1-3
1-2nl/2-4nl $250
26 multi ak vs qq for good stack i lose
26 kk vs 10j i lose

7-11 and 12-2

1-2/2-4 $75

75 razz 8/77 plus 75

about 400 in 8 hours

1pm-3pm
1-2 nl / 2- 4nl $250

11-2am
1-2nl/2-4nl -200

day $50 in 5 hours

2-4
26 ko $4 380/850
50 satty bubbly ak vs aa
1-2 nl 5 tables $290
130 in satty
8-10
1mill ftops loser
55 multi stupid
75 satty loser
1-2 nl 295

Total up $250 in 4 hours

12-1
1-2 nl 4 tables -$400
55 satty
9-12
-70
75 satty terrible
26 multi worse
10r in for 31 lets play good please.......

-650

PokerStars Game #21772604604: Tournament #117601180, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (625/1250) - 2008/11/05 1:07:33 ETTable '117601180 177' 9-max Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: Akee (24451 in chips) Seat 2: bigbadlex (65236 in chips) Seat 3: Dossiking (27026 in chips) Seat 4: WickedFelony (18276 in chips) Seat 6: highplaya (39643 in chips) Seat 7: BigFin451 (38138 in chips) Seat 8: spectatar (43773 in chips) Seat 9: dmdmickey (23951 in chips) Akee: posts the ante 150bigbadlex: posts the ante 150Dossiking: posts the ante 150WickedFelony: posts the ante 150highplaya: posts the ante 150BigFin451: posts the ante 150spectatar: posts the ante 150dmdmickey: posts the ante 150bigbadlex: posts small blind 625Dossiking: posts big blind 1250*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to highplaya [Jh Ac]WickedFelony: folds highplaya: raises 2200 to 3450BigFin451: raises 4050 to 7500spectatar: folds dmdmickey: folds Fold Ü Phish is connected Akee: folds bigbadlex: folds Dossiking: folds highplaya: calls 4050*** FLOP *** [Jd 2d Ad]highplaya: checks BigFin451: bets 12500highplaya: raises 19493 to 31993 and is all-inBigFin451: calls 17988 and is all-inUncalled bet (1505) returned to highplaya*** TURN *** [Jd 2d Ad] [6d]*** RIVER *** [Jd 2d Ad 6d] [2h]*** SHOW DOWN ***highplaya: shows [Jh Ac] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)BigFin451: shows [7d 7s] (a flush, Ace high)BigFin451 collected 79051 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 79051 Rake 0 Board [Jd 2d Ad 6d 2h]Seat 1: Akee (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: bigbadlex (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 3: Dossiking (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 4: WickedFelony folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: highplaya showed [Jh Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and JacksSeat 7: BigFin451 showed [7d 7s] and won (79051) with a flush, Ace highSeat 8: spectatar folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 9: dmdmickey folded before Flop (didn't bet)

8:30-1:45
1-2 nl 3-6 tables -20
55 multi 6002/1000
55 multi 700/1800
10 rebuy $120

Down 250 in 5.25 hours. My tourney were blah. My cash was blah

Driving to East Lansing

Just shipped an air card chopping with thte great one on a six hour drive.

26 multi
109
-470
75 KO $2000 3/380
Obviously aa goes down to 75 on a k 5 2 board. Would have eliminated guy and put me even HU. Either way good ship and paid for the air card for the year assuming I dont lose it all back on the trip to Minnesota this weekend.

1-6 11:30-1:30
26 satty loser
26 satty ship the 216 entry
26 multi 700/1100
26 ko 600/900
55 multi 54/1600 $140
1-2 nl $205

$210 in 7 hours

2-330\

1-2 nl 6 tables $785 thats what hp deserves



430-530

1-2nl 5 tables -425

$360 in 4 hours

2-4
26 KO 271/1020
27 step loser
1-2 nl 3-6 tables $65


26 satty loser
BJ -300 idiot no more bj ever

10-2.5

26 Ko loser
75ko loser

1-2 nl 120

50 turbo 69/400

1-2 nl $-360

On the day a glowing -$700 in 6.5 hours. I love getting kk and qq owned, lost four large pots with them. kk vs aa twice.

2-5:30
55multi 1200/1700 kk vs jj standard stars
26 multi 88/900 $42
27 step loser
1-2 nl 4-6 tables $-130
BJ $105 ship it

11-3
27 step loser aa rivered
75 ko 33/452 $145
77 6 handed 110/250
1-2 nl $290

Blah up $155 in 7.5 hours

12-4
400 pt turbo PS
26 satty ship the 216 entry
26 satty 190/320
1-2 nl 2 tables $156
PokerStars 5000 pt multi $270

5-8
Full Tilt 750k loser

10:45-1:45
75KO $15
1-2 nl 2-4 tables $300

$610 in 10 hours

9-3pm
75 KO 7/289 $600
1-2 nl 2-4 tables $170
BJ $60

Wednesday I lost like 1k in 6 hours

Up $830 in 6 hours

I left the house

I am a degenerate
BJ -$290 Please can I never play blackjack again in my life.

