Well last week was pretty busy for the most part. I am excited to say that I Purchased the Domain name and web hosting for 2 years for Acadiana Poker players, but I will get to that towards the end of the blog.
Heads Up Tourney
Saturday was my first shot at hosting a Heads up tournament and I found that the structure was great for a little home game but the turnout was kind of disappointing. I had enough room for a 24 person bracket, (Top 8 seeds get 1st round bye) like I talked about in a previous blog. But multiple people were either busy or not interested, so only 9 showed up to play. Had a handful of maybes but they never attended a game at my house before so the ice breaker is always tough, but don't be afraid, I don't bite, and I am not a poker mastermind apparently lol. Well anyway, my match was long and drawn out as I pulled against an opponent who had a similar style of play as me. Solid/Aggressive and we were really cautious of each other and not really getting too crazy. I misplayed one had when I had QQ and raised pre, bet the flop, but let her catch the river for the flush and had to muck, Then later I floated a couple bets on the flop and turn then threw out a bet on the river cause I smelt weakness and was right as I got her to fold with a decent bet. It wasnt towards the end of the match where we actually started showing down hands. The hand that crippled me, I had flopped top pair Kings and bet, she flatted. Turn gave me a K high flush draw as well, but made straight possibilites. I put her on a small flush on the turn when she bet all in, I actually thought I had her covered by more as well so that was a misread on stacks but I liked the spot as it could have went either way. I made the call and she showed the Jhigh straight. I ended up missing my flush to catch up and get shanked from 6250 to about 450.
The next hand I look at didn't really matter because the blinds were 200 400 at that point (We started with 6000 in chips and blinds went up every 12 minutes.) so I told her I'll be all in in the dark and she said well ill call obviously haha. I turned up J6 and she had A9. Right in the window the 9 rears its ugly head, then I miss the turn. Last desperate call I yell JACK and boom there is the Jack!! we laugh and I say can I go 2 in a row??
The next hand I post my 200 and look at Q9 suited and put 900 in the middle. Lets go!! She calls again and shows AJ and says GL...I laugh and say I dont have that much luck lol flop and turn are blanks again, I take a deep breath and yell QUEEN!! Boom Queen appears and I give my signature "Woo Hoo!" at the end of the hand lol. Very Next hand I look at 77 and now have 1800 and starting to creep back in it! She limps and I raise All in going for the trifecta and She calls with Q10 having 2 overs. Flop of course falls J 9 3 bleh. Turn was the 3, and then river crushed my dreams with an 8 giving her the Straight...gg me
She played a good match but ended up placing 4th and we paid out top 3
Congrats to her husband though for winning $300 beating the LuckBox Leprechaun (IDK How he pulled that off lol) It was fun and I'm sure we'll get more interests next time I have it.
Sunday Rebuy Tourney at Shorty's
The Sunday tournament I had mixed feelings about, I was feeling Confident but wasnt sure if I wanted to stay home and be lazy or drive out there and play. I already told a couple friends I was gonna go play so I got dressed and headed out the door. It started out slow and The first hand I actually won was Jack high when a supper aggro ATM was shoving all in every hand (It was unlimited rebuys for the first hour and a half so I was just waiting for big hands or trying to isolate vs. the ATM when I did get hands.) I finally got a hand where I wake up with AA on the bb and watch a waterfall of allins before I even get to act! I was loving it. I put a stack of about 7100 (busted a couple times and double rebought for 6k finally deciding to play patiently) Was in the tournament for $135 overall which isnt bad. Back to the hand there were 3 other players that were all in showing AQ off, 10 3 off (ATM), and K9s (yea idk). Flop was J 7 4 and I was feeling extremely confident as they didn't even connect. Turn and River also missed and I scooped a pot of nearly 30k. The ATM Fed me another 12k in Rebuys then the first break finally hit. I had about 45k and was sitting pretty nice but there was alot of poker to be played. I have been in this position multiple times, usually making the final table as long as nothing stupid happens, like coolers etc. but thats all a part of the game.
