Crazy Game

I think I forgot to mention how crazy a game 5 card can be. Crazy but fun. A back to back hand sequence from a few days ago.

okerStars Game #11748170206: 5 Card Draw Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/08/28 - 21:47:40 (ET) Table 'Valeska' 6-max
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: schwiggins ($21.95 in chips)
Seat 2: xBillCx ($19.15 in chips)
Seat 3: sgriffin26 ($4.25 in chips)
Seat 4: BigMaky ($8.70 in chips)
Seat 5: Zophar101 ($15.05 in chips)
Seat 6: pekia ($3.65 in chips)
xBillCx: posts small blind $0.25
sgriffin26: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to Zophar101 [Ac As Kd Ah Ad]
BigMaky: calls $0.50
Zophar101: calls $0.50
pekia: folds
schwiggins: calls $0.50
xBillCx: calls $0.25
sgriffin26: checks
xBillCx: discards 3 cards
sgriffin26: discards 3 cards
BigMaky: discards 1 card
Zophar101: discards 1 card [Kd]
Dealt to Zophar101 [Ac As Ah Ad] [6h]
schwiggins: discards 3 cards
xBillCx: checks
sgriffin26: checks
BigMaky: bets $1
Zophar101: raises $1 to $2
schwiggins: folds
xBillCx: folds
sgriffin26: folds
BigMaky: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Zophar101: shows [Ac As 6h Ah Ad] (four of a kind, Aces)
BigMaky: shows [7s 2s 6s 4s 9s] (a flush, Nine high)
Zophar101 collected $6.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $6.50 Rake $0.30
Seat 1: schwiggins (button) folded after the Draw
Seat 2: xBillCx (small blind) folded after the Draw
Seat 3: sgriffin26 (big blind) folded after the Draw
Seat 4: BigMaky showed [7s 2s 6s 4s 9s] and lost with a flush, Nine high
Seat 5: Zophar101 showed [Ac As 6h Ah Ad] and won ($6.20) with four of a kind, Aces
Seat 6: pekia folded before the Draw (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #11748184326: 5 Card Draw Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/08/28 - 21:48:27 (ET) Table 'Valeska' 6-max
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: schwiggins ($21.45 in chips)
Seat 2: xBillCx ($18.65 in chips)
Seat 3: sgriffin26 ($3.75 in chips)
Seat 4: BigMaky ($6.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Zophar101 ($18.75 in chips)
Seat 6: pekia ($3.65 in chips)
sgriffin26: posts small blind $0.25
BigMaky: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to Zophar101 [6d Kd 5d Td Jd]
Zophar101: calls $0.50
pekia: folds
schwiggins: raises $0.50 to $1
xBillCx: folds
sgriffin26: calls $0.75
BigMaky: folds
Zophar101: raises $0.50 to $1.50
schwiggins: raises $0.50 to $2
Betting is capped
sgriffin26: folds
Zophar101: calls $0.50
Zophar101: stands pat on [6d Kd 5d Td Jd]
schwiggins: stands pat
Zophar101: bets $1
schwiggins: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Zophar101: shows [6d Kd 5d Td Jd] (a flush, King high)
schwiggins: shows [4d Qd 9d 8d 7d] (a flush, Queen high)
Zophar101 collected $7.15 from pot
Zophar101 said, "holysht"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7.50 Rake $0.35
Seat 1: schwiggins showed [4d Qd 9d 8d 7d] and lost with a flush, Queen high
Seat 2: xBillCx (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: sgriffin26 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: BigMaky (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: Zophar101 showed [6d Kd 5d Td Jd] and won ($7.15) with a flush, King high
Seat 6: pekia folded before the Draw (didn't bet)

Hectic

I have to say it's been a pretty hectic month. With my wife and daughters birthday's a week apart and 2 big shows immediately following Labor Day, I've had little time it seems. Or maybe just finding other things to focus on in my free time, IDK.

The birthday's went over quite well. My daughter had a blast and so did her friends it seemed. No cooking this year, all catered, so that was nice for a change. I actually had the chance to meet some of her friends families. Good to know what they're like as after school visits will be increasing. The fact that she starts Kindergarten this year still amazes me.

Been having a lot of fun playing poker recently. I feel like alot of different aspects of my game are starting to click. If been having some good success again in Horse, cash and tourney, and have been doing great in 5 card draw. I've been able to fund my Full Tilt bankroll from my stars account, strictly from 5 card draw play. Speaking of Horse, I've been able to maintain 1st place on the leaderboard for quite awhile. Not much of a cushion, but if I play well in the last 2 weeks, i think I'll win overall. Hopefully I don't blow it like I did in season 2 of the MBJ NLHE series. Had it locked, then spit the bit my last 2. had to settle for second. I don't want to do that again.

I'm finally reaching a bankroll to be happy with, atleast when combined from both sites. I hope I don't blow it up again, but atleast at the moment I don't see that happening. I've had a couple of situations where I could have easily started back down that road, but I was able to compose myself quite easily.

The forum mod. work has been going well. It's seemed to have settled down considerably. Some good discussion has poked it's head out here and there and overall it's been entertaining. It lead me to addictivegames.com, which is like crack to me. I love the miniputt, bloons and pacman. Fun, fun.