My Shot for WSOP

Today it is. The day I've waited for a month soon - chance of me to get to WSOP.
At first I was in best of 10 of 2000 players' freeroll. After that, I was best of 10 out of 100 players.
And NOW I should finish as winner or 2nd out of 40 players. Prize would be 1 week of stay at Wynn plus 5k usd as buyins in WSOP! :)

Keeping you posted during qualify how it goes. Hopefully not lose vs 2 outer at start...

8/323, 1e tour

Ohwell. Tournament went decently, but just wondering afterwards if I should have gone allin with
88. Case: I have 28k chips, player 4 places from button goes allin with 56k chips. I fold, would have faced AT suited and A6 suited. Board: 2 44 7 9. No flush. Bugger!

Judgmental bad. Would have tripled my stack and I already had made 5 euros.

*Shrug*
Final table anyway.

Meanwhile, still have my "winter tires" on, and today is time for floorball again. Yay. :)

Some poker again.

Deposited 100e today, did decently in 5e tournament... BUT ... i get JJ. Preflop raise, 1 guy calls. Board seems ok, 2 5 7. I raise high, guy goes allin. 66. Turn:6. Oh yeah. No cash.

Another tourney, freeroll. I do very well, even am 1st with some 120k chips when 40 left. BUT
then i get QQ, raise high. Guy goes allin: AA. Ohwell. So i end up 8th out of 800 or so. 3e
for 3 hours work :(

Result of 1st day: -28e. Figure I need patience, lots and lots. PLUS i still hate those israeli people
and italians. (For the record, just those poker players. I'm not a racist.)

First day summa summarum: too much playing, like 5 hours.
Should keep it to 2-3 hours max.

Flashstudies

Today I finally was satisfied enough so I returned my homeassignment for Flash project. Small driving game -> ao.hamk.fi/~mansite/flash/bittismobile_v1.html
Hope you guys approve and enjoy! ;)

Lately not too much poker, just few freerolls for fun. After I manage to figure out "goals" for poker I probably shall deposit some cash and keep here info of my progress. :)

Currently seeking a job for summer 09. Hopefully I find something, this isnt granted as there is economical depression :(

First "bigger" tournament

Today I tried for the first time (well, thats not actually true, I've tried those earlier but not being as experienced) "higher stakes" pokertournament. Buyin 10 euros, rebuy possibility 10 euros. I actually did pretty good, hit nice hands and flops, but then at one point I have KK. Raise high, next position goes allin. What to do? Pay... and heart stops when I see AA. Well, I lose 2/3 of chips there, but I manage to climb back. Though perhaps I played it too shy then.

Bought once chips at break so chips cost 20 euros. At end I'm 38th out of 195 players, 27th though gets paid (47e) ...so, I was quite close. Nothing bad, just on the end I drop by having AK suited hearts vs 89 suited spades. And ofcourse, its some rotten, lucky italian who gets a FLUSH with that 89 spades. HOW very lucky and typical.

I hate Italians. I just do.

Few pokertournaments...

3th March: 2e freezeout tournament: 2nd / 433 : 94 euros.
*Interesting tournament, was nice to climb up positions in finaltable... whereas I probably
win this tournament mostly due I asked nice girl out for a cup of coffee... and the moment she told she'll be busy... I get straightflush! Moral: lucky in cards, unluck in love..?
Anyway, this was pleasant surprise as my stack went up nicely when it went down in disaster
since I started to play NL 100 tables too soon. Anyways, now back and some earnt where I started!

5th March: 1e freezeout tournament: 11th / 354: 6 euros.
*Valuable lesson: be very careful once playing vs tournament leader NO MATTER how good you flop, unless really nuts. I had QQ and got pretty cheap flop, so why not? Just me and current tournament leader in that hand. Flop comes: Queen! But two spades. Opponent raises a bit, I go allin. Instant payment and my heart stops, he has 2 spades. Turn: spade. Bummer! But I still hope river gives a table pair or quads. Nope. Well. If I'd only won that hand I'd probably won that tournament. Bit disappointted still but relatively cheap lesson for future! :)

Roll so far as I write this: 147 euros. Deposited 100 euros about 2 weeks ago, was up like 200e but then got greedy. Anyway, that was valuable lesson and I've managed to climb up without re-deposits. Handy that new c4a's rake bonus...

Pokeria, Tampereella hengailua ja Opelin kiroamista!

Noniin! Tuli sitten ensimmäistä kertaa elämässäni kokeiltua NL100 pöytää, hyvin tuloksin: stack nousi 144 eurosta 204 euroon noin puolessa tunnissa. Kieltämättä tosin "hieman" hirvitti maksaa 50 euron raise vaikka itsellä olikin setti mutta huh! Voitto tuli ja samalla 107 euron potti! :)
Suht koht helppo pöytäkin tuntui olevan, ainakin verrattuna NL10 ja NL20 pöytiin. Mielenkiintoista...

Tampereelle tuli sitten lähdettyä seuraavana päivänä, matka meni muuten ihan mukavasti
mutta Opel temppuili. Vaikuttaisikin sitten siltä että se on jumiintunut paikoilleen, olisiko sitten levyjarru vai käsijarru jonka kanssa on ongelmia. Noh, tuli sitten pohdittua mitä tekisi, ja loppupeleissä vaikuttaisi siltä että käytän hinauspalvelua joka vie auton korjaamolle josta sitten ovat edelleen yhteydessä minuun. Ans kattoo vain miten kalliiksi tulee :(

Noh, eipä silti, pitää ajatella asia sillätavalla että eipähän ainakaan lukittunut vaikkapa moottoritiellä... :) Mutta nyt kokkailemaan!