Well after the break I am hovering around 35-50k and just card dead, then I get involved in two hands against a guy that is on a stupid heater where won like 7 hands in 2 revolutions. Against me alone, he beat me with KK once and Turns a flush against me as well. Unfortunately I lost about 12k to him with the KK hand where I miss my flush on the river and knew if I hit, he was going to pay me off. I threw a blocker bet on the turn and was suprisingly raised, but only minimum. So at the point on the turn, it cost me 4k to win a pot of about 24k so I'm never folding there to draw out....well I missed Grrr. Then, I raise with Ah 9d as the table tightened up a bit once the ATM got ko'd by someone and got the same guy to call. the board came 9s 5h 4h and I bet out about 1/3 the pot to 3500. I believe the blinds were 500 1000 at this point and I raised 2500 preflop. He flatted and of course the turn is the 7h. He bets 3500 into me and I have the Ah and again he is giving me a good price to draw out. Well the river is a As and he bets 3500 again. It was one of those players that is tight enough to make it hard to take him out and makes it obvious when he has something, but dumb enough to not understand Bet sizing for shit. Well I hated this bet and felt like I had to donate again so pay to see his flush and he shows 10h 8h....bleh NH
I now have 24k and shove all in pre or fold for about 4-5 revolutions and post blinds. My stack hovers around this size when I get dealt Jd 7d in the cutoff and since it was folded to me (or maybe there was a player who limped early that I knew I could get to fold) I shoved all in. Of course, I run into KK, and the lady that beat me heads up...at MY house had it on the button lol. I have the worst timing some times and that is probably where one of my leaks lie sometimes, but I thought it was a good spot. Anyway I get a flush draw on the turn but unable to draw out and just kindly said NH and left to go check on my Fantasy Football scores.
Fantasy Football Update
I pretty much gave up in my $50 Bayou Fantasy Football League, but in Monkey's $100 FFB league I have quietly went on a 3 game win streak and last week earned an extra $25 for getting the most points in one week. BTW Will "PokerMonkey" Souther went on an awesome run at the Venetian in Las Vegas to get 2nd for $15k recently last week so congrats to you Sir!! I have a good shot of making the playoffs in that league as long as my guys stay healthy, I have JUST enough depth to get past a few others in the league but its a real close race and I play my division leader next week, If I beat him I can almost sure myself a Playoff spot with only 2 weeks left to the regular season (FFB Season ends week 13 and playoffs are 14, 15, and 16)
In the BFFL I made a few dumb trades in the very beginning and then the injury bug just kept attacking me for the rest of the year. This week Adrian Peterson and Shonne Greene along with AJ Green graced me with injuries to gaurantee yet another loss putting me at 3-7 lol I love it.
AcadianaPokerPlayers.com coming Soon!
Ok I am really excited and can't wait to start working on the website! My partner and I have some ideas and a layout of what we would like to display on the website but still are in the process of finallizing a look that will be attractive to the viewers eye and wont be too stressful for the reader! I will also have an online store with Shirts, Hoodie (Eventually), Coffee Mug and coozie updated as well, constantly working on shirt designs! The website will mostly consist of:
-Local Casinos in driving distance of Louisiana (5 hours or less)
Occasional Poker Room Reviews outside of driving distance.
-Casino Poker Room Reviews
-Blogs from Louisiana Poker Players
-News updates from Louisiana Poker Players' Success
Occasional random news in the poker world
-Bios of Louisiana Poker Players
-Link to the Facebook group (Just search Acadiana Poker Players)
-Online Store for great Merchandise
If you would like to have your blog on the website please let me know!
If you would like to advertise on the upcoming website please let me know as well!
I will basically be looking or advertisers with anything poker related and will discuss the advertisement package details to those interested. To start they will be very good deals but as the site gets more popular, the prices may go up so get em while you can!
I will set the goal to launch the website by February 1, 2012 so look for a blog soon!
Thanks,
Matt Stroud
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