In other news, I left the house for the first time in almost a week. That's impressive five full days without leaving our property. Now I'm back in Madison ready to rock. Looking for a young lady to entertain the idea on liking the HP.

Wow!!! Being sober for a week actually helps someone play better poker? Who knew. After taking a week off from getting drunk, I had my best week in poker in a long time. I was successful in nearly every cash session, and final tabled a tournament. If only I had the discipline to continue to limit my drinking. It appears I only will have a few more sober days before I get back on the wagon(or off?) since I have big plans to get rocked this weekend at the badger football game and country concert. It is pretty boring staying in for a weekend. The following weekend is at East Lancing for the Badger game, the weekend after in the cities for the Packer game, and New Orleans looms shortly after that. Each of those weekends guarantees to be a shit show. Hopefully in the next few days I can grind out a few more thousand so I can comfortably afford these trips. At the least I know that if I focus and put the hours in I can make a nice chunk of money playing poker. Playing poker optimally for 40 hours a week is a lot harder than it sounds.



1:30-2:30am
1-2 nl 5 tables $235

1:15-2
26 satty 9/12 ak vs j9 turbo
1-2 nl 4 tables $435

2:30-3
1-2 nl 3 tables even

9-11
26 multi 757/1300
26 satty 8/18
1-2 nl 3 tables 80

11:30-1:30
1-2 nl 5 tables $150 started slow took a couple ugly beats(back door boat to beat my set)
55 multi 100/400 a2 vs 9 10 get serious guy calling my all in

On the day $765 in about 6.25 hours

satty sunday

2:30-4
109 satty +$535
75 satty 45/100

5-8
535 multi ft million 850/2000 made a bad play with my last 17 bets thought guy was squeezing for bounty with any two. called with kq diehl bought 107 of my action
BJ +$50

10-10:45
1-2 nl 3 tables even

On the day grinded tourneys totel i lost $27

9:30-11am
1-2nl 6 tables -240 short stacks owned me(called them too weak, lost with kk, no action on aa)

3:30-4:30pm
1-2 5 tables $460

Black Jack=Stupid $50
BJ $50 I'm a Degen

9:45-12
26 ftops sat 16/18 rivered on a two outer
26 KO 266/465 boat vs quads
1-2 nl 5 tables $325

On the day about $600 in about 4.75 hours

8:30-10:30
55 multi 600/100 no heart donked off
26 multi 900/1300 no heart donked off (wanted to play playstation)
1-2nl 4 tables $100
12-1am (tired no heart to grind)
1-2 nl 3 tables $370

On the day about $390 in 3 hours

2pm-4pm
26 multi 380/900
1-2nl 3-5 tables $160

9pm-10pm
26 multi 825/1250 button vs big 88 vs 9 10 flop 678 all in on turn, my board didnt pair
1-2nl 3 tables $515 won buyin on flop set guy shoved second pair on turn, drawing dead.

11pm-4:30
75 KO 6/440 1260 Can I finish a final table!!!!!!!!!!!
1-2nl 3-5 tables $-600 boo ugly hands, agro player owned me


On the day about $1300 in 8.5 hours

Grinder

Missed my afternoon session driving home and going to open gym.

10:30-2am
75 KO 107/433 $30
1-2nl 3-5 tables $600

total: $550 in 3.5 hours

Time to Catch a Tourney Cash

Goal of today ship a tourney.
Also would like to get some ftops tourney dollars.

1pm-3:45
26 multi 559/1010 kj vs k9 on kk9q7 board
26 ftops 18/30
26 ftops 3/26 $96
1-2 nl 3 tables -25

8:30pm-11
55 multi 250/1000 just call when, the better will not call unless im beat(fuck you diehl)
26 multi 300/1300
1-2 nl 3 tables $300 2hr

12:30am-1:20am
1-2nl 3 tables $200

On the day plus $425 in about 6 hours

The Blog is Back

After a few month hiatus the Highplaya is back updating his blog. I am back on my fall/winter work schedule which means I am playing more poker(10pm-4am) Monday thru Wednesday, and getting wasted Thursday-Saturday. Maybe I'll try to limit the drinking but that seems like a stretch. I am actually going to try to keep this blog updated with my poker sessions and how I am doing. So as an overview you will read about how I am really not that good and just luckbox myself to a cash out here and there.

Starting at 1pm - 3pm
Full Tilt
26 multi 1300/1500 turned straight with 5c3c rivered flush up against flush
26 ftops sat 3/24 $104
26 ftops sat 5/24 bubble boy
along with 1-2 nl 2hours/ three tables $ 150

4pm-6:30
26 ftops pl0/8 4/27 bubble boy
1-2nl 4 tables -30

11pm-2am
75 KO multi 300/400
11 multi 1100/1400
1-2nl 4-5 tables $900
I'll update the results as I donk out.

Shipped about 930 on the day. I ran well in the late night session I won most of my hands when I was ahead. Also was on the positive side of the tough hands, and owned short stack shovers.

