was playing not even close to nitty but i was showing down good hands when i was called. I was trying this strategy in a 5/10nl cash game at the casino the day before the main event and it was working really well. i was showing down good hands at the start then i started just stealing like crazy so easily. It was a good thing i was getting respect because i has having a very hard time hitting a hand. I did two 3-barrel bluffs and both of them worked because they saw me show down really good hands when i was called. Although eventually they did see some of the crap hands i was raising with.

I feel like im really on to something. Watch out world series of poker.

Key Hands from tournies. Whats your move?

2007-03-20T13:20:00.000-07:00

Hand from sundays ultimatebet 200k with 20 left. im about 8/9th in chips
No Read on the guy hes only been at the table for an orbit

Started at 18/Mar/07 22:33:13
Buckohfive is at seat 0 with 119820.
spiker123 is at seat 1 with 197280.
Tamsusis is at seat 2 with 73620.
Fish991 is at seat 3 with 107400.
highroller48 is at seat 4 with 166935.
Kingdan23 is at seat 5 with 148465.
TheMasterJ33 is at seat 6 with 114850.
leavingegypt is at seat 7 with 204080.
DeathDealer14 is at seat 8 with 53045.
Froggy_06 is at seat 9 with 287550.
The button is at seat 5.
Buckohfive posts ante (500).
spiker123 posts ante (500).
Tamsusis posts ante (500).
Fish991 posts ante (500).
highroller48 posts ante (500).
Kingdan23 posts ante (500).
TheMasterJ33 posts ante (500).
leavingegypt posts ante (500).
DeathDealer14 posts ante (500).
Froggy_06 posts ante (500).
leavingegypt posts the small blind of 2500.
DeathDealer14 posts the big blind of 5000.
Buckohfive: -- --
spiker123: -- --
Tamsusis: -- --
Fish991: -- --
highroller48: -- --
Kingdan23: -- --
TheMasterJ33: Tc Ts
leavingegypt: -- --
DeathDealer14: -- --
Froggy_06: -- --
Pre-flop:
Froggy_06 folds. Buckohfive folds. spiker123 raises
to 36000. Tamsusis folds. Fish991 folds.
highroller48 folds. Kingdan23 folds.
TheMasterJ33??

Hand from Full Tilt $1K Monday tourney. This tourney has the toughest field on the net.
There was about 90 left out of 200. Avg stack was 7500ish. Do you call me here?

Seat 1: littlecreeck6 (12,411)
Seat 2: TILTYBOY (11,433)
Seat 3: sWeDiSH_FiSHeR (10,540)
Seat 4: TheMasterJ33 (8,485)
Seat 5: browerkid (2,710)
Seat 6: duggins_edge (5,757)
Seat 7: sportsrecord (7,623)
Seat 8: Sleepy_Hippo (21,042)
littlecreeck6 antes 25
TILTYBOY antes 25
sWeDiSH_FiSHeR antes 25
TheMasterJ33 antes 25
browerkid antes 25
duggins_edge antes 25
sportsrecord antes 25
Sleepy_Hippo antes 25
sWeDiSH_FiSHeR posts the small blind of 140
TheMasterJ33 posts the big blind of 280
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sWeDiSH_FiSHeR [8h Kh]
browerkid folds
duggins_edge calls 280
sportsrecord folds
Sleepy_Hippo folds
littlecreeck6 folds
TILTYBOY folds
sWeDiSH_FiSHeR calls 140
TheMasterJ33 checks
*** FLOP *** [7h Jh Kd]
sWeDiSH_FiSHeR bets 700
TheMasterJ33 calls 700
duggins_edge folds
*** TURN *** [7h Jh Kd] [Tc]
sWeDiSH_FiSHeR bets 1,680
TheMasterJ33 raises to 7,480, and is all in
sWeDiSH_FiSHeR??

I lost 25k in one day. weeeeeeeeeeee

2007-03-16T21:57:00.000-07:00

This sets my record as the biggest loss in one day. I was 4-tabling pot limit omaha 25/50 and it was 4 handed or less on all the tables. Its a very high varience game to play. I didnt think i was playing bad just running really cold. Gigbet joined the game halfway thru my session. Gigabet has alot of flaws in his plo game. I was surprised how bad he was playing but he was running super hot. Although hes definitely not worse than the worst plo player of all time, Gus Hansen. Anytime you have free time watch Gus play high stakes plo on fulltilt. I think he might be retarded. I wish he would record himself playing online so i could hear his brillant thought process.

my first post

2007-03-16T21:43:00.000-07:00

I really hate writing so this is a real challenge for me. I feel like i have been getting dumber everyday because all i have done mentally challenging the last 2 years is play poker. Thats the main reason i decided to start a blog.