News and Notes over the past four months

It has been a while since I last posted so I feel it's necessary I update my avid blog readers of the happenings in HP's life.

I've been to the strip club three times in the last four weeks. If strip clubs were a baseball farm system the Vegas strip clubs would be the major league team. They are top of the line in all aspects. Chubby's would be "A" ball. There is some talent but none are polished yet. Some have the look but not the attitude, some have the attitude but not the look. Some just don't have the experience. Club Bristol in Sun Prairie would be a poor Home Talent team. Some are past their prime, others never had a prime. But what they don't have in talent they make up for in effort.

Although the levels of play vary, I enjoy going to any ball game; the same can be said for a strip club.

On an expense note I cleaned out a large portion of my bank account to purchase my new vehicle this spring. I bought a use Cadillac CTS, obviously straight cash.

The high school baseball season is over and I don't understand what is wrong with some of the youth today. Some kids are so spoiled and have no concept of team. On a positive note our team won conference at one point winning 7 straight conference games. I expected this at the start of the year.

On a ridiculous note four seniors thought it would be ok to miss the practice before regional finals because a group was skipping school and going to the brewers game. I am shocked any athlete could think this is a good idea. As it turned out two did not go to the game, while the other two did they came back in time for most of the practice. So they infuriated their coaches and teammates for 5 innings of a brewers game at the end of May. No surprise we lost the regional final game. Those four are quite the senior leaders.

On a positive note I enjoyed coaching a lot. Also my brother and cousin had very nice seasons. My brother hit third and played shortstop and pitcher. As I expected he went from the third or fourth pitcher to start the year and ended up as the number one. He had two great outings on the season where he pitched a 3 hitter against the top team in the conference and a 4 hit shutout at Green Bay Preble. He also hit a solid 350 as a sophomore.

My cousin a junior rightfielder hit cleanup most of the season and showed flashes of power with 3 HRs including a 7th inning GS to take the lead against a rival. This home run was at least a 400 foot shot.

The legion season starts in two weeks, and hopefully we can build on the HS season especially without the senior distractions.

Although I have not played a lot of poker this spring, my cash play is back on track, and hopefully I can make a nice run in the next three weeks to possibly make a late June Vegas/WSOP run.

Finally, I love summer. Baseball everyday, sleep as late as I want, drink 3+ nights a week, beer tents, country concerts, girls in skirts and bikinis, that is living the good life.

Retirement near?

Currently I feel as if I am on my last leg. It has now been a month on losing and it is just getting brutal. It is very difficult to say poker is my job when I continue to lose thousands at it. That seems like an awfully expensive job. The problem is I have no interest at getting up at six in the morning and doing a traditional job at this point, which would be substitute teaching. So with that in mind I need to figure my shit out. At this juncture I refuse to substitute teach. Now I just need to figure out how to win at poker again. Poker is so brutal. I can win for three months straight and now I've lost for over a month straight. It is time for things to turn around. The only way to do that is a slump buster. Does anyone know an interested "lady?"

Vacation Days

After losing the equivalent of a used car over the past month I've decided to use a few more of my vacation days and pursue another hobby of mine....getting seriously drunk. I accomplished this last night and plan on accomplishing it tonight and tomorrow night. There is no doubt I will be too hungover to play on Sunday; therefore I may reserect my poker career next Monday. Unless I find a reason to drink that night, which could happen. Cocktails!

The HP/Great One Poker Invite

This past weekend consisted of heavy drinking, poker, and a lot of recovery time. The highlight of the weekend was seeing Diehl twirl a girl of the dance floor. To simply describe this girl, she was the opposite of skinny. The funniest part of this ordeal was that this dance appeared to fulfill this woman's lifetime fantasy. But that does bring up the obvious question of "What girl doesn't dream of being twirled around the dance floor by diehl?"

The second highlight I suppose is myself winning the 24 person poker tournament in Phil Hellmuthian style, as I cooked bbq for the first hour of the tourney. I went on to easily win this tourney making me rethink my odds of five to one in this tourney.

Overall very good weekend. Nice to see some old friends and meet some new people while playing a game of quarters. Its now time to lose an online tourney I'm deep in. Obviously my ak goes down to ace 10. I hate poker tourneys.

The struggle

The hand posted below sums up my sessions yesterday. On a couple occasions players trying to bluff hit gut shots on my made hands. This is frustrating but just variance I will get through. I will in the long run take these players money and be back running like I am used to. I need to focus on playing solid poker and not go on tilt chasing my money back. Chasing my money back has been a slight problem lately as I get my money in in marginal spots trying to win big pots. I also sometimes will see more flops hoping to hit a monster, which can lead to getting coolered such as flopping a low set vs. a high set which equals no stack for me. I'm going to work hard these next three days to regain my confidence and replenish my bankroll.

Leading Off

Today I create the first blog of what will likely be an uninteresting compilation of events and stories in my life as an online poker player, heavy drinker, and Wisconsin sports lover. I have been on a downward spiral of losing money both playing poker and at bars. This blog will help me reflect on poker wins and losses and on idiotic performances of myself and my